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HMS Algerine in Esquimalt, 1914
HMS Algerine in Esquimalt, 1914

The British sloop HMS Algerine was one of three ships available to defend Canada's west coast in August 1914.

Almost 20 years old, the ship had been built for patrol work and retained masts and sails in order to conserve fuel on long journeys. The outbreak of war in August 1914 left Canada's west coast vulnerable to German warships. Algerine, in Mexican waters, was ordered back to Esquimalt, undertaking a hurried voyage north in the hope of meeting HMCS Rainbow. Much of Algerine's experienced crew was subsequently sent to HMCS Niobe in Halifax, with Algerine becoming a depot ship at Esquimalt.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 20030109-017



Boys' Mess, HMCS Niobe
Sailors Sewing Flags, HMCS Niobe
Playing Chess Below Decks, HMCS Niobe
HMCS Niobe's Goat
HMCS Niobe Gun Crew and Gunnery Target
Cecil George Corke, Boy Sailor, HMCS Niobe
Dominion Day, Niobe Boys
At the dockside, HMCS Niobe, Halifax
"Stokers Band," HMCS Niobe
Ceremony on the Quarterdeck, HMCS Niobe
HMCS Rainbow Arriving at Esquimalt, British Columbia, 1910
HMCS Rainbow's Officers Greeting Dignitaries
HMS Shearwater and HMCS Rainbow at Esquimalt, 7 November 1910
Gun Practice aboard HMCS Rainbow
Mess Deck, HMCS Rainbow, around 1910
Walter Hose, Commander of HMCS Rainbow
HMCS Rainbow Sailors and Capstan
HMCS Rainbow "Cleared for Action"
HMCS Rainbow in Drydock, Esquimalt
Commander Walter Hose, HMCS Rainbow
Sailor Standing by HMCS Rainbow's Wheel
Sailor with Sennet Hat and Camera, HMCS Rainbow
HMS Algerine in Esquimalt, 1914
Canadian Submarine at Esquimalt