CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum is located at Naden on Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, in the city of Victoria, which is situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, province of British Columbia, Canada.
The museum's goal is to collect, preserve, interpret and display the history and heritage of the naval presence on Canada’s West Coast and of the military on Southern Vancouver Island.
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November 20, 1943 - HMC ships Snowberry and Calgary, with HMCS Neme (ex-HMS Neme), in Convoy SL 139, sink U-boat 536 in the North Atlantic.
The medals of a Canadian war hero, Commander Edward Theodore "Ted" Simmons, DSO DSC RCNVR, are being sold at auction in the UK on 18 Nov. 2008.
His son John "Joe" Simmons, who lives in Grand Valley, Ontario, wants to save his father's medals for Canada by purchasing and donating them to CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum. He's launched a website to try and attract public donations and through this effort, hopes to raise enough money to successfully bid on the items, which are expected to fetch $40,000 Cdn.
"To lose something of this value that is part of the fabric of Canada's military history would indeed be a tragedy," he said.
Here's a link to the Simmons website where further information is available -
CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum has begun a project to gather data about women who served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) during World War II.
For further information about this project, visit
The Wren Registry
Read about the Museum's first publishing project,
On the Double, Matilda!
Canadian Naval Centennial 1910-2010
