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Today in 1943, the German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk by the RN off the coast of Norway, during the Battle of North Cape. Canadians served in a number of His Majesty's Ships during the action. HMCS Huron, Haida, and Iroquois, were escorts for Scharnhorst's bait: convoy JW 55B.

Today in 1943, USS Growler rammed the Japanese escort Hayasaki, in the Pacific. Cdr Howard Gilmore, riddled by machinegun fire, remained on deck as the surviving crew went below, before issuing his final order: "Take her down!" He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

Today in 31 BC, the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony fought in one of history’s most important fleet actions, the #BattleofActium. The battle, waged on the Ionian Sea off the Greek coast, brought a decisive end to the Final War of the Roman Republic. 1/3

Today in 1942, HMCS Oakville, a #RCNavy Flower-class corvette, attacked German sub U-94 with depth charges, guns, and ramming, off the Haitian coast. A boarding party led by SLt Hal Lawrence subdued the crew and rescued survivors before the boat succumbed to her damage, and sunk.