HALIFAX – The federal government is making a financial contribution to preserve HMCS Sackville in Halifax as a naval memorial.
The government is giving $240,000 to the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, which is raising money for a new naval heritage centre on Halifax’s waterfront that will include HMCS Sackville.
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HMCS Sackville has been a naval memorial since 1985 and the trust wants to build a dry dock berth to protect it from the elements.
The ship is the last of 123 corvettes that were built during the Second World War and is Canada’s oldest fighting warship.
The trust was formed to preserve the corvette as a memorial and museum.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the ship represents an important piece of Canadian history.
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