HMCS Kootenay
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52 years later, survivors of HMCS Kootenay disaster find strength through each otherSaturday marked the 52nd anniversary of an explosion on the HMCS Kootenay, which left nine people dead and 53 with injuries.CanadaOct 23, 2021
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Halifax ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Navy’s worst peacetime accidentAn explosion and fire aboard HMCS Kootenay killed nine of its crew members and injured 53 others as toxic smoke filled the vessel.CanadaOct 23, 2019
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Remembering the worst peacetime accident in Royal Canadian Navy historyA somber ceremony at Kingston's HMCS Cataraqui Sunday afternoon.CanadaOct 23, 2019
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How the explosion aboard HMCS Kootenay helps prepare Canadian sailors 50 years laterThe memory of the force's worst peacetime disaster has been used by the Royal Canadian Navy to help prepare sailors for potential disasters at sea.CanadaOct 17, 2019
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