After what date was the "Assiniboine" used to transport returning Canadian servicemen?
HMS Kempenfelt (I18) HMS "Kempenfelt" was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. A flotilla leader, she saw service in the Home Fleet before World War II and the ship made several deployments to Spanish waters during the Spanish Civil War, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. "Kempenfelt" was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1939 and renamed HMCS "Assiniboine". During World War II, she served as a convoy escort in the battle of the Atlantic, sinking one German submarine by ramming, on anti-submarine patrols during the invasion of Normandy, and was employed as a troop transport after VE Day for returning Canadian servicemen, before being decommissioned in mid-1945. "Assiniboine" was sold for scrap in 1945, but she ran aground while being towed to the breakers and was not broken up until 1952.
Last voyage of the Karluk The last voyage of the "Karluk ", flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, ended with the loss of the ship and the subsequent deaths of nearly half her complement. On her outward voyage in August 1913, "Karluk", a brigantine formerly used as a whaler, became trapped in the Arctic ice while sailing to a rendezvous point at Herschel Island. After a long drift across the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, the ship was crushed and sunk. In the ensuing months, the crew and expedition staff struggled to survive, first on the ice and later on the shores of Wrangel Island. In all, eleven men died before help could reach them.