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HMCS Chaudiere Callsign

All Royal Canadian Naval vessels have a unique call sign. This is used in both radio and visual communications. When the Crown Assets and Disposal Corporation was trying to sell HMCS Chaudiere, her call sign was clearly visible painted on the superstructure.

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Site News: March2nd, 2019

Databases have been updated and are now holding 56,584 vessel histories (with 5,550 images) and 58,184 mariner biographies (with 3,673 images).