Сorvette Sackville in the Battle of the Atlantic | Naval Legends 

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The Sackville! What a welcome surprise! It saddens me deeply that we have very few RCN museum ships in Canada. The Haida, Sackville, and a couple post-ww2 submarines are all that really come to mind. I really wish we had the foresight to preserve more of these important ships from our history. We do still have the beautiful sailing ketch HMCS Oriole in active service within the RCN. She celebrated her 100th birthday last year and still provides traditional sail training to our sailors. I suppose she is more of a living part of our naval history.

HMCS Sackville is also a movie star. The ship was laser-scanned so it could be added (with a new name HMCS Dodge aka Dicky) via CGI to the movie Greyhound with Tom Hanks. Hank's ship used USS Kidd as the stand in.

Thank you for finally covering the HMCS Sackville. She along with Flower-Class Corvettes with their courageous crews were heroes for defending merchant convoys and defeating German U-Boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. The bravery and achievements of these crews will never be forgotten.

I'm so glad the the Canadian navy is finally getting some attention, keep up the amazing work!

"Greyhound, Dicky. I'm launching depth charges now."

The Flowers have long been one of my favorite ship classes. In all-out war everyone cuts corners, but this is a great example of cutting the right corners while keeping the essentials. They brought an ASDIC (later sonar) set and just enough weaponry to where it was needed in large numbers much sooner than other options. Over time their systems and weapons improved and they were able to be updated reasonably well, until they were superseded by later types like the Rivers, The Captain class DEs, and especially the Loch class frigates. It is very nice to see them and their crews getting this well earned documentary.

Canada having the like third (or fifth i can't remeber largest navy) of the world in 1944 by mostly having this kind of ship shows how much they had, quite insane.

Thank you so much for giving this wonderful ship the recognition she deserves, not many people even here in Nova Scotia know that this ship exists, let alone the role she played in the war. I always hoped she would find her way into your crew's list of ships to cover, and it was wonderful seeing a proper mini-doc made about her.

Another neat fact about the HMCS Sackville is she was featured in the movie Greyhound as the canadian ship "Dickie"

Thank you WG for highlighting one of many contributions Canada made to the war effort however small it may seem. The souls that served on this ship and many like her is testament to their bravery against such odds. They do us Canadians proud of our history and heritage. "Lest we forget"

Having served on a DE I know that omnipresent seasick feeling. You get over it the hard way. I’ll never forget those first few trips out in the North Atlantic. Those corvette guys must have suffered horribly. However, they got the job done. They accomplished the mission. Fair winds and following seas Corvette sailors!

Medals, of honor, to every single Merchant Seaman, of WWII. Outstanding. Thank you Canada, for serving to protect my freedom, in the States, too. Semper Fidelis...!...

Thank-you so much for this video honouring the men, contribution and achievement of the Royal Canadian Navy. Canada had the fourth largest navy at the end of WW II. Battle of the Atlantic was the longest running battle of the the war and Canadians fought it from the St. Lawrence to Great Britain. Britain would have not survived and D-Day would not have been possible if not for the Canadian seaman both reserves and merchant. The Battle of the Atlantic was a pivotal struggle that was won, with massive help from Canada-from its navy, its airmen, its merchant marine and from its civilian population. Almost 2,000 members of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1,600 Canadian merchant seamen and 752 Canadian airman paid the ultimate sacrifice. As a side note, the HMCS Sackville was also featured in the movie Greyhound. Thank-you again to WoW for recognizing Canada and her sacrifice.

A surprise upload, but a welcome one

My Dad served on HMCS Baddeck and I just had his ships crest out yesterday. It has the five aces with two ace of clubs on both ends. The five aces were painted on the ships funnel Ace of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Spades, Ace of Hearts and again the Ace of Clubs. Saw the Haida when I was a kid and loved it. Retired now so I might head east to see the Sackville hope to tour it with my two boys to show them what Grandpa served in.

My dads dad was a stoker on HMCS Huron and each section of this video was like he was telling me one of his war stories. Almost identical. Growing up he always said that the Merchant Marine and crews of the corvettes "had the biggest balls in the Atlantic." He always spoke very very highly of both, nothing but respect.

We need more naval legends

Thats my little boat in my home port ^^

thanks Canada for your service, sorry the commonwealth has been nerfed this much and living is hard.

As a Native Haligonian, I'm so happy to see my City and Sackville recognized by Wargaming

its nice to have a look there

hope you do one on the hmas perth one day. It's sinking is one of the most spectacular yet relatively unknown stories of ww2 along with the uss houston

These documentaries are insanely good can’t believe it’s for a game

The movie "Greyhound" featured Sackville her nickname "Dicky".

Another great naval legends video. Amazing CGI work from WG as always.

This was awesome.

My dad served on HMCS Moose Jaw, Saskatoon and the Castle Class HMCS Huntsville. He was in a draft of sailors that were to be transferred to HMCS Shawinigan but his orders were changed. Most of his buddies went aboard Shawinagan and she was lost with all hands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

I knew the former captain Of HMCS MOOSE JAW. Bravo Zulu Mr. Grubb

Always a great job WG, I started playing a month after launch. Years later, from Canada.

Need this as a Tier 1 premium! I've got one of these built in 1/72 and would love to sail it in-game.

They should restore sackville to her 1942 condition

There was an excellent biography of the RCN called "Corvette Navy" I believe the authour was James Lamb. Very good read full of personal interviews and amusing and terrifying anecdotes.

Great small documentary one glaring error! Towards the very end it states that 100,000 out of the 11 million Canadian population served in the Canadian Navy "almost 1/10th of the Canadian population". 11,000,000/100,000 =0.009 so actually just under 100th (a hundredth or one in a hundred) of the Canadian population.

I have heard and read that my country England stood alone during WW2. What a load of cobblers.

been on her many times........ Halifax harbor...

Actually the Navy sails the Coastal defence ships across the north Atlantic and I think they are actually smaller than the Sackville?

I wonder why they had more crew members than they were designed for, 85 instead of 50 (11:37).

She almost sank U-552 of Erich Topp

Angus McDonald literary laugh when HMCS Sackville wreck U 552 with a god damn 4 inch shell. Yeah give those u boats hell, Dicky!

"Ready Aye Ready"

Bagginses

Wows deviated from the historical ages ago

The Veteran at the end who said the Battle of the Atlantic was won by Canadian corvettes forgets about the British corvettes

What makes me a little angry, is that Canada had the third largest navy at the end of WW2, and we get two DDs/ships???????

This is a very... very rigged "game"!

you show all these great ships and they are not in the game????? But paper ships, super ships and hybrid cv are ok .....GTFO do some historic research and add legit ships to the game and remove the crap. Not to mention during WW2 Canada has the 3rd largest navy

“Give em hell, Dicky!!!”

Love those old gents. Wouldn't it be grand to spend an evening with these guys at a pub?

The Flower class is one of my most favorite ship classes of WW2. For me, they were the little ships that played the most important part in the war. Not big roles like striking the enemy with aircraft, or dueling warships with firepower or torpedoes. But small but equally significant roles like escorting the equally essential and brave merchant ships that carried the supplies needed for the Allies to win. The corvettes served in many places, from the British Isles to the East Coast of America, from Cape Town to Murmansk, as well as the Mediterranean. They also served in many navies, basically almost all of the Allied navies had a Flower class corvette. Including the USN, which gave them energetic names like USS Haste, ironic for a 16 knot ship. The Germans themselves had a few captured French Flower class. The Flower class even ended up in many other navies post war. To the brave sailors of the Flower class corvettes, the Merchant Marine, and the Allies navies that braved the elements and the enemy to do their duty, may we never forget.

It's interesting that Canada has the only surviving Flower class corvette HMCS Sackville K 181 and only surviving Tribal class DD HMCS Haida DD 215 in the world. Bravo Zulu RCN.

A great video and I am fortunate enough to have been the Deck Officer in her while I was posted to Halifax as the Deck Officer of HMCS MARGARET BROOKE. It was a great honour to help play a small part in her preservation and bring awareness of Canada's role in The Battle of the Atlantic.

Toured her many times, lived in Halifax for 30 years. Can’t imagine the balls required to ride that tiny ship into the Atlantic and combat.

My dad is in those pictures....sooo proud of him. After the war he lost his right arm above the elbow....still worked as a carpenter until 1987

In 2004 during Hurricane Juan, she was moored to her slip as always and I'm sure the RCN and the Museum of the Atlantic had to have taken precautionary measures to hold her in place. A retired dentist (Hearing about the in coming hurricane) got permission to dock his yacht next to the Sackville. He too took precautions to tie up his boat well. The next morning after the hurricane had passed, the yacht had sunk. The Sackville, even in her retirement can still sink boats. She broke her lines and smashed the wooden yacht, sinking it to the bottom of the harbor. Moral of the story, DO NOT TIE UP YOUR HAND MADE WOODEN YACHT NEXT TO A STEEL BEAST BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR WAR AND TO SINK BOATS! Because as we all know ropes can snap.

Respect to my brothers from the GREAT WHITE NORTH!!!!!

I wonder if the HMCS Sackville would ever be added to World of Warships?

Great to see the history of HMCS Sackville. There was more information in the video then I was aware of for this ship, and I'm Canadian! I live near where the HMCS Haida is located and I've been on that ship many times.

Sackville starred as Dicky in Greyhound folks, movie star right here.

She's not "corvette Sackville. "She is, His Majesty's Canadian Ship, Sackville.

I was in the Canadian navy in the 1970s and we used to tie up near Sackville when she was a research ship. Most of what you see on her decks was gone but she was still recognizably a Corvette and we knew what she was, Canada isn't very good at preserving her military history but we "accidentally: preserved a Corvette. Along with Haida (destroyer in Hamilton) there is only one other Canadian WWII ship still afloat, as weird as it is. Aristotle Onassis' private yacht Christina O started out as HMCS Stormont, a River Class Frigate built by Canadian Vickers in Montreal. You can still book her.

Stories of the RCN in the Second World War, along with stories from ships such as Sackville and Haida make me proud to be a Canadian. Godspeed RCN!

I live in Saint John where HMCS Sackville was built! I have seen this ship in Halifax as well! Thank you for the video! :)

Thanks WG, great video :) Will we be seing corvette's in game?

Canadian navy was made up of western farm boys most if not all never seen the sea The HMCS Sackville like the HMCS Haida are last ships of their respective type in the world

The last Flower... 'bout time!

Hey I work there

I’m from Halifax I’ve been on sackville 4 times

“85 Officers and MEN”. There, I fixed it for you.

Good video of the men and history of the Canadian navy’s corvette. 16knots ?

My uncle served on the alberni he was lucky to survive her sinking off the coast

Thinking of you grandpa. Canadian merchant marine.

I really appreciate the Naval Legends video's. The time spent and information in them is extremely well done. Being Canadian, This was a great addition. We may not have had any of the legendary Steel monsters of the big navies, but were critically important in preventing the fall of Britain. Amazing people who rose to the fight for freedom, our grandparents. *** Perhaps the game could add a new line of destroyers more anti submarine focused to honor the sub hunters of the war. New weapons ASW weapons like the squid launchers / hedghogs, more effective sonar arrays that ASW ships had etc ...

Most people don't even realise that the economy is collapsing and there is an increasing rate of unemployment worldwide 🌍 so take advantage and prepare while things are still on the shelf in the store.

I'm still waiting for HMCS Sackville to be placed in World of Warships.

My dad was in the US army before WWII, and was supposed to be discharged in January 1942 (you can paint the rest of THAT picture all by yourself.) He remarked that he trained with wooden guns in the artillery, and tanks were simulated by trucks carrying signs saying "TANK." Dad sailed for England in the spring of 1942, when the U boats were living their best life. He was originally to have sailed on the Normandie, but after it was sabotaged in the harbor, he ended up on a smaller troop ship. He said his convoy no sooner turned the corner out of the harbor before the corvettes started depth charging U boats. Some ships were lost, and his suffered a frightening near-miss that caused everyone to have to don their life preservers and line up next to the ladders. All he could think about was that cold, cold water in the North Atlantic. He said he didn't know who he felt sorrier for, the German sailors in their iron coffins, or the poor sailors on the tiny Corvettes, tossing about in the waves, and no doubt having their own eardrums tested by the depth charges they were dispensing. Corvette sailors must surely have been a very special breed.

Thanks so much for posting this video. My Dad was a PO Stoker on K71 HMS Pimpernel from its first commissioning in Jan 1941 until September 1942. Looking at the convoy history of his boat he spent most of his time on Atlantic convoy duty flitting between Liverpool and Halifax. My Dad passed away in '94 but he would have given his eye teeth to have looked over the Sackville. He never really spoke much about the war but as he got older he reminisced more about the end of the war (and the year or so after) when it was clear he held these little vessels in very high regard. Sadly he was drafted as temporary crew placement on these little vessels after the war ended taking them on their last voyages to be scrapped. Such a shame that there is only one left but long may it be cared for as they played such an important role in protecting our vital supply lines. Thanks once again for posting.

Awesome video. I have visited HMCS Sackville. Cheers 🍻 ⚓️🇨🇦🫡🇬🇧⚓️

A great story, it must have been hard enough fighting the N. Atlantic but having people trying to sink you at the same time. What brave men.

Thank you WG, really proud as a Canadian . So few hold the line during those darks days of WW2

Naval legends is BACK!!!

More maple syrup ships!

If we could get this as a premium ship id be so happy, i love the flower class corvettes and HMCS Sackville

Painted a yacht grey and put some depth charges and a gun on. I love being Canadian.

greyhound, dicky I'm on him sir

I went on this ship back in 2014 when visiting Halifax. It was smaller than the Haida, but had just as big a heart.

One of my favorite books is "The cruel sea" and the follow up book "3 corvettes". I have always wanted to see what one looked like. THANK YOU!

Makes me even more proud to be a Canadian

Ya know all of those depth charges and hedgehog rounds being fired must have felt like a carpet bombing for those getmans

USS Enterprice CV6 pls

12:58 The ship goes up waaayy whoooa hahahaha😂😂😂 19:13 The submarine wouldn’t be able to retreat before taking some damage shows a old veteren laughing 😂😂😂

A crew of 85 "people"? How about 85 MEN?

I have a hand written account from my grandfather where he confirms that he did indeed do escorts with telephone polls as guns, and oil barrels as depth charges. Specifically one account along the American eastern seaboard where they lit the oil on fire to use as a smoke screen to get away. On a side note, he was Captain of the Sackville near the end of the war.

"decent seagoing capabilities" ??????? You may want to re-check historical sources. These hulls as warships were notoriously horrible at sea. They were underpowered, underarmed and due to high top weight rolling like pregnant cows. Did they do the job? Yes. Were they any good beyond "that will do"? Absolutely NOT.

one of the best books I've about corvette living is saints devils and ordinary seaman

Interesting comments about the RCN by that former commander. According to documents I read the RCN was consider by the RN as the inferior force, the RCN received cast off detection equipement, RCN personnel were not as good as RN (according to RN) While there may have been some truth to those RN remarks early in the war, it was not true in the final 2 years.

Thank you WG for making this amazing documentary. As a Canadian I have always been proud of our navy, doing there bit to help help make the world safer. I have visited HMCS Sackville and the Maritime Museum when ever I visit Halifax. I would love to see Halifax as a Port in game along with a Flower class corvette in Port.

i wanna see these smaller ships in wow i would love to see the tourville class frigate....

The events of the last two years have led me to the conclusion that people don't understand numbers. I don't think they teach Arithmetic anymore. It's true, 100,000 MEN served in the Canadian WWII navy. The population was 11 million. That's not one in ten, that's a hundred and ten. Which is still pretty amazing. My dad was one of them. 'Able Seaman' is chiseled on his gravestone. Served on Corvettes. Thirteen convoys. Sunk a sub on Boxing day, 1944. Rescued the entire U-Boat crew. Nobody died. Pretty amazing. I worry as our leaders talk about war. Nobody alive knows what war really is. Our leaders are actually threatening to use nuclear weapons. Maybe you need to understand numbers to understand nuclear war. Here's a number for you, "If the button is pushed, there's no running away, there'll be no one to save with the world in a grave." The number is zero. Zero survivors.

5:30 nice graphic of Sackville as comissioned. But she didn´t have a pompom and the big minesweeping winch ist missing. The staff thought, they could double up as minesweepers... The corvettes were the best sea boats the allied built, until the Rivers were built, and the only ships with a turning circle smaller than the u-boat. They did a yeoman job in the battle!