On This Day In Canadian History....
1910 - H.M.S. Niobe arrives in Halifax to become the first cruiser of the Royal Canadian Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada to form part of it's navy as HMCS Niobe. After patrol duties at the beginning of WW1, she became a depot ship in Halifax. Damaged in the 1917 Halifax Explosion, she was scrapped in the 1920s.
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