A massive armada of 5,300 Allied vessels put to sea on D-Day. Canada's contribution to the Operation Neptune, the naval part of Overlord, was 109 ships and 10,000 men - 4 percent of the total naval strength. The navy transported the assault troops and then ensured the continued flow of more troops, ammunition, equipment and supplies.
Far in front of the armada were the minesweepers. There were sixteen Canadian minesweepers including the Canso, Caraquet, Thunder, Vegreville and Wasaga that performed the crucial task of clearing a safe route across the English Channel. The destroyers Algonquin and Sioux bombarded the enemy defences and provided fire support for the ground attacks.
The landing ships Prince Henry and Prince David carried fourteen assault landing craft to Juno Beach. Twenty-six landing craft infantry (LCI) transported second wave troops. Canadian motor torpedo boats patrolled the Seine estuary. Many other corvettes and frigates escorted landing craft and patrolled the convoy routes. RCN flotillas of landing craft transported infantry and tanks to shore and provided additional fire support for them.
HMCS Algonquin, Canadian Fleet "V" Destroyer. 22 February 1944, Greenock.
HMCS Sioux
RCN - Canadian Flower-class Corvette
HMCS Prince David
HMCS Prince Henry
Destroyers (V Class)
HMCS Algonquin
HMCS Sioux
Tribal Class Destroyers
HMCS Haida
HMCS Huron
HMCS Iroquois
HMCS Athabaskan (sunk April 29/44 while on minelaying mission in preparation for D-Day)
Destroyers
HMCS Assiniboine
HMCS Chaudiere
HMCS Gatineau
HMCS Kootenay
HMCS Ottawa
HMCS Qu’Appelle
HMCS Saskatchewan
HMCS Skeena
HMCS St Laurent
HMCS Restigouche
Minesweepers
HMCS Caraquet
HMCS Canso
HMCS Bayfield
HMCS Blairmore
HMCS Cowichan
HMCS Fort William
HMCS Georgian
HMCS Guysborough
HMCS Kenora
HMCS Malpeque
HMCS Milltown
HMCS Minas
HMCS Mulgrave
HMCS Thunder
HMCS Vegreville
HMCS Wasaga
Frigates
HMCS Cape Breton
HMCS Grou
HMCS Matane
HMCS New Waterford
HMCS Outremont
HMCS Meon
HMCS Port Colborne
HMCS Stormont
HMCS Saint John
HMCS Swamsea
HMCS Teme
HMCS Waskesiu
Corvettes
HMCS Alberni
HMCS Baddeck
HMCS Calgary
HMCS Camrose
HMCS Drumheller
HMCS Kitchener
HMCS Lindsay
HMCS Lunenburg
HMCS Mayflower
HMCS Mimico
HMCS Moosejaw
HMCS Rimouski
HMCS Port Arthur
HMCS Prescott
HMCS Regina
HMCS Summerside
HMCS Rimouski
HMCS Trentonian
HMCS Woodstock
Motor Torpedo Boats
29th MTB Flotilla
MTB459, MTB460, MTB461, MTB462, MTB463, MTB464, MTB465, MTB466,
65th MTB Flotilla
MTB726, MTB727, MTB735, MTB743, MTB746, MTB745, MTB748
Assault Forces
Landing Ships, Infantry
HMCS Prince Henry
528th LCA Flotilla
LCA856, LCA1372, LCA736, LCA1033, LCA850, LCA1021, LCA925, LCA1371
HMCS Prince David
529th LCA Flotilla
LCA1150, LCA1375, LCA1059, LCA1151, LCA1138, LCA1137
Landing Craft Infantry, Large
260th LCI Flotilla
LCI117, LCI121, LCI166, LCI177, LCI249, LCI266, LCI271, LCI277, LCI285,
LCI298, LCI301,
262nd LCI Flotilla
LCI115, LCI118, LCI125, LCI135, LCI250, LCI252, LCI262, LCI263, LCI270,
LCI276, LCI299,
LCI306
264th LCI Flotilla
LCI255, LCI288, LCI295, LCI302, LCI305, LCI310, LCI311
