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    Photo may have been taken by Alan G. Cutmore, formerly of Oakville, who served on board.

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    H.M.S.C. Arrowhead participated in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence during the Second World War. Photo probably taken by Geoffrey Smith, Arrowhead's ASDIC operator.

    Information on Otto Ites, Captain of U-94 sunk by HMCS Oakville 28 August 1942

    Information on Otto Ites, Captain of the U-94 sunk by HMCS Oakville, 28 August 1942

    Information of U boat sunk by HMCS Oakville, 28 August 1942.

    Geoffrey Smith, who served as ASDIC operator aboard the corvette "Arrowhead," took this photo during the Second World War.

    Corvettes, acting as antisubmarine warships, were used by Canada's navy to escort merchant ship convoys carrying men and supplies through the Atlantic. Their function was to detect and destroy the Ge

    Christening ceremony, November 5, 1941

    Arriving for christening ceremony, November 5, 1941

    Aerial photograph of HMCS Oakville taken from an American Aircraft after 1942.

    Enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman and trained as an ASDIC (Anti-Submarine Detector). Served in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the North Atlantic in min

    Gunners on the corvette Arrowhead

    Donated by Oakville Historical Society.

    HMS Weston, a Royal Navy sloop, Falmouth class, saw service in the Second World War. Photo may have been taken by Alan G. Cutmore, formerly of Oakville, who served on board.

    Geoffrey Smith, ASDIC operator aboard the corvette "Arrowhead," caught this fish near Newfoundland when food supplies aboard were low.

    Collected by Alvin Duncan, a radar operator in the Royal Canadian Air Force.