Swiftsure Bank

Swiftsure Bank (48˚34'00" 124˚59'00" Entrance to Juan de Fuca Str, off SW Vancouver I between Barkley Sd and Port San Juan). HMS Swiftsure, a 14-gun steam-powered battleship that was also rigged for sail, served as the flagship on the Pacific Station in 1882–85 and 1888–90 and was largely based at Esquimalt. Rear Adm John Baird was the station’s cdr-in-chief for the first period, while the ship’s cdr was Capt Henry Aitchison; during the second commission, Rear Adm Algernon Heneage was...

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