October 22nd, 1945 (MONDAY)
CANADA:
Minesweeper HMCS Kelowna paid off Esquimalt, British Columbia.
Minesweeper HMCS Ash Lake cancelled. Completed as survey ship Cartier.
Minesweeper HMCS Birch Lake cancelled. Completed as mercantile MV Aspy III.
Minesweeper HMCS Cherry Lake cancelled. Completed as mercantile Petite Brad D'Or.
Minesweeper HMCS Fir Lake cancelled. Completed as mercantile Regina Polaris.
U.S.A.: Escort carrier USS Rendova commissioned.
1946 (TUESDAY)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: S
class destroyer HMS Saumarez is mined in the Corfu Channel and is able to return
to Malta, but is not repaired. The incident followed a declaration by the
Albanian government of ownership of the waters between the mainland and Corfu.
With Yugoslav assistance, mines were laid, and a force of British destroyers was
ordered to pass through the Straits to test their right of free passage.
Saumarez and Volage struck mines, and Britain was awarded damages in the
International Court (which have never been paid). There were 31 casualties.