Voices of Riverview

HMCS Coverdale, the "Spies" of WWll


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HMCS Coverdale was established as a Special Wireless Station (High Frequency/Direction Finder (HF/DF) station) on November 23, 1942. It was situated across the Petitcodiac River in what would be Riverview.

 On April 30, 1945, a HMCS Coverdale operator intercepted a message sent by German Admiral Karl Doenitz telling all his forces that Hitler was dead. She was the first allied person to hear the news of his death.
https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/coverdale.html

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Voices of RiverviewBy Tosh Taylor