After Iroquois left Oslo she proceeded to Copenhagen to join  HMS Devonshire, Dido, and Savage in guarding the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen (below) and the light cruiser Nurnberg (above). On May 24 at 08:00 and in company with British escorts, the two mighty German ships left Copenhagen bound for Wilhemshaven Germany. There they would await their fate. (Photo courtesy of Tom Ingham)

 

 

This photo of the heavy German cruiser Prinz Eugen was taken from Iroquois. In late 1945, the German ship was awarded to the United States as a war reparation and later used as a target during the 1946 Bikini Atoll atom bomb tests sinking in Kwajalein lagoon on December 22, 1946  (Photo courtesy of Tom Ingham)

 
 

Above and below: Iroquois enters Wilhelmshaven harbour, Germany on 26 May, 1945 after assisting with the escort of the Prinz Eugen and Nurnberg. (Photographed by Daniel R. Guravich  - A National Archives of Canada photo via Jim  Dowell.  Photo # PA 155018. )

 
 

Photographed by Daniel R. Guravich  -  (National Archives of Canada photo via Jim  Dowell.  Photo # PA 155020 )

 
 

One can only imagine what these three British naval officers are thinking as they observe Iroquois (left)  and the Prinz Eugen (right) at opposite berthings in Wilhelmshaven harbour. (Photo courtesy Imperial War Museum. Submitted by Tom Ingham.)

 
 

With thousands of German soldiers descending on Wilhelmshaven after V-E day, Canadian sailors were able to pick up ample amounts of souvenirs. (Photo courtesy Tom Ingham)

 
 

Above and below:  No...these are not real Nazis. Instead, some of Iroquois crew have donned the uniforms of German officers. These were souvenirs they picked up while in Wilhelmshaven. Here Stokers (L-R) Ingham, Lisk, Danny McLeod  ham it up for the camera. (Photo supplied by Tom Ingham)

Stokers Bibeault and Lisk. The ship in the background, right side, is HMCS Huron  G-24. (Photo supplied by Tom Ingham)

 
 

Canadian troops leaving a truck along side the Wilhelmshaven jetty. Note the bombed out buildings. (Photo via Jim Dowell)

Two barges, loaded with German soldiers, are secured to a small ship that has already unloaded hundreds of German soldiers in Wilhelmshaven harbour. Note of the German vessels in the background. The cutter is unidentified, as is the ship with the White Ensign. The photo was taken from HMCS Iroquois and the time period is several days after VE-Day. (Photo via Jim Dowell)

 
 

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