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The Royal Navy Establishment at Esquimalt was created in 1865 as an alternate base (or ‘station’) in the Pacific; the RN also had an operational base at Valparaiso, Chile. It operated until 1905 when the newly signed alliance with Japan made it less necessary to have a Royal Naval presence in the Northern Pacific. It also allowed the Royal Navy to focus on concentrating in the Naval Arms Race with Germany.
This picture is courtesy of CFB Esquimalt |
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