HMCS Somers Isles to do during the war once activated. By May 1945, 119 Canadian ships had passed through the facility. Towards the end of the war, the base was used to prepare frigates for service in the Pacific theatre. The RCN abandoned HMCS "Somers Isles" at the end of the war, one of eleven facilities that was disbanded by March 1946. Prior to closure, the RCN had intended to keep four motor launches at "Somers Isles" for target practice, but this idea was abandoned when the base was shuttered and the motor launches were deemed obsolete. HMCS Somers Isles HMCS "Somers Isles"
Daryl Somers Daryl Somers Daryl Paul Somers, OAM (born Daryl Schulz, 6 August 1951 in Geelong, Victoria) is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program "Hey Hey It's Saturday" and continued his television celebrity and status as host of the live-performance program "Dancing with the Stars". In 2018, Somers was honoured by Australian Post by having his portrait featured on a series of postage stamps. Somers was educated at the Christian Brothers College, St. Kilda. A drummer, he joined a group