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"
Bonin Islands entirely different islands. On 12 September 1824 American Captain James Coffin in the "Transit" first visited the southern group of islands ("Coffin Islands"). He visited the archipelago again in 1825 but this time he arrived at the middle group of islands ("Beechey Group"). In September 1825, the British whaling ship "Supply" landed in the southern Bailey Group of islands. In 1826, another British whaler, the "William", arrived at Beechey Island. Whaling ships called on a regular basis, for water and turtles, before continuing their voyages. In 1827 Captain F. W. Beechey of reached the island chain and claimed them as