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"
Gambier Islands Group Marine Park IUCN Category IV protected area. Gambier Islands Group Marine Park Gambier Islands Group Marine Park is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in state coastal waters around the Gambier Islands at the mouth of Spencer Gulf. The marine park was established on 29 January 2009 by proclamation under the "Marine Parks Act 2007". The Gambier Islands Group Marine Park consists of the waters around all parts of the island group to a distance of from ‘median high water’ and overlaps both the crown land on the south-west side of Wedge Island and the Gambier