HMCS Lethbridge remembered on anniversary of Battle of the Atlantic Poll Yes By Herald on April 30, 2021. Members of the crew of the HMCS Lethbridge take a break while in the St Lawrence after dropping of other crew members. Photo submitted by Glenn Miller Glenn Miller – for the Lethbridge Herald Prairie power was at sea during the Second World War. Many sailors both men and women from the prairies enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy. Perhaps motivated by being familiar of the flat landscape and open spaces to experience something just as familiar but in a different environment. Ships bearing names of Lethbridge, Calgary, Blairmore, Edmonton and Regina are just a few.