H.E.D.C. Mark II Memorial

HMCS Niobe, an aging British cruiser, was one of the first two ships purchased for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910. Its weapons were removed when it was decommissioned in 1915 and its 6-inch guns were used to form a battery on Partridge Island in defence of the Saint John's harbour during the Second World War. One of these guns, a 6-inch H.E.D.C. Mark II with the serial number 749 (1898) is on display at the entrance to HMCS Brunswicker.