Coverdale Naval base, From Library and Archives Canada coverdale-01-1180x924.
On this date 75 years ago, April 30, 1945, a Coverdale operator intercepted a message sent by German Admiral Karl Doenitz telling all his forces that Hitler was dead. She was the first allied person to hear the news of his death. The HMCS Coverdale base was established as a Special Wireless Station (High Frequency/Direction Finder (HF/DF) station) on November 23, 1942 and operated until 1970.