Canadian Coast Guard names ship for Captain Nichola Goddard

Aunty Brat sends us a link to her article about how the Canadians have named their newest Coastguard ship for the first woman killed in Afghanistan, Captain Nichola Goddard. From CTV News;

Sally Goddard of Charlottetown attended a Halifax ceremony today marking the official acceptance of the Captain Goddard into the coast guard’s fleet.

She says her daughter would have seen it as an honour for all of the Canadian Forces personnel who were killed during the conflict.

The artillery officer was killed in a Taliban ambush during a battle in the Panjwaii district on May 17, 2006.

The vessel was launched on May 17 this year, eight years after Nichola Goddard’s death and on the birthday of her father.

The story of her life and death;