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Where HMS Eskimo would have made her goodwill visit

The Tribal-class destroyer's intended namesake visit would most likely have taken HMS Eskimo to Canada, probably Halifax or the high north.

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Question

Where would HMS Eskimo have gone on a goodwill visit if the war had not interrupted the Tribal-class namesake visits?

Short answer

She would have gone to Canada, probably Halifax, though a visit farther into the high north was also possible.

Notes

A viewer asks where HMS Eskimo would have gone if wartime plans for Tribal-class namesake visits had proceeded. Canada is the destination, with Halifax identified as the most likely port and a voyage farther north also considered possible. The ship's name points to the naval-diplomatic practice of sending vessels to communities associated with their identities. The outbreak of war displaced those peacetime goodwill plans.