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~.~ 7{NTERNATIONAL TENSION during 1961 has brought ~~ft ;.n into sharper focus the vital importance of the role ft~, which the armed forces of the free world play in helping ~~

ft to maintain the peace. It has meant for the Navy an fl~.~ increase in manpower, constant vigilance, more intensive ~,.

ft training and a continuing search for more efficient ft~~ equipment and weapons. We will have to maintain a high ~~

fl state of readiness, training and vigilance for many years ft~~ to come. ~,.

fl The armed truce under which we live need not in- ft~, evitably lead to armed conflict. I would rather feel that ~~

ft each day as it passes provides that much more time and ft~.. , opportunity for mankind to achieve the ideals of "Peace ~~

rt on earth, good will to men". ft~, To all of you who contribute to The Crowsnest and ~~rt to those who read it I send my best wishes for a joyful f:t~ Christmas and a Happy New Year. ~

~ ~~ ~Vice-Admiral, RCN

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1AICROWSNESTVol. 14 No.1 THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY'S MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 1961

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The Navy Plays 23

The Cover-After all, a ship is a sailor's seagoing home,which is sufficient reason for lavishing as much attention on herat Christmas time as one would on a bungalow in the suburbs.Among the better dressed warships in Esquimalt harbour a coupleof years ago (as CPO Ken Martin was careful to record with hiscamera) was the frigate Jonquiere. (E-53483)

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Champions in the Dartmouth Half-Pint Football League are the Shannon Park naval married quarters "Sailors". Undefeated, they racked up 250points with only one score against in the six·game schedule with two. Shearwater teams and o~e from Woo?side. In the final they defeated. th"Shearwater Fireflys 20-9 to win the league title. The coaches are PO BIll Joynt and Ldg. Sea. Ernie Manuel. ThIS was the first season for the SaIlorsin half-pint play. Shown are members of the offensive IIne.up. Front row. left to right: Denny Crawford, Peter Guinta, Gerald Buott, Gail Peller. RandyAnderson, Terry Carroll and Patrick Crawshaw. Rear row: Robert Yuille, Terry Kelly, Michael Bucci. Douglas Deneau and Patrick Flecknell. (HS-66714)

ShilJS Spend ThreeWeeks in North

The aircraft carrier Bonaventurearrived in Halifax Friday morning,October 13, and fired a 13-gun salutefrom Commodore M. G. Stirling, SeniorCanadian Officer Afloat (Atlantic), toRear-Admiral K. L. Dyer, Flag OfficerAtlantic Coast. The salute was returnedby naval field pieces firing 11 guns fromthe Dockyard.

The salutes brought to a close athree-week trip during which Commo­dore Stirling took a task force into farnorthern waters, more than 1,200 milesfrom Halifax, for anti-submarine exer­cises. In addition to the Bonaventure,there were flve destroyer escorts, the.British submarine Aurochs, RCAF Mar­itime patrol aircraft and a. large USNtanker which visited Halifax with thereturning ships. More than 2,500 sailorswere involved in the anti-submarineexer.cise in Hudson Bay and DavisStrait. The Bonaventure steamed a totalof 5,200 miles on the voyage.

No day :went by in which at leastsome flying was not accomplished.Sometimes the rescue and· utility heli­copter (Pedro, the busy little burro)was the only one ·about its business oftransferring mail, material and pas­sengers among the ships. Pedro's hours

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totalled about 60 and she landed eighttimes on board destroyer escorts and 20on board the tanker Neosho, whoserefuelling kept the fleet going. Pedro'scarrier landings totalled 130 because ofnormal plane guard duties.

The Neosho achieved a milestonewhile fuelling the Bonaventure. Lt. J.G. Richard Wright, USN Supply Corps,of Philadelphia, came aboard and. pre­sented a huge cake to Cdr. HowardMinogue, engineer officer of the carrier.On the frosting was written "To the200th customer of 1961".

The close of the cruise marked amilestone, too, for anti-submarine squad-

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ron 880's sea detachment. Seven ofthe crews of the 18 carried by theBonaventure are being exchanged withothers from shore. This semi-annual andpartial switch enables the squadrons tokeep the pitch of operational readinessreasonably constant.

Since the detachment was embarkedlast May, its Tracker aircrews haveflown more than 2,400 hours from theship and more than 1,400 while deployedto various Atlantic provinces air bases.The detachment has taken part in fourmajor exercises in addition to normaloperational commitments.

Wrens Celebrate10th Anniversary

Wrens from naval divisions acrossCanada met in Winnipeg on Thanks­giving week-end to celebrate the 10thanniversary of their membership in thepeace-time RCN(R).

More than 80 reserve wrens werepresent for the celebration; which in­cluded a civic luncheon given by theCity of Winnipeg, a dinner and danceat HMCS Chippawa, the Winnipeg navaldivision, and a church parade.

Divisions represented at the reunionwere: Brunswicker, Saint John; Cata­raqui, Kingston; Griffon, Fort William

The third largest award ever made by the Suggestion Award Board of the Public Serviceof Canada and the largest ever awarded to a member of the Department of National Defenceserving with the Navy, was presented on October 11' to William Kingston, second from right,by Vice-Admiral H. S. Rayner, Chief of the Naval Staff. Mr. Kingston received $1,778 for proposinga modification to certain RCN radar pedestals. Attending the presentation ceremony Were Rear­Admiral P. D. Budge, (left) Chief of Naval Personnel, and Jules Pelleteir, chairman of the NationalDefence Suggestion Award Commillee. (0-13954)

and Port Arthur; Unicorn, Saskatoon;Nonsuch, Edmonton; Discovery, Van­couver; Star, Hamilton; Carleton, Ot­tawa; Queen, Regina; York, Toronto,and Chippawa.

The reunion was attended by Lt.-Cdr.Constance Ogilvy, Staff Officer Wrens,Naval Headquarters, and Lt. Fanta Tait,Staff Officer Wrens to the CommandingOfficer Naval Divisions, each of whomwas presented with a certificate ofhonorary citizenship of Winnipeg by theDeputy Mayor during the civic lunch­eon.

On Sunday evening an entertainmentwas held at which skits were presentedby CMppawa, Donnacona and Discov­ery.

Chief of Naval StallVisits West Coast

Vice-Admiral H. S. Rayner, Chief ofthe Naval Staff, visited the Royal Ca­nadian Navy's Pacific Command fromOctober 25 to 28.

During his tour he conferred withRear-Admiral E. W. Finch-Noyes, FlagOfficer Pacific Coast and Maritime Com­mander Pacific, and visited ships andestablishments of the command.

Admiral Rayner also addressed theNational Council of the Navy League ofCanada at their annual meeting in Vic­toria October 26 and 27, which saw theelection of Cdr. F. C. Aggett, RCN(R)(Ret) as president of the organization:

Rand TrainingCombined at Nmlen

Bandsmen recruits of all three ArmedForces began training at the RCN Schoolof Music, HMCS Naden, Esquimalt, onNovember 1.

Under the new scheme, intake ofapprentice bandsmen for the first yearwill be 51. Two classes a year areplanned, in May and November, reach­ing an anticipated peak intake of 137in May 1963.

The decision to train bandsmen ofthe three services at the RCN establish­ment was taken on the recommendationof the National Defence Personnel Mem­bers Committee who noted that RCNband apprentices had been trained suc­cessfully at Naden for the past sixyears, and that with additional instruc­tors and certain alterations to existingaccommodation, the training of bands­men of the other services could beeffected easily and economically. TheArmy and the RCAF are providinginstructors to augment the RCN staff atthe school.

New entry training will be givenbandsmen recruits by their respectiveservices before they commence trainingat the RCN School of Music. All per­sonnel of the school will be under thecommand of the Commodore, RCN Bar­racks, Esquimalt.

Pilots' WingsAwarded to 24

Twenty-four sub-lieutenants of theRoyal Canadian Navy have beenawarded their pilots' wings after suc­cessfully completing the first phase oftheir flying training at RCAF StationSaskatoon.

They are now taking an intensivecourse, which includes advanced flyingtraining for conversion to Tracked anti­submarine aircraft and to helicopters,to bring them up to second pilot stand­ards. Other elements of the course aresurvival, anti-submarine warfare andmaritime warfare.

Ten of the officers have been ap­pointed to VU-33, utility air squadronat Patricia Bay. The remainder havebeen appointed to Shearwater, for VU­32 utility air squadron, and HU-21utility helicopter squadron.

Joining HU-21 are: Acting Sub-Lieu­tenants William A. Cook; D. C. Hallaran,

and Bruce E. McKay, and Sub-Lt.Herman P. Muenzer.

Appointed to VU-32 are: Sub-Lt.David J. McLewin and Acting Sub­Lieutenants W. P. Breckenridge; SeanD. Carrigan; Charles C. Coffen; VernonR. Miller; Donald J. Monk; D. E.Muckle; R. C. Tanton; G. I. Willis andR. M. Woosnam.

Joining VU-33 are: Acting Sub-Lieu­tenants Terrence J. Clark; Fred N.Clarke; Fred W. Harvey; Robert Jack­son; John E. McGee; Alan S. McIntosh;Larry A. O'Brien; Eric Nielsen; JohnE. Tucker, and Garry F. Youngson.

Suggestion WinsAward of $1,778

A suggestion by William P. Kingston,of Bathurst, N.B., and Ottawa, a tech­nical officer on the staff of the Directorof Supplementary Radio Stations atNaval Headquarters, has earned himthe third largest cash award evergranted by the Suggestion Award Boardof the Public Service of Canada, andthe largest ever awarded to a memberof the Department of National Defenceserving with the Navy. Mr. Kingstonalso received a congratulatory letterfrom the Chief of the Naval Staff forhis achievement.

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Mr. Kingston has been awarded $1,778for a suggestion for a modification tothe pedestals, of certain radar sets usedin ships ·of the Royal Canadian Navy.

The idea, which will save thousandsof dollars, was forwarded to the Sug­gestion Award Board· f'or evaluation byspecialist officers and has been adoptedfor RCN use.

Mr. Kingston. entered "the RCNVR inJuly .1944 as a radio artificer. He trans­ferred ' to' the regular fotcein December,1946, served twice in Korean watersandtook his discharge in December, 1956.He taught school briefly 'at Bathurst in1957 'before entering the Federal civilservlce in July of that year.. He servedon 'the staff of the Electrical Engineer­in-Chief until December 1960, when hetransferred to his present position.

First Lord PaysV isit to Ottawa

A distinguished visitor to Ottawa dur­ing'mid-October was the 'Rt. ,Han. LordCarrington, First Lord of the Admiralty.

During his visit, from October 16 to18, Lord Carrington conferred withHon. Douglas S. Harkness, Minister ofNational Defence, and senior defenceofficials~ He was introduce.d to membersof the Naval Board by Vice-AdmiralH. S. Rayner, Chief of the Naval Staff.

Lord Carrington became First Lordof the Admiralty in, October 1959, afterserving in other British governmentposts since 1951.

147 Enrolled asHeN 0 fJicer Callets

A' university education and a militarycareer will be combined by 147 youngmen from across Canada who havebeen accepted into the Royal CanadianNavy as officer cadets under terms ofthe Regular Officer Training Plan.

Eighty-eight of the successful ROTPcandidates have been accepted for entryinto the three Canadian Services Col­leges: Royal Roads, Royal Military Col­lege and College Militaire Royal deSaint-Jean.

The other 59 will attend un~versities.

The Regular Officer Training Plan,common to the three armed forces,provides young men with an opportunityto receive a subsidized university degreeeducation while at the same time pro­ceeding toward professional officers'careers.

Included in the successful applicantsthis year are three lower deck membersof the Royal Canadian Navy (Reserve).They are: AB Robert J. Lees, of Van­couver, who will attend the University

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of British Columbia; Ord. Sea. ColinCampbell Barber, of Regina, who willattend the University of Manitoba; andOrd. Sea. 'H. B. McGibbon, of ottawa,who will attend Queen's University.

HeN Officer JoinsArg'entine Cruise

A Royal Canadian Navy officer, Lt.­Cdr. Neil St. C. Norton, has ·been ·ap­pointed' as RCN observer with 'theArgentine Navy for a four-month cruisein the Antarctic.

Lt.~Cdr . Norton left for Buenos Aireson October 10, and the expedition wasto sail from there October '20.

Lt.-Cdr. Norton was selected for theappointment when the Argentine Navyextended an offer for an officer of theRCN to accompany the expedition as anobserver.

The expedition will be in two phases.The first will be concerned with icepenetration while the second will betaken up with antarctic scientific work.The ships will return to Buenos Airesbetween phases, and on completion oftheir work at the end of February 1962.

Lt.-Cdr. Norton is no stranger to con­ditions in high latitudes. He served inthe Canadian Arctic in HMCS Labradorformer RCN arctic patrol ship, and isa navigation specialist as well as ithydrographer. He had served as NavalHydrographer at Naval Headquarters,from March 1960.

Pioneer OfficerDies in Halifax

A tie with the very beginning of theRoyal Candian Navy was broken lastsummer with the death of EngineerCaptain Angus Downes Mathwin Cttrry,OBE, RCN (Ret), in Halifax.

Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, CaptainCurry was 21 years old when he joinedHMCS Rainbow, first ship commissionedin the Canadian naval service, in August1910. He was one of the first two officerscommissioned in the Canadian NavalForce, as the sea-going branch of theservice was then known. Both were en­rolled on August 10, but records do notindicate priority.

Captain Curry served during the latterpart of the First World War as an in­structor on the staff of the Royal NavalCollege of Canada. In addition to hold­ing RN and HeN seagoing appoint­ments, he was chief engineer of bothdockyards and for six years, from 1935to 1941 he directed the RCN's engineer­ing services, first as Director of NavalEngineering and latterly under the newtitle of Engineer-in-Chief. From 1941until his retirement in 1946 he was En­gineer Captain to Naden and ChiefEngineer Esquimalt Dockyard.

He died in Halifax on June 25.

Army OfficerQualified Diver

A Canadian Army officer serving onboard the Bonaventure has attained aunique qualification. He is Capt. W.Donald Creighton, who qualified earlierthis year as a naval clearance divingofficer (ships) when he took a divingcourse at the RCN Diving Establis:q.mentin Dartmouth, in May of this year. Hisnormal duties are those of GroundLiaison Officer in the carrier.

He is believed to be the only personin the Canadian Army to qualify as aclearance diver since the Second WorldWar.

Capt. Creighton was posted to theBonaventure a year ago from the2RCHA, in Winnipeg, as carrier-borneGround Liaison Officer. His small organ­ization, plus Dental Corps people, bringto 10 number of personnel in Armyuniform braving the briny deep inCanada's biggest warship.

Capt. Creighton, who grew up inWestville, near New Glasgow, N.S.,served briefly in the Army as a gunnerin the Second World War until pluckedoff a troopship about to go overseaswhen it was discovered he was only 17years old. He later joined the- RCAF,training as an air gunner, just beforehostilities ended.

He then went to Mount Allison Uni­versity, N.B., graduating as a bachelorof science and entered the RCA as a2nd lieutenant in 1951. He is married tothe former. Shirley Campbell, also ofWestville.

THE PRIME TASKAn Address by the Chief of the Naval Staff

"The inevitable, for us, is the eternal sea and the continuing i1nportance of themaintenance of the freedom of the seas. The Navy's prime task is to ensure thatCanada's contribution to the jorces engaged in preserving the jreedom of the seasis fully effective and up-to-date, both now and always,"

W ITH THESE WORDS Vice..Admiral H. S. Rayner, Chief

of the Naval Staff, concluded anaddress at the annual dinner of theNavy League Canada' in Victoria onOctober 27.

Although the composition of theRoyal Canadian Navy's fleet was mainlydirected toward meeting the submarinethreat, the Navy was not limited toanti-submarine operations alone, Ad­miral Rayner said. The fleet must beready to meet other obligations, somearising out of Canada's membership inthe United Nations, others from thenecessity of protecting and controllingmerchant shipping, of guarding har....bours and coastal areas against thethreat of mines and of being readilyavailable to assist in survival opera....tions on shore and search and rescueat sea.

The major portion of the addressfollows:

In my job as CNS, said AdmiralRayner, I am constantly being madeaware by all sorts of people in variousways of the "large measure of goodwill the Navy' enjoys across the land.At the same time I am frequentlysurprised by the lack of understanding,again by all sorts of people, as to justwhy we have a Navy, what its pur...pose is, and why the control of theseas and sea power are so important.

However, this shouldn't really comeas a surprise. The only truly satis...factory way to get to know and under...stand something of the sea and shipsis to go to sea, and comparatively fewin this vast land have the opportunity.But one can learn to appreciate theimportance of the control of the seasby study and reflection ...

We are a maritime nation with threefar-fiung coast lines, the Atlantic, thePacific, and the Arctic. The control andthe maintenance of the freedom ofthe seas is vitally important to thesurvival of a maritime nation. Historyhas proven this basic principle onmany occasions. Today, the use of theseas in peace is vital to the free world'seconomy and in war is indispensableto its security. In time of strife, ifready and properly used, control of theseas can mean the difference betweenvictory and defeat.

Sea power can be quickly concen­trated and brought to bear wherever itis needed. Its deployment cannot beprevented by the denial of over-flyingand staging rights. It can be heldpoised in readiness at sea, withoutencroaching on a country's sovereignty;and it can remain unobtrusive. It isthese factors that make the Polarissubmarine such an important weaponsystem.

It is true to say that control ofthe seas is just as important today asit ever has been in the past. I thinkthat recognition of this fact is theprime reason that Russia has in beinga force of over 400 sUbmarines.

The Russians have obviously beenmost impressed by and have correctlyappreciated the importance of seapower. The enormous submarine fleetwhich I mentioned is modern and haslargely been rebuilt since 1951. Mr.Khrushchev has said that Russia isnow building a nuclear submarine fleetwhich will be armed with missiles.Moreover, in the past ten years theirmerchant fleet has doubled to a totaltonnage of 4,000,000, and their fishingfleets have increased many times overto about 3,000 trawlers. Thus, whiledevoting tremendous efforts to theeconomic, military, political and scien­tific fronts, Russia at the same timeis taking major steps to ensure thatshe can use the seas in peace and war.

I would like to illustrate for youwhat the lack of sea power meant tothis country in the Gulf of St. Law­rence during the first years of the lastwar and then show how the situationimproved when we had more ships.

At the start of the Second World Warin 1939 the RCN was very small. Ourfew destroyers were more than fullyemployed escorting troop and tradeconvoys out of Halifax bound for theUnited Kingdom. The defence of ship­ping in the St. Lawrence River hadto take low priority.

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In 1940, after Europe had been over­run, giving the enemy submarine paseson the Atlantic, the Naval Staff madeplans to deal with submarine attackson shipping in the Gulf of St. Law­rence. However, apart from numerousfalse "alarms and excursions" therewere no genuine contacts with theenemy during that year or the next.The long-expected arrival of theGerman U-boats took place in May1942 and a merchant ship was tor­pedoed and sunk 35 miles north ofGaspe on the 12th. Emergency planswere immediately put into effect, andshipping was organized into convoys.One of the latter, QS-15, was attackedin July and three ships were sunk.September 1942 was the worst monthof the war in the St. Lawrence. Fourmerchant ships and HMCS Raccoonwere lost from QS-33, and on 11 Sep­tember the corvette, HMCS Charlotte­town, went down in less than fiveminutes after being torpedoed byU-517. Three more ships were sunkin September and one in October.

Perhaps it was during one of theengagements in this hectic and frus­trating summer, when the few escortsavailable were doing the best they couldalthough sorely overworked, whentempers and patience were runningshort, that a corvette captain after ablast by the leader of the escort ,group,who was a permanent force officer,made the signal, "Very sorry, butplease remember I'm only a poorbloody stockbroker."

At this time Canadian escort forcesavailable for the St. Lawrence werestill inadequate. The main commit­ment of the navy was protection of thevital transatlantic routes, and it wascorrectly surmised that the Germanswere attacking in Canadian waters to"draw off" ocean escorts from the maintask.

Our inability to concentrate sufficientsea power at the new point of attackin the St. Lawrence had two adverseeffects on the war effort. Firstly, theRCN came under considerable criticismin parliament and the press during theGaspe attacks for its alleged failureto provide adequate A/S protection. Atthe time secrecy concerning defenceresources prevented the government ofthe day from replying to its critics,with a detrimental effect on nationalmorale. The second adverse effect wasthat although heavy coastal traffic con­tinued to use the St. Lawrence, ocean­going vessels were reduced to a mini­mum in 1943.

As it happened, owing to the Alliedoffensive strategy overseas and suc­cesses against German U-boats else­where, the latter did not return to the

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River until late in 1944, but meanwhilecargoes which could have been shippedfrom St. Lawrence ports were takenby rail to' Saint John and Halifax witha consequent strain on rail transporta­tion.

Enemy submarines did return to theSt. Lawrence in the fall of 1944, buttheir old advantage had gone; twoships were torpedoed in October, butneither sank. By this time escortgroups and aircraft were available instrength to deal with any therat andno further attacks occurred. Five yearshad passed since the hectic and make­shift days of 1939, but the interveningperiod in the St.Lawrence clearly illus­trates the necessity for a maritimenation to matq.tain adequate sea powerto protect shipping in focal areas.

Bearing in mind the lessons of thepast and looking to the requirementsof the future, the Navy defines itspurpose' as being to ensure that Canada,in concert with Allied and friendly na­tions, will have unrestricted use of theseas in peace and war.

Because the principal threat to thefree use of the seas is the submarine,the primary role of the RCN in supportof Canada's defence policy is anti-sub­marine.

The design and armament of ourships and aircraft and the compositionof the fleet as a whole have beenplanned with the primary object ofmeeting the submarine threat. How­ever, this does not mean that we arelimited to anti-SUbmarine operationsalone.

We have other tasks. We must beready to conduct operations arising outof Canada's membership in the UnitedNations which could well involve sup­porting the Canadian Army in a land­ing operation.

We are responsible for the protectionof the sea lines of communication, andthis involves the control of merchantshipping off our coasts as well as its

protection. We must provide mine­sweeping forces and clearance divers tosafeguard our harbours and coastalareas against a mining threat. Also, wehave to be ready to assist where wecan in .survival operations on shore,and we must be ready at all times tohelp in maritime search and rescue withwhatever units and facilities we haveavailable at the time.

These then are the principal tasksthat we may be called upon to carryout. To cope with them, the Navyoperates a carrier having fighter andanti-submarine aircraft, 14 of the latesttype destroyer escorts, 11 older de­stroyers, 18 modernized frigates, twomaintenance support vessels, twosquadrons of minesweepers and anumber of auxiliaries and smallercraft..

In addition, out of Halifax we areoperating the Sixth Submarine Squad­ron on loan from the Royal Navy andmanned partly by our own personnel.Also the Grilse, a submarine on loanfrom the USN and manned entirely bythe RCN, is based here in Esquimalt.We are most grateful to the RN andthe USN for making available thesesubmarines which are absolutely es­sential for training A/S ships and air­craft.

A replacement program for the oldervessels is under way. Six new de­stroyer escorts to be known as ,theMackenzie class and basically similarto the present Restigouche class areunder construction. We are also build­ing a 22,OOO-ton tanker supply ship.This ship will be named Provider andwill be used for replenishing ships atsea.

I think it might be interesting tocompare the Navy we have now withthe Navy we had ten years ago, in1951, when the Korean build-up andour new construction programme werejust getting under way.

In 1951-52' the naval appropriationwas $236 million. In that year we had13,500 officers and men in the service;we had 20 ships in commission and50 naval aircraft. Also at that timeabout 38 percent of· the personnel inuniform were serving at sea. Thestrength of the HeN in men and shipsin 1951 was the highest in peacetimehistory.

Now let us look at comparable figuresfor 1961. The naval ... appropriation thisyear is very nearly $280 million. Thatis about 19 percent more than thebudget of ten years ago. Within thisamount we are operating a fleet of 60combatant ships and 80 aircraft. Ourtotal strength is just over 20,000 officersand men. Thus we have' almost tripled

the ships in the fleet with a personnelincrease of 50 percent and a budgetincrease of less than 20 percent.

Manning this fleet are personnelwhose proficiency is recognized by othernavies and whose standards of educa­tion, physical fitness and morale arevery high. At the present time nearly51 percent of our personnel in uniformare at sea. This is a very high sea/shoreratio by comparison with any othernavy and is something our men canbe very proud of. It costs their familiesa good deal.

Ashore in the dockyards, headquar­ters, and training establishments, wherewe have just over 11,000 civilian per-

sonnel as well as over 9,000 in uniform,all efforts are directed towards the sup­port of the fleet-for it is the fleet thatis the true expression of the Navy'sworth.

An integral component of the navy isthe Royal Canadian Navy (Reserve),and I would like to take this oppor­tunity to pay tribute to those Canadiansin 21 of our communities from coast tocoast who devote so much of their sparetime and their summer holidays totraining for their country's service.

In the heat of debate in the Houseof Commons in September the Ministerof National Defence, Mr. Harkness, sum­med up the Navy's position: "Our ships

are in a state of immediate readiness. Atpractically all times some of them areat sea. They are, therefore, availableimmediately to counter enemy sub­marines."

This is a capability of which· we arevery proud and which has only beenachieved by a strong and sustainedeffort. We intend to maintain it. In addi­tion we need strong public support toenable the Navy to keep up-to-date nowand in the future.

A great deal of careful thought andplanning is being devoted to meeting thechallenge of the future with its increas­ingly rapid scientific and technologicaladvances.

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In 1921 the Royal Canadian Navy acquired its first two destroyers, the Patriot and Patrician. The laller ship was based at Esquimalt from 1922until she was finally paid off in 1928. In 1923 the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve came into existence. L. Colin Curtis, of Kamloops, B.C.,recently sent this picture of the ship's company of the Patrician to The Crowsnest and, as it shows a number of RCNVR personnel borne for training,he concludes the picture was taken no earlier than 1923. AB L. C. Curtis, as he was then, is third from the right in the third row. Although morethan 38 years have passed since the picture was taken, Mr. Curtis has been able to identify quite a number of faces. Some of the names willawaken echoes in the memories of old-timers: Signalman J. Bells, Yeoman of Signals Harry Redding; Stoker PO Harry Temple; Engineer Cdr. G. L.Stephens; Lt. J. E. W. Oland, commanding officer; Lt. V. L. Godfrey: PO Charles Cave; AB "Tubby" Dunkley, and Stoker "Ginger" Emery. (CN-6305)

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The Aldergrove PoolSelf-Help Achieves What Public Funds Couldn't

F OR MANY YEARS personnel ofofficers and men of HMCS Alder- .

grove, the naval radio station in thelower Fraser Valley, have, on swelteringsummer days, expressed their wish fora swimming pool. The usual approachwas made to have a pool built withpublic funds but, alas, tri-service policyprevented this.

At a Welfare Committee meetingduring the latter part of 1959 a majorityvote established a ways and means com­mittee to explore the possibilities andthe costs of constructing a pool to befinanceq by the Ship's Fund. The find­ings of this committee were as follows:

On the assumption that land, water,access to shower facilities arid electricitywould be provided by the Departmenta 20-by-40-foot pool could be built forapproximately $2,000.

The financing of the pool was to bearranged as follows: A $400 donationfrom the chief and petty officers' mess(later raised to $500); a $50 donationfrom the wardroom meSs (later raisedto $80); $800 in redeemable pledges

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from personnel of Aldergrove; and $750from the Ship's Fund.

The Welfare Committee approved theplans and a submission was forwardedthrough Flag .Officer Pacific Coast toNaval Headquarters. In due course,official approval was received.

Work on the pool began on May 23,1961, and ended on July 16, 1961. Allworking parties were voluntary andtremendous assistance was given bysoldiers from Camp Chilliwack.

The pool took 40 yards of machine­mixed concrete and an additional 18yards of hand-mixed concrete went intothe walkways. Landscaping required 80yards of fill and topsoil, which was handgraded and sown to fine grass. Sufficientmaterial to build a 250-foot-Iong fencewas donated by a local lumber yard.

The final cost of the pool exceededthe original estimate by approximately$200. This was due largely to an exten­sion of the concrete walkways.

Through stringent economy on thepart of the Ship's Fund all bills havenow been paid and there is but $265 in

redeemable pledges outstanding, whichshould be fully redeemed by December31, 1961.

The pool waS officially opened onAugust 3. Two barbecue units were setup for cooking hot dogs which wereeaten to the music of a local five-pieceband, which donated its services. Thepool was christened "The Ship's FundPool". The first man dunked was POAndy Eburne, which was most fittingin that he had given more time thanany other man to the actual construc­tion of the pool.

In this effort more than 1,000 man­hours of labour were required. Thepool, complete with automatic filteringsystem, diving board, walkways, lawnand fencing, now stands as an outstand­ing example of what can be achievedwhen many people unite in a commonpurpose. In so far as is known this isthe first pool built in the Royal Cana­dian Navy with non-public funds andit is certain the present and future com­plements of this establishment will fullyappreciate this effort.

OFFICERS AND MEN

It.-Col. J. V. Menard, commanding officer of the 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery,tries to get the hang of a sextant on the bridge of HMCS Cape Scott while the ship's commandingofficer, Cdr. A. H. Rankin, looks on. Some 350 soldiers of Camp Gagetown's lst Regiment RCHAwere transported from Ha'lifax to Saint John, N.B., during exercise "Sea Horse", designed toevaluate the troop lifting potential of the lO,OOO-ton Cape Scott. (HS-66410-3)

Submarine ChiefVisits Canada

Rear-Admiral H. S. MacKenzie, FlagOfficer Submarines, Royal Navy, madea two-day visit to Halifax in October.

Admiral MacKenzie, who took up hisappointment as Flag Officer SubmarinesJuly 31, inspected the Royal Navy'sSixth Submarine Division, held discus­sions with Rear-Admiral K. L. Dyer,Flag Officer Atlantic Coast, and touredsubmarine base facilities at HMC Dock­yard.

Radio St.ationWins Praise

The officers and men of Albro Lakenaval radio station at Dartmouth havereceived the plaudits of the Military SeaTransportation Service of the USN fortheir assistance in maintaining radiocommunications with MSTS ships dur­ing this year's Arctic re-supply season.

Messages of thanks were sent to AlbroLake by Rear-Admiral Harry Hull, USN,who was in charge of the operation, andVice-Admiral Roy A. Gano, USN, headof MSTS.

Admiral Gano said the dependablecommunications provided by Albro Lakepersonel had materially contributed tothe success of the 1961 MSTS Arcticoperations.

Cape Scott. TurnsTroop Carrier

HMCS Cape Scott on October 10 be­came a temporary home for 345 officers,non-commissioned. officers and otherranks of the First Regiment, RoyalCanadian Horse Artillery. The occasionwas the first peace-time Navy-Army

sealift training exercise on the EastCoast. Dubbed Exercise Sea Horse, theoperation was designed to evaluate thetroop-carrying potential of the AtlanticCommand's fleet repair ship.

The morning following embarkationof the troops was taken up in loadingtheir vehicles. Five three-quarter-tontrucks, 15 jeeps, four jeep ambulancesand 14 trailers were loaded on deckand lashed down in preparation for thevoyage. The Cape Scott got under wayat 1600 and a fine evening presaged acalm cruise to Saint John, New Bruns­wick.

During the ensuing 30 hours theweather remained clear and an "army"sea prevailed to the extent that not onecase of seasickness was apparent andthe soldiers seemed to thrive on sea­going routine. The officers kept bridgewatches with the officer-of-the watchand the troops handled lines; armysignalmen paired off with the ship'scommunications personnel; army cooksworked side by side with their navalcounterparts in the galley to prepare

1,400 meals a day and several soldiersmanaged a trick at the helm.

In order to make room for the troops,the Cape Scott's repair staff of 100 offi­cers and men had been left ashore inHalifax. Although most of the personnelslept in bunks, in order to accommodatesuch a large number of people many ofthe ship's company and some 50 soldierswere treated to three nights in ham­mocks during the exercise. This was asnew an experience for some of theyounger sailors as it was for the troops.

The Cape Scott came to anchor offPartridge Island on the evening ofThursday, October 12, to await the tideand, entered the harbour of Saint John,the following forenoon. The troops dis­embarked after lunch to return by roadto Camp Gagetown. The deck load ofvehicles was landed during the after­noon with the ship's derricks to com­plete the operation.

Well proven was the versatility of theCape Scott, for it took only a matter ofhours to convert her from a fleet repair

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Commodore Paul D. Taylor, Commanding Officer Naval Divisions, cuts the ribbon to markthe opening of the new clubrooms of the Hamilton Naval Veterans' Association. (COND-7351)

ship to a successful troop and vehiclecarrier.

Exercise Sea Horse was conducted byCdr. A. H. Rankin commanding officerof the Cape Scott, and the Army Forcewas headed by Lt.-Col. J. V. Menard, ofMontreal, commanding officer of theFirst Regiment, RCHA.

Cadets ShowEnrolment Gain

The sea cadets and Navy Leaguecadets of Brandon, Manitoba, havebegun their winter training season withan enrolment almost double last year's.The current strength of cadets attachedto RCSCC Swiftsure is 255, comparedwith last year's figure of 130.

Another achievement' is the formationof a 43-:piece brass band. Money forthe instruments came from 11 tag daysponsored by the Brandon branch of theNavy League of Canada and from gen­eroUs donations by Brandon merchants.-D.K.H.

OfJicersof 12Nations on l'our

Fourteen senior naval officers from 12nations spent a week in Canada asguests of the RoyalCaIiadian Navy, andtoured Canadian naval and commercialinstallations from October 21 to 28.

The officers are taking a United StatesNavy Senior Allied Officers SupplyManagement Course in Washington, DC.The purpose of the course is to acquaintofficers of other navies with USN supplymethods. This is the third year a visitto Canadian naval and industrial estab­lishments has been arranged as partof the course.

Countries represented were: Belgium,Chile, Canada, China, Denmark, France,Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Pa­kistan, and Portugal.

Cdr. B. E. Gaynor, is the RCN officerparticipating in the course. Cdr. JamesW. Thomson, who attended last year'scourse, was RCN liaison officer for thevisit.

Naden Plans EarlyFor Christmas

The true spirit of Christmas is re­flected in Yuletide plans that got underway at an early date in the PacificCommand.

Several hundred children of less for­tunate families in the Greater Victoriaarea are going to have a happier holi­day because of a special project inHMCS Naden during the last two weeksof November.

During that period a Christmas toyshop was to operate in Naden for naval

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personnel and their dependents. All pro­ceeds from the top shop were to gotoward entertainment and gifts foryoungsters of needy families. Volunteer­ing to staff the shop were members ofthe RCN Ladies' Auxiliary and off-dutynaval personnel.

Other gift-raising plans included alarge receptacle at the toy shop wherecustomers could donate toys. It was alsoplimned to have one new toy includedas part of the admission price to anyChristmas party held in Naden forfamilies of RCN personnel. Toys col­lected in these ways will be distributedto needy families of the area.

Last year, close to 600 children of lessfortunate families were entertained andpresented with gifts at Christmas pro­grams held by ships and establishmentsof the Pacific Command.

Veterans OpenNew Clubrooms

The new clubrooms of the Hamiltonbranch of the Canadian Naval Associa­tion were officially opened on September30 by Commodore P. n. Taylor, Com­manding Officer Naval Divisions.

Other guests included His Worship,Mayor Lloyd D. Jackson, of Hamilton;Commodore .R. I. Hendy, Senior Navalofficer, Toronto Area; Herbert Maynard,president of the Canadian Naval Asso­ciation; Cdr. W. T. Houghton, command­ing officer of HMCS Star, the Hamiltonnaval division, and representatives of

the federal, provincial and civic gov­ernments.

A parade and march past by the band,. guard, gun crew and sea cadets ofRCSCC Lion added a touch of pageantryto the occasion. The salute was taken byCommodore Taylor. The sea cadets drewmany favourable comments on theirprecision and smartness.

The cutting of the ribbon by Com­modore Taylor to mark the opening ofthe clubrooms was accompanied by asalvo fired by the gun crew.

Following an inspection of the club­rooms by the guests, a buffet luncheonwas served by the Ladies' Auxiliary tothe Hamilton Naval Veterans' Associa­tion. Commodore Taylor referred to thelate president of the Ladies' Auxiliary,known to thousands of Second WorldWar naval veterans as "Ma" White, ofDundas, and suggested the new quartersmight well be considered a memorialto that lady.

The president of the association, S.R. Piner, said he hoped many moreveterans of the Hamilton area wouldlend their support toward strengthen­ing the association and building it inthe best traditions of the service inwhich they were privileged to serve.

He said that the club had obtained aprovincial charter earlier in the yearand it looked forward to continued andgrowing success in meeting the socialand economic needs of veterans andtheir dependents in the Hamilton area.

He promised that the club would con­tinue to support the objectives of theCanadian Naval Association across theland.

The scissors used in the ribbon-cuttingceremony were presented to CommodoreTaylor in a suitably inscribed case intoken of the appreciation of the Hamil­ton Naval Veterans' Association.

Central OntarioSea Cadets lJfeet

Nearly 250 sea cadets from sevencorps across eastern and central Ontarioparaded in Belleville on October 29as the guests of Royal Canadian SeaCadet Corps QuJnte, of Belleville, forthe local corps' annual inter-corpschurch parade, sports day and bandcompetition event. Following Sundayservices the corps, accompanied by threeSea Cadet bands, returned to the Belle­ville Armouries. The salute was takenby Ontario's new Area Officer SeaCadets, Lt.-Cdr. C. E. Shaver.

Following lunch the cadets competedin the various sports events whichincluded swimming, basketball, shoot­ing, rope climbing, a tug-of-war andfoot races. The overall HCock of theWalk" trophy awarded to the corpsreceiving the most points earned bysport's events and rifle marksmanshipwent for the second year in successionto RCSCC Hanow~ll, of Picton.

The tug-of-war championship trophywas won by the team from Drake, ofOshawa, while Quinte's marksmen shothigh scores in the rifle competition.

Competing for the Victoria and Greyband competition trophy were bandsfrom Storntont, Cornwall; Skeena, PortHope; and Drake, Oshawa. This eventwas won by the Cornwall sea cadet bandfor the second year in a row.

Other corps participating in the day'sactivities included Trent, of Trenton,and Howe, of Peterborough.

Officer NotS]Jll,d I slal1,der

One of the officer cadets of the 6thterm of the Royal Naval College ofCanada, who began their studies in1915, Lt.-Cdr. K. A. Mackenzie, RCN(Ret) ,.lives at 249 Huron Street, Lon­don, Ontario, and not in Charlottetown,P.E.I., as stated in The Crowsnest lastApril.

The error occurred in a Naval Head­quarters list of addresses of formercadets of the Royal Naval College ofCanada., Lt.-Cdr. Mackenzie points outthat he has never lived in PrinceEdward Island, but made his home at

Lakefield, Ontario, from 1899 to 1915and again from 1926 to 1940. He movedto London in 1945 and has been withthe Department of Veterans Affairsthere since that time.

lIe served in the RCN from 1915 to1924, a period that included service inthe Renown and Hood, and again from1940 to 1945.

Another 6th term officer cadet, A, H,L. Slipp, who departed from the collegeto serve with the army overseas, isknown to be living in Oakville, Ontario,according to Lt.-Cdr. Mackenzie.

Prof. c. C. CookLeaves Royal Roads

After many years of teaching officercadets at Royal Military College andR.oyal Roads, Professor Clarence C.Cook has retired. For the past sevenyears he had been director of studiesat Royal Roads.

Professor Cook joined the staff ofRMC in 1924 as an instructor in physics.For two war years, 1940-42, he wasprofessor of artillery at Kingston, withthe rank of major.

He joined Royal Roads, then the RoyalCanadian Naval College, in 1942 andeventually was appointed in charge ofthe physics department with the rank ofinstructor commander. After the warhe retnained on the faculty as a ci­vilian. Up to his retirement in August,he had served a total of 19 years atRoyal Roads.

He proudly recalled, following hisretirement, that many of the officercadets who passed through his classeshad gone on to fill the highest posts intheir respective branches of the service.

"They come from all provinces andrepresent all branches of the service,"Professor Cook said. "For four yearsthese young men live, work and playtogether, a circumstance that probablydoes more to unify Canada than anyother single factor."

Navy League EssayDeadline Extenlled

The closing date for essays submittedin the 1962 competition for the NavyLeague of Canada naval history prizehas been changed from March 1, 1962, toJuly 25, 1962.

.The contest is open to all officercadets of the Royal Canadian Navy andcarries with it 10 prizes of books onnaval subjects, to the value of $50 asfirst prize, and $25 as second.

Full particulars are available from theDirector of Naval Education, NavalHeadquarters, Ottawa.

Wives Organ,izeCl,lb AlI,xilial·Y

Formation of a wOlnen's auxiliary tothe Chief and Petty Officers' Associa­tion, of Victoria, was undertaken during1961 and the new group has already at­tained a membership of 50 wives ofassociation members.

President of the auxiliary is Mrs. J,S. Pettersson; Mrs. Ross Bension is firstvice-president and Mrs. J. Carver, sec­retary. First maj or social event plannedby the ladies was a dance to be held inthe Fleet Club at Naden.

The annual.meeting of the Chief andPetty Officers' Association was held irilate October. Officers elected were: R.R. Benson, president; G. Shipley, firstvice-president; R. Sears, second vice...president; J. S. Pettersson, secretary,and N. Gleave, treasurer.

Committee chairmen are: T. Dobson,constitution; R. Sears, welfare; N. Cris,employment; J. Smith, sick visiting; F.Brown, membership; C. Henze, pub­licity; J. D. McIntyre, advisory; T.English, entertainment, and T. D. Angus,education.

Serving chief and petty officers whoare within five years of discharge areeligible for membership in the associa­tion.

Ex-Petty OfficerTurn,s Publislter

A forrner naval photographer, manyof whose pictures have appeared in by­gone issues of The Crowsnest, ex-PODonald Stitt has become the publisherof what might be described as an inter­national newspaper.

His paper, The Quoddy Bulletin, pub­lished in Eastport, Maine, circulates notonly on the Maine side of the Inter­national Boundary but also on nearbyCampbello Island, which is part of NewBrunswick. It averages 12 pages, isprinted by the offset process and, as canbe expected, is illustrated with Stittphotography.

Officer TakesPltarln,acy Course

The fifth annual pharmacy extensioncourse of the University of Saskat­chewan, Saskatoon, was attended inOctober by Lt. E. M. Derbyshire, of theCornwall.is hospital.

The object of the extension coursewas to acquaint pharmacists of thearmed services with recent advanecsin the various branches of pharmacy.

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THE RESERVE'S SUMMERT HE SUMMER TRAINING season

for naval reservists from acrossCanada drew to a close at the GreatLakes Training Centre, HMCS Patriot,Hamilton, on September 8. From its be­ginning on June 4 to its close, the pro­gram offered training to 665 men andwrens.

Dozens of other members of theRCN (R) took part in a new generaltraining program at either coast. Itspurpose was to bring the training andexperience of ordinary and able seamenmore closely into line with that of theregular force and to assist them inqualifying for promotion.

The various courses offered throughthe Great Lakes Training Centre were:New entry training, parts 1, 2 and 3,on-the-job training (OJT), and pre­paratory training for communicationsand squadron boards for promotion topetty officer, second class, and chiefpetty officer, second class.

New entry training, parts 1 and 2, wasprovided at Patriot for new entrytrainees who had joined the naval re­serve late in the year and were unableto complete this training at their homedivisions before the summer trainingperiod commenced. It was a two-weekcourse consisting of general seamanshipand parade training. NET 1 and 2 is aprerequisite for NET 3 which involvestraining at sea in one of the ships basedat GLTC.

The classes in NET 1 and 2 ran fromJune 1 to August 18, during which time130 trainees successfully completed thecourse. Reserve officers directed thetraining and the instructors, all RCN,ranged from leading seaman up.

On-the-job training was provided asspecial duty upon completion of NET 1,2 and 3 for men marked "trained". Thetraining included first aid, fire-fightingand rifle drill, as well as rifle and pistolshooting, sailing, and educational tours,which included a visit to the Steel Com­pany of Canada plant and a trip up theWelland Canal in a freighter. Specialemployment was also provided for thoseinterested in being medical assistants,storesmen, cooks, administrative writers,paywriters and shipwrights.

Classes commenced on July 1 andcontinued until September 1. Approxi­mately 390 men underwent OJT thissummer. Efforts were made to makethis practical training more interestingand enjoyable than in previous years.

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New entry training, part 3, consistsof two weeks' basic seamanship carriedout in the Great Lakes. This summerthe two frigates, the Lauzon and Buck­ingham, and the supply vessel Scatarieach carried out five two-week trainingcruises encompassing all of the GreatLakes during the 10-week period.

The frigates carried training classesabout 40 strong with two reserve train­ing officers in charge, while the ScatCLricarried 20 in a glass giving, an overalltotal of 502 men trained "at sea".

The actual training involves practicalwork in hoisting and lowering seaboats,coming to anchor, rigging awnings andbooms, learning knots and splices, hand­ling lines and fenders and similar evolu­tions in basic seamanship. Jackstaytransfers and gunnery shoots are car­ried out at least once during each cruise:

During each day the trainees receiveat least three-and-one-half hours in­struction, work part-ship and standwatches during the night as helmsman,

lookout, lifebuoy sentry and bridgemessenger.

The cruises are arranged so that thetrainees spend at least one week-end ina major port on the Great Lakes. Duringthis time various tours are arranged.

.At the end of the two-week cruisethe trainees write their part 3 examwhich consists of a written paper andpractical tests.

From here the trainees either returnto Pah"iot for OJT or else go straight totheir home divisions. The NET 3 pro­gram is designed for all reserve ordi­nary seaman regardless of their futurespecialty.

Basically it gives them some idea ofshipboard routine and teaches them howto live in a ship in fairly cramped quar­ters while undergoing a vigorous train­ing course.

Communication training in the Com­munication Training Centre at Patriotbegan in earnest in mid-June and con­tinued through to mid-September. Dur­ing this period the number of instruc­tors, both visual and radio, fluctuatedbetween two and nine and consisted ofall ranks from leading seaman to chiefpetty officer, RCN and RCN (R). Threewren petty officers were also employedas instructors during this period.

A total of 103 new communicatorsreceived communication indoctrinationcourses upon completion of their newentry, part 3, courses in training shipson the Great Lakes.

Of the total of 265 communicatorsborne in reserve divisions across Canadaprevious to this summer's recruitingprogram, 172 received either on-the-jobtraining in operational ships in the At­lantic and Pacific Commands or formalspecialty group courses in the Com­munication Training Centre. Includedin this number were 32 wrens takingteletype or radio operator courses.

Besides communication courses inradio, visual and teletype for specialtygroups levels one to six, courses andexaminations were conducted for twolieutenants qualifying and two pettyofficer squadron boards.

This summer at GLTC an activesports program was carried out for thereserve personnel. Compulsory P&RTperiods were given to all "trainees" andwere supplemented by a recreationalprogram for on-the-job-training sea­men. This program included softball,volleyball, touch football and soccer.

The highlights of the season were twotabloids of sports held on the playingfield, with all departments in the estab­lishment represented. Commodore P. D.Taylor, Commanding Officer NavalDivisions, and Captain J. C. Littler,Chief of Staff, presented the awards tothe winning teams.

An annual swimming competitionwas also established and the LumsdenTrophy for the GLTC championshipwas won by the team of leading seamenand below. Captain Littler presentedthe award.

During the summer there were twosquadron boards in Patriot. The objectof these boards was to prepare pettyofficers 1st class and leading seamen toqualify professionally for chief pettyofficer 2nd class and petty officer 2ndclass. This required instruction in allphases of seamanship, communications,and elementary navigation. The courselasted for a period of two weeks at theend of which time oral examinationswere given.

A total of six petty officers and eightleading seamen took the board and allbut two were successful. They will bere-examined in their home divisions.

More trainees than ever before werevictualled on board Patriot this pastsummer and extra accommodation hadto be found. In spite of this, few fail­ures were recorded in any course andthe general impression was that thetraining had been successful and that,of the new entries who have passedthrough Patriot this summer, many willmake excellent seamen.

Reserve seamen from all corners ofthe country also journeyed to the twocoasts during the summer as theRCN (R) launched its new general train­ing program to bring the reserves instep with the "New Navy".

With the emphasis on seamanship andweapons the new reserve general train­ing scheme is designed to give the Navymen '<who would, in time of an emer­gency, fit into the fleet quickly and use­fully.

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This group is, for the most part, com- .posed of ordinary seamen who havecompleted their second year of training.During the first year they did new entrytraining, parts 1 and 2, at their divisionsand part 3 at the Great Lakes TrainingCentre. Last winter they formed partof the first group to undergo generaltraining 1 (A) at their divisions andupon successful completion of this andPart B on the coast became eligible forpromotion to able seamen.

During their two weeks on the coastthe reservists were put through a rapidand hectic routine that had them busyat all times. This included weaponsunderwater, parade training, small armsfamiliarization, sailing and pulling, firefighting, a glimpse of naval diving andP&RT.

The successful candidates are nowback at their respective divisions doinggeneral training 2 (a) as they start onthe road that will take them from anable to a leading seaman.-M.S.B.

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Personnel of HMCS Gloucester, communications school near Ottawa, Were photographed by AB Ernest Lindsay, of the Gloucester pay office, duringceremonial divisions on August 11. Gloucester men are frequently required to take part in ceremonies in the national capital. This occasion was theirown, with the salute taken by Cdr. A. P. Johnson, commanding officer. The officer in the foreground is Lt.-Cdr. D. B. Steel, executive officer. Thekhaki-clad figures in the background are soldiers of the Canadian Army on course.

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RN submariners, based in Halifax, have established a reputation for strenuous outings. Their latest effort of this kind, in August, involved onegroup cycling to Clam Harbour while another proceeded from Halifax to the same point by sea. The sailors then became cyclists and vice versa. Thepictures, taken by Chaplain (P) William Water, show the ar'rival of the cyclists, the whaler being hauled ashore for the night, the preparation of asnug bivouac of sails and cedar bows and a scene on board the whaler during one of the less boisterous moments of the journey.

Trip Produces Rescue Story

Outward

Seven Royal Navy men from theSixth Submarine Squadron in Halifaxwere saved Wednesday afternoonAugust 16 from disaster by a goodSamaritan from Dartmouth. accordingto a story the next day in the HalifaxHerald.

'The group was sailing a whaler fromShip Harbour to Halifax when asevere electrical storm whipped upheavy seas.

'They were heading for shore whenthey were spotted by James Arthur. ofDartmouth; who has a summer homeat Hawkeye Island near Three FathomHarbour on the eastern shore.

'Seeing they were headed for sub­merged rocks, Mr. Arthur and his sonrushed to the shore and waved themoff. A fishing boat then put out and

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Bound

towed the whaler to safety on a sandybeach.

'Mr. Arthur then put his summerhome at their disposal and they spentthe night there drying themselves andtheir gear out. The whaler spent thenight safely moored at the GovernmentWharf at Three Fathom Harbour:

A somewhat less dramatic account ofthe storm appears in the adjoiningcolumns. The boat's crew included anRCN padre, Chaplain (P) William J.Walter, who collaborated with Lt. J.Nigel Stevenson, RN, in producing thestory.

Chaplain Walter begins the tale andLt. Stevenson chimes in, in italics,with details not within the ken of thepadre.

P HYSICAL FITNESS, self-reliance,initiative, and sundry other similar

ideas passed through my mind when Ifirst heard of the "Outward Bound"organization last fall in the UnitedKingdom. It was a little difficult to dis­cover exactly what the thing was allabout, beyond the fact that it promisedto be extremely interesting and verywell worthwhile. At last the opportunitywas offered to observe this expeditiontraining in action, for, on August 14, ascheme moved off from HMC Dockyardin Halifax.

Seven members of the RN's 6th SUb­marine Division set out from Stadaccmaboat shed in a whaler for Clam Har­bour, some 40-odd miles by road alongthe Eastern Shore. Another group offive set out on its unsteady way uponan assortment of bicycles, which hadbeen kindly loaned by Haligonians asa result of an appeal through newsmedia.

Both teams arrived, at Clam Harbourbeach without incident. In fact the

cyclists 1nade the trip all in one day,arriving about 2100, while the whalercamped the night in Jeddore Inlet, afew rniles short of its destination.

Both teams, but particularly thewha.ler, were helped on their way bya following breeze. On each morningthis started blowing very gently, in­creasing as the day wore on so thatlVlonday ajte?'noon found tlhe whalerrunning under mizzen and fores'l onlyand still ??taking fro??t four to five knots.This was accompanied by a mildly un­co?nfortable sea which encouraged thecoxswain to go quite far into J eddoreto find she Iter for the night.

Next morning, setting out about 0900,the breeze proved too light to sail thewhaler out against the tide, so the nexthour was spent pulling until the windgot up as less-sheltered water wasreached. Sail was then set and thewhaler beached at its destination about1230.

It was regrettable that I was unableto cycle up to the rendezvous with thesecond party but, joining them by carat about 1800 on the 15th at Clam Har­bour, I found a splendid camp fire builton rocks, complete with benches and amost effective windbreak. This was setbetween a spruce wood and a b.eautifulsandy beach· on which the sea, drivenby a steady onshore breeze was break­ing· in a very business-like fashion.Around the rocky point was a sandycove in which the whaler was beached,After a meal of wieners and beans, wehauled the whaler higher up the beachto leave her safe for the night from therising tide.

The next task was to rig shelters forthe night. The party that had sailed upused the boat's mainsail and mizzen toform a protection, and this proved veryefficient, with the aid of spruce bowsfor a windbreak. The cyclists, mean­while, built a marvellous haven fromrain and wind purely from branches ofevergreen.

Wrapped in an assortment of blanketsor sleeping bags, we passed a mediocrenight-each man sleeping in proportionto the degree in which fatigue overcamelumpy ground or knotty spruce mat­tresses. One or two of us can vouchfor the fact that the wind continued toblow steadily onshore all night and thisdid little to help us when we launchedthe whaler the following morning, try­ing to kedge off the beach, which wasnot only a lee shore but also closebounded by rocks.

For four hours we beat steadily towindward, crouching low against thecold of the wind and spray that dashedover us from time to time. Abeam Jed-

dore Rock, we were able to make onelong tack across the near Three FathomHarbour. We were not long on thistack, however, when an ominous boom...iug was heard ahead. The customaryargument arose as to whether it wasgunfire or thunder, but the coxswainwas right as usual when he forecaststorms.

Off Story I-Iead, the rising sea com­bined with wind squalls and rain tomake life quite unpleasant, and wemade a couple of unsuccessful attemptsto find a sheltered cove to beach theboat before we finally reached the shoreat Hackeye Island. As we approached,a couple of figures appeared on thebeach, directing us to a safe landing.Hauling the whaler up the beach putthe finishing touches to our dampenedfeelings and we were now for the mostpart thoroughly soaked from wadingwaist deep in the cold sea.

The anonymous "natives" now provedto be very good friends indeed. Onholiday in their cabin, they took us in,dried us out before a roasting fire, en­tertained us to a magnificent chickendinner, and put us up for the night.

At 0930 the next day we ran easilyout to sea before a shore breeze, whichunfortunately died down almost tonothing, and we spent a slow day beat­ing against fitful puffs of very lightwind. We did not come abeam of Devil'sIsland until about 1600, but as we didso, a rather brisk breeze got up fromthe southwest, giving us hope of a longreach up the harbour. Strictly in char­acter, however, the wind veered almostimmediately and we had a great deal oftrOllble beating up Eastern Passage inthe face of the ebb tide. At last wecame alongside Stadacona boat shed­not long before 2000.

What conclusions could be reached?Only this: in our present state of mate­rial wealth; we in Canada fall sadlybehind many other countries in phys­ical fitness and endurance. It seemsthat there is an urgent need for greaterparticipation in sports programs of alltypes.

Expedition Trai.ning is calculated notonly to improve the physical conditionand moral fibre of both officers and men,but these schemes are almost invariablyenjoyed immensely and will provide awelcome break for the participants fromnormal Service routine.

The "Outward Bound" aim, "Charac­ter Training through Adventure", maywell be advanced in the RCN throughsuch expedition training schemes as theone recently accomplished.-W.W. and \J.N.S.

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"With eyes like AB Blodgett's, whoneeds VDS?',

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A Mace for Dartmouth

Three members of the Engineering Division of the RCN's Fleet School, Halifax, with theirhandiwork-a mace for the City of Dartmouth. Left to right, CPO Norman C. Brumm, Cd. Off.Donald G. Smith and PO John Edwards, who were largely responsible for the design and con­struction of the mace, which was presented to the city on October 17 by Rear-Admiral K. L. Dyer,Flag Officer Atlantic Coast. (HS-65749)

I N 1950 the Royal Canadian Navy pre­sented a mace to the City of Halifax

to commemorate the long association theRCN has had with the city. On Jan­uary 1, 1961, Dartmouth was incor­porated as a city, and it was consideredappropriate that the RCN should presentthe new city with a mace in recognitionof the long and happy association thathas existed between the Service and thecommunity.

The presentation was made by Rear­Admiral K. L. Dyer, Flag Officer Atlan­tic Coast, at the Dartmouth city hall onOctober 17.

Rear-Admiral Dyer pointed out thatthe association between Dartmouth andthe· Navy dated back more than 200years. During the command of Vice­Admiral Boscawen, the first Britishnaval commander at Halifax, the Dart­mouth area provided much-needed freshwater to ships at anchor in the harbour.

Dartmouth's phenomenal growth,which led to its incorporation as a city,dated to the Second World War, said theadmiral.

"It was during this period that theNavy's stake in the community becameapparent. The naval complex in thisarea included the Bedford magazine, theNaval Armament Depot, Albro LakeRadio Station and various waterfrontfacilities-all of which became perma­nent installations.

"In the post-war years, HMCS Shear­water was commissioned and the NavalResearch Establishment of the DefenceResearch Board was provided with anew home here.

"Today these establishments aremanned by approximately 2,300 navalpersonnel and employ in the neighbour­hood of 1,700 civilians."

Rear-Admiral Dyer said the Navy'sstake in Dartmouth was more than aneconomic one.

"Hundreds of sailors and their fami­lies live among you as neighbours,whether it be in service housing de­velopments at Shannon Park and Shear­water, or as private residents of thecity. They participate in all aspects ofyour community life-and are proudto do so."

He presented the mace to the mayorand city council, with the assurance thatthe Navy would continue to y.'ork withthem for the bright future in store forthe City of Dartmouth.

The Halifax mace was constructed inthe Engineering Division of the FleetSchool (formerly known as the Me-

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chanical Training Establishment) and,therefore, this division was called uponto fashion one for the new city. ChiefPetty Officers N. C. Brumm and C. R.Howe of the division seized eagerly uponthe idea and produced a design whichwas acceptable to the city council. Themachine work and construction of themace were undertaken by CPO Brummand PO John Edwards. Cd. Off. D. G.Smith, of the Engineering Division, con­structed the patterns for the coat ofarms and badges that are mounted onthe mace, as well as supplying theactual-size drawings to reproduce theornate emblems that surround the base.

The design of the mace incorporatesseven "flats" or facets to denote theseven wards that amalgamated to formthe new city. On each facet is mounteda coat of arms or a badge. These are thecoats of arms of Canada, the Provinceof Nova Scotia and the City of Dart­mouth and the badges of HMCSStadacona, HMCS Shearwater, HMSAlderney and the Defence ResearchEstablishment. These establishmentshave enjoyed long association with theCity of Dartmouth, and it was thought

fitting that their badges should be borneon the new mace. Alderney was thename of the ship that brought the firstsettlers to the new land, and hence itsbadge was also included. The presentAlderney is an RN submarine, whichhas seen considerable service with theSixth Submarine Division, operatingout of Halifax.

The seven scalloped edges on the apexof the mace head are intended to denotethat "in peace and war ships of allcountries have sailed past the City upontheir lawful occasions on the sevenseas". Three lines below the scallopededges denote the waves that wash uponthe city's shores. The remainder of themace was designed the same as thatdonated to the City of Halifax. This wasto signify the common bond that haslong existed between the two cities.

Nearly every shop of the school con­tributed some part to the constructionof the mace and the case in which itrests. The personnel take pride in thefact that their efforts have taken amaterial form that will be a reminderof their place and that of the RCN inthe communities in which they live.

AFLOAT AND ASHORE

.....

Historic Signal Hill looming behind them, three of the minesweepers of the First CanadianMinesweeping Squadron are shown in St. John's Harbour during the celebrations connected withthe opening of the neW buildings of Memorial University. Left to right are the Chaleur, Thunderand Fundy. (NFD 6220)

-'.- "-

HMCS Lauzon

The middle of June saw the Lauzonslip from Jetty Two in Halifax andmake her way up the St. Lawrence Sea­way.

After a brief stop at Crysler Park andparticipation in ceremonies marking theopening of Upper Canada Village, shecontinued on to Hamilton where sheestablished her headquarters for thethree busy months ahead.

Under the operational control of theCommanding Officer Naval Divisions,the Lauzon made five cruises. Eachcruise was of two weeks' duration andeach had the object of providing a basicsea training program to Reserve newentries. The individual cruises featured

TV rooms, reading, writing and gamesrooms on the main floor and roomycabins with laundry, drying rooms, iron­ing and pressing facilities and kit sto­wage space on each of the upper stories.

It is" hoped that the new mess may beready for occupancy by Christmas 1962.

-J.T.M.

president of Cameron Contracting Ltd.,builders of the new mess.

Dedication prayers were conducted byboth Protestant and Roman Catholicchaplains, after which the first sod wasturned by Commodore Medland. In hisaddress, Commodore Medland expressedfaith in the contractors and the hopethat it would not be much longer beforeStadacona CPOs and POs could "luxu­riate" in their new home after endur­ing more than two and a half years oftemporary accommodation.

The new chief and petty officers' messreplaces the old building which wasdestroyed by fire in February 1959. Sincethat time, Stadacona has been withoutpermanent accommodation for the sen­ior men. Two wartime buildings werepressed into service-one for livingquarters and the other for cafeteria andrecreation facilities.

The new four-storey building is esti­mated to cost $750,000 and will provideup-to-date living quarters with everymodern convenience, including an ultra­modern galley and spacious cafeteria,together with two lounges, billiard and

PACIFIC COMMAND

HMCS Stadacona

Late September saw the culminationof months of planning for the newchief and petty officers' mess at Stada­cona with the official sod-turning cere­mony conducted at the site of the newbuilding.

In attendance at the ceremony wasthe Commodore, RCN Barracks, Halifax,Commodore M. A. Medland; Cdr. E. P.Earnshaw, executive officer; CPO RobertSemple, mess president, and R. Stewart,

ATLANTIC COMMAND

HMCS Cape Breton

The repair ship Cape Breton hasagain proved her versatility in an un­usual role as "Princess of North Van­couver".

On September 15, she embarked ap­proximately 300 North Vancouver boysand girls, cadet, school and Air Forcebands, precision drill teams and theirsupervisors for transportation to PowellRiver, B.C., where they participated ina tri-service cadet corps searchlighttattoo.

A parade was held in nearby West­view with the commanding officer, Cdr.M. F. Oliver, acting on behalf of theFlag Officer Pacific Coast, taking thesalute. The skirl of pipes and the rollof drums, mixed with rock and rollmusic, provided entertainment of anunusual type aboard one of HMC Ships.

Both the outward and homeward­bound passages were ca"rried out inperfect weather constituting a never-to­be forgotten weekend for the youthfulpassengers.

This was only the second time in 18years that the Cape Breton has returnedto the port of her origin. The first timewas during August when she parti­cipated in the PNE celebrations, andwas berthed at Lapointe Pier a fewhundred yards from the ways whereshe was laid down in 1943.

On the second occasion she berthedat the same jetty in North Vancouverwhere she was fitted out as HMS Flam­borouglt Head for the Royal Navy.

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Navy Day was celebrated in Port Arthur last summer on the occasion of the visit of HMCSLauzon, during the frigate's summer training cruise on the Great Lakes. The Lauzon entertainedvisitors on board the ship and staged a variety of demonstrations, culminating in a modifiedversion of the sunset ceremony. Pictured are Ldg. Sea. R. J. Crockett with some young visitors;AB J. R. Dallaire extinguishing an oil fire; members of the ship's company launching a life raft,and Lt. D. N. MacGillivray marching the Lauzon guard through the gateway of the Lakeheaddivision. (COND-732S; 7323; 7327; 7318)

one or two ports of call and each week­end found the frigate lying quietlyalongside in a different port while hership's company scattered through towntaking advantage of the many kindfacilities which were offered.

Although the Lauzon was alone whenshe visited such ports as Milwaukee,Windsor, Toronto, Kingston and Colling­wood, she spent a great many days atsea working with the. Buckingham,which was employed in the samemanner.

During the hours the two ships oper­ated together there· was certainly notime at which boredom reared its uglyhead. From early morn to late eveningtheir two bows sliced the lakes as theycriss-crossed and turned through OOWmanreuvres. The air rang with thesharp cracks of line-throwing rifles asside by side the ships effected jackstaytrallsfers, it rang again to the heavyexplosions of four-inch guns as theyinsulted various surface targets, andeven the cloak of darkness did notalways settle peacefully, for many astarshell shoot was conducted.

When the work palled late in theafternoon the two ships glided to restand the water about them boiled withsplashing, cannonballing, swimmingseamen. Mid-way through the summer atwo-ship regatta took place for thelofty (if obscure) crown of "Cock ofthe Walk, Great Lakes." Good-natured,optimistic challenges issued boldly forth.Boats were turned out, lowered, andpulled with a vengeance, one againstthe other for the honour of the ship.Upper decks lined with loyal supportersreverberated catcalls, threats, insultsand cheers while the quieter bridgesexchanged well-mannered dark looks.The Lauzon emerged from the fracasfirmly holding the coveted crown, withbrooms hoisted at every yardarm.

Before leaving the Lakehead for thereturn journey, the Lauzon celebratedNavy Day in Port Arthur. The shipand her company were fine examples ofnaval ceremonial splendour and envi­ronmental flexibility. She was clean,neatly dressed, as were her men. Shewas ·well organized, as were the evolu­tions performed both aboard and

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ashore. Throughout the day scores ofLakeheaders treated themselves to sightsof the Navy in action. Navy Day after­noon events, while visitors thronged theship, included firefighting demonstra­tions, flaghoisting and semaphore dis­plays, 20-man liferaft drill, away sea­boat crew, divers attacking and diversdefending the ship.

The coming of evening found thestreets of Port Arthur filled with musicfrom Griffon's band and the sound ofmarching feet as Lauzon's 25-man guardparaded through town. Sunset was ob-

served with a modified version of thetraditional naval sunset ceremony, andan hour later a ship-board pyrotechnicsdisplay terminated the Navy Dayactivities.

Having undergone a short self-main­tenance period in Hamilton, the Lauzonmade her final call of the summer atToronto. Here she embarked membersof the Naval Officers' Association andtheir dependents in small parties forfour short cruises.

On September 12 she steamed pastMontreal and reverted to the operational

control of Canflaglant. Three days latershe slid back into the berth from whichshe had sailed.

Of the trip to the lakes many thingswill be said : "It was too hot. It was toolong. It was too quiet."

All the adverse opinions, however,will be voiced by non-natives of theGreat Lakes Area. While the cruise mayhave been something less than exquisitefor some, it was a labour of love forothers. Those whose birth places laywithin reach of any of the ports of callwill smile quietly and say: "A goodNavy this."-W.H.K.

RADIO STATIONS

HMCS Gloucester

The annual mess dinner of the chiefand Petty Officers of HMCS Gloucesterwas held in their mess on Saturday,October 26. Rear-Admiral P. D. Budge,Chief of Naval Personnel was guest ofhonour.

Other guests included Cdr. A. P.Johnson, Senior Officer Supplementary

Radio Stations, Lt.-Cdr. J. McMullen,Deputy Director of SupplementaryRadio Activities, Lt.-Cdr. D. B. Steel,executive officer and Chaplain (P)Robert Shannon. Also present werewarrant officers and senior NCOs fromthe Ottawa area, representing theCanadian Army, RCAF, RCMP, U.S.Marine Corps and U.S. Navy.

NAVAL DIVISIONS

HMCS Queen

Sub-Lt. (W) L. I. Fritzler and fivewrens from the Regina naval divisionattended the reunion of Reserve wrensOctober 7, 8 and 9 at HMCS Chippawain Winnipeg.

By all reports the get-together was anoverwhelming success and further ce­mented the fellowship within the wrens.

The officers and wrens of Queen haveexpressed their warmest congratulationsto those of Chippawa who devoted theirtime and energy to making the occasiona memorable one.

HMCS Cabot

The wrens of Cabot, the St. John'snaval division commenced celebratingtheir 10th anniversary in the Reservesby holding a dinner for present andformer wrens of Cabot.

The guests were Cdr. H. Garrett, VRD,RJCN(R) (Ret), former commandingofficer, and Mrs. Garrett, and Lt.-Cdr.F. H. Carter, executive officer, and Mrs.Carter. Cdr. G. G. R. Parsons, com­manding officer, was unfortunately outof town.

Approximately 50 wrens and ex­wrens were present including Lt. (W)E. Crichton, and Sub-Lt. Thelma BrettOates, former divisional officer.

A dance was held by the wrens inCabot on Friday, October 27, to continuethe celebrations.

The present wren divisional officerand petty officer, Sub.-Lt. (W) P. J.Griffin and PO Anne Kieley, were inter­viewed on television to publicize theanniversary.

Sixteen years after the old "Bones" was driven ashore near East Poin t, Prince Edward Island, she is still waging her last and losing fight againstthe elements. One of the famous fighting ships of the Second World War, the destroyer Assiniboine was being towed to the scrap heap when she wasstranded. The battered hulk was photographed last summer by W. Farre II of "The Charlottetown Guardian" and copies of the pictures came to "TheCrowsnest" via Lt.-Cdr. J. B. Lamb, RCN(R), (Ret), publisher of "The Daily Packet and Times", Orillia, Ontario.

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A PICTURE on file at Naval Headquarters had longoffered an apparently insoluble puzzle. It was

known that the ship was a surveying vessel, HMSEgeria, that the picture was taken in Esquimalt har­bour and that the occasion must have been a solemnone, for jack and ensign were at half mast.

But why the disorder of her awnings?The answer to this question was provided by

Sub-Lt. Arthur Walpole, RNVR, of England. He iswriting the story of his service in the navy more thanhalf a century ago and asked the Naval Historian inOttawa for certain information andpietures of shipsin which he had served in Canadian waters. The abovepicture of the Egeria was one of the photographs sentto him.

In his letter of acknowledgment, Mr. Walpolesaid he was in the Egeria when the picture was taken,the occasion being the firing of the 81 minute-gunson the day of Queen Victoria's funeral, February 2,1901. The ship had been housed in for the winter,the awnings covering her completely.

"When the first gun was fired," wrote Mr. Wal­pole, "the sparks from the vent block reached theawnings and there was danger of them catching fire.Two boys, of which I was one, were detailed to holda shovel over the vent blocks of each of the two gunsused. The force of the explosion blew the head ofthe shovel right through the awnings and they hadto be triced up hurriedly as they are seen in thepicture." (E-40018)

Another occasion on which the firing of minuteguns resulted in a certain amount of embarrassmentis recalled in the August issue of The Bermudian, in

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the following words:A curious incident occurred in Bermuda on the

morning after the King's [George V's] death. Thebattery at St. David's Island was ordered .to fire 70minute guns, signifying the years of the late monarch'slife. Steaming over the horizon, bound for HMC Dock­yard for refitting, came the Colombian destroyerAntioquia. Her British commander, Captain CliveTrenchman, at first interpreted the gunfire as anofficial salute to the Colombian Navy, but suddenly,not far ahead of his ship, a huge geyser rose skyward.Clearly the battery Was firing live shell instead ofblank.

"Great Scott! yelled the startled Captain, "They'refiring at us!"

Fearsome thoughts raced through his mind; wasBritain at war with Colombia? Was there a revolutionin Bermuda? Or was it simply a bunch of irresponsiblepongos playing with a big gun? Well, his orders wereto dock in Bermuda, so dock he would. The batterywent on firing but no more shells fell near his ship.

.When Captain Trenchman got ashore he learnedthe truth of the matter. When the order to fire the'70 minute guns was received by the battery com­mander he found himself with only 23 rounds ofblank, so he ordered the gun's crew to fire live shelluntil the Antioquia approached the range of the gun,then fire the 23 round of blank, which would last untilthe destroyer was safe, then complete the firing withlive shell .

"All very well, but ..." remarked Captain Trench­man, exhibiting what he claimed was a handful ofhair newly turned grey.

FOR LOVERS OF THE SEA AND SHIPS

PADRES UNDER SAIL

BOOKS APPEAR from time to timewhose contents and format demand

that they be read, enjoyed, studied andtreasured. Such are Greyhounds of theSea and Queens of the Western Ocean,to whose preparation years of lovingcare have been devoted by Carl C.Cutler.

These two volumes are finely andlavishly illustrated, meticulous of truth,and large; when one considers the dustydecades of research and the years ofpainstaking organization behind them, itis no exaggeration to call them monu­mental. They are books which no 'stu­dent of the sailing ship can afford to bewithout, and which no lover of the seawill be able to pass by.

For the general reader both books, in·their earlier chapters, offer shrewd andoriginal commentary on the social, his­torical and economic forces that pro­duced the finest sailing ships and someof the ablest merchant captains theworld ever knew; and, conversely, onthe surprising extent to which theseships and their captains modified anddirected those forces, and shaped theirnation's destiny. If the superiority ofthe ships and the calibre of their com­manders are urged upon us at timeswith a slight excess of native pride,this is something that may be taken orleft, and it need not detract either fromthe pleasure of those that read for en­joyment, or from the confidence of thosethat seek information.

Queens of the Western Ocean tells thestory of the sailing packet ships thatplied the Atlantic and expanded theAmerican coastal trade between 1815and 1860; of their long battle of suprem­acy with steam and of thtlir eventualsubmission to the inevitable. The lastdecade of this period was the brief,splendid, unforgettable era of theYankee clippers, whose story is told inGreyhound of the Sea.

The seeker after pleasure will begineach book at the front, will read alonghappily, encountering occasionally suchnear-poetry as:

"One can no longer write to quickenold memories. It is now too late tosense that keen, though homely, satis­faction. The burly figures that yester­day stamped the streets of our littleseaport towns have vanished. Theirstentorian tones are silenced. One can­not always walk the quarterdeck makingnew records for an applauding world.Along with the beautiful, beautiful~

ships, the last living representatives of

BOOKS for theSAILOR

an age-old era are gone, and with them,an irreplaceable something of beautyand courage, of quaintly mingled cour­tesy and bluff heartiness, and a vaststore of practical knowledge and shrewdwisdom dearly bought with 50 centuriesof hardships." (Preface to Greyhoundsof the Sea).

He will read along thus until he real­izes that the narrative is graduallybecoming a catalogue of ships, theirparticulars and their achievements. Inall probability he will then be beguiledfrom his reading by the numerouspictures.

"The sailor's life in the days of saitwas hard. He knew deprivation in manyforms, and might be caLled upon at anyhour to forego ease and comfort forlabour hard and perilous. Of aU voca­tions that men have foLlowed none de­manded more in self-sacrifice. Mencapable of these things deserved thebest spiritual ministry that chaplainscould bring. The Navy fought andtrained to fight battles, some to increasethe power of Britain, more to defendher. The Navy's ultimate mission wasnot fighting, however, but maintainingpeace, order and civilization. In thecarrying out of this task religious faithwas a strong aLly, and such it can al­ways be."

The seeker after information how­ever, will doubtless begin at the back,where he will find mines of factual gold.Voluminous appendices list ships, theirmeasurements, their record runs, theirowners, masters and a score of fasci­nating et ceteras. There are accuratedrawings of ships' lines and sail plans,photographs of hull models and extractsfrom ships' logs. And the fact-seekerwill read on, revelling in the accountsof individual voyages, until he comesupon the pleasure-seeker who began atthe front, and they will meet on thecommon ground of their admiration forthe pictures of the ships that wereamong the highest and loveliest crea­tions of mankind.-H.R.P.

GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA and QUEENSOF THE WESTERN OCEAN, by Carl C. Cut­ler; United States Naval Institute, Annapolis,Md., U.S.A., singly $12.50 or $20 the set.

T HESE WORDS are from the epi­logue of The Navy and Its Chap­

lains in the Days of Sail, bJ' Dr. WaldoE. L. Smith, professor of church historyat Queen's Theological College and as­sociate professor of history at Queen'sUniversity, Kingston.

In most writings about the sea, thechaplain is rather a shadowy figurebut Dr. Smith, through careful and ex~

tensive research has unearthed materialthat provides a lively, instructive andentertaining picture of the padre oflong ago.

Perhaps, in his enthusiasm for hissubject, he credits some of yesterday'snaval heroes (and chaplains, too) withmore piety than they actually possessed.Nevertheless, he tells a convincing taleof chaplains serving with courage anddevotion in trying surroundings andwith little financial reward.

As Rear-Admiral H. F. Pullen, RCN(Ret), expresses it in his foreword tothe book:

"Chaplains have had a 'rough passage'through the centuries. Rarely havethere been enough to meet the demandsof the fleet. They have had to put upwith many difficulties, disappointmentsand indignities, but through all this theyhave remained faithful to their calling,and have played their part in forward­ing the cause of Christianity at sea."

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HORROR AND AVARICE

It is to be hoped that Dr. Smith willfind encouragement and support to writea sequel ·to this volume to bring thestory of the chaplaincy service at seaup to modern times and, in particular, totell of the devoted service of the chap­lains in the Royal Canadian Navy.

The unusually attractive jacket of thebook is the work of Douglas Baker, long

I F YOU HAVE never heard of thewreck of the Royal Charter, it is

because it happened more than 100 yearsago, but it is one to match with theTitanic and the Andrea Doria. In herday she was the crack clipper (iron­hulled, ship-rigged, with auxiliaryscrew) on the Australian run, makingthe passage from Liverpool to Mel­bourne in 59 days.

She stranded on the shore of Anglesea,off the north coast of Wales, in the earlyhours of October 27, 1859, in one of thefew hurricanes that have crossed theBritish Isles. She carried a crew of 123and nearly 400 passengers. Of these 39survived, none of them women or chil­dren. This, only seven years after theloss of the Birkenhead, increased thesensation caused by the wreck, and itwas further heightened by gold fromthe Australian diggings - £322,440worth in shipments and an unknownamount in the possession of returningminers in coin, nuggets and dust.

The story has a grim theme and pas­sages of horror. Most of the dead werenot drowned but beaten to death or tornto pieces on the rocks. More might havesurvived had they not clung so long totheir gold. One who lived to tell thetale had had the foresight to convert histo a cheque before he sailed-in awaterproof money belt it caused himlittle inconvenience.

The book is a synthesis of newspaperreports, proceedings of. ·the coroner'scourt and the Board of Trade inquiry,contemporary books and correspondence.The author also visited the site inMoelfre Bay and explored it with skin­diving equipment; he found no gold, butdid see the hidden rock ledges on whichthe ship broke up. They inspired him

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associated with the Naval Art Section,and the author credits E. C. Russell,Naval Historian, with giving him anumber of valuable leads.- C.

THE NAVY AND ITS CHAPLAINS IN THEDAYS OF SAIL, by Waldo E. L. Smith, pub..lished by The Ryerson Press, Toronto; 197pages, illustrated; $4.50.

to write the book to clear the reputationof the ship's master. It is competentlydone, though perhaps the author couldhave used some expert advice on theuse of nautical terros.-Ph. Ch.

THE GOLDEN WRECKS; the True Storyof a Great Maritime Disaster, by AlexanderMcKee, London, Souvenir Press, 1961. 201 pp.plates, "List of Witnesses" (i.e. sources) .Published in Canada by Ryerson Press, $4.50.

OLD FRIENDOUT OF PRINT for several years,

._1· The Far Distant Ships, the oper-ational history of the Royal CanadianNavy during the Second World War,written by Joseph Schull, has been re­issued by the Queen's Printer.

During the 11 years since it was firstpublished, the book has proved a mostvaluable reference work for those seek­ing to understand the magnitude of thetask undertaken by· the RCN during theSecond World War.

The Fa.r Distant Ships is both literateand interest-holding. Many of its chap­ters carry tales of high adventure andthroughout there are passages of tensedranla. This is to be expected from anauthor who has become one of Canada'sbest-known radio and television dra­matists and who had dramatic facts todraw on.

Serving in Canada and overseas,ashore and afloat for nearly five years,Lb-Cdr. Schull was able to clothe thebare bones of the facts from head­quarters files with his own personalknowledge and understanding of theevents of the Second World War andthe part the HCN played in them.

There is reason to be grateful to theQueen's Printer for re-issuing this vol­ume so that the great tradition of theRCN, born during fateful years, maybecome known to a younger generationof Canadians.----C.

THE FAR DISTANT SHIPS, by JosephSchull; published by the Queen's Printer,Ottawa; 527 pages, illustrated; $5.

JOSEPHINET HE ROBUST silhouette of the

. Foundation Josephine was a fami­liar one in Halifax from early 1947until late 1952, when she was returnedto the Royal Navy and resumed herwartime name, Samsonia.

She was built as a convoy rescueship, capable of towing .. a disabled10,OOO-ton freighter for 1,500 miles atfrom eight to ten knots. The war wasover when she entered the service ofFoundation Maritime, but it cannot besaid she found peace. In her first yearand a half of service with the Canadiansalvage company she rescued or con­tributed to the rescue of 21 ships.

Now, in a book with the somewhatfanciful title of The Serpent's Coil,Farley Mowat has told the story of oneof her most dramatic and determinedrescue efforts-olie that proved almostfatal, and that after the FoundationJosephine and her charge, the Libertyship Leicester, seemed to have reacheda safe haven.

The events of the story occurred in1948, a year when the North Atlanticwas lashed by a succession of hurri­canes, whence the name of the book.Caught in a hurricane, the Leicester wasabandoned when her ballast of Thamesmud, stowed between decks, shifted andleft her adrift almost on her beam ends.She remained afloat, but her close callgave an immediate and convincing clueto the fate of 14 other Sam class Libertyships which had disappeared at seawithout trace and without so much asa distress call going out.

Farley Mowat, in this gripping anddramatic epic of deepsea salvage, haswritten a worthy companion to his storyof the Foundation Franklin, which ap­peared three years ago under the titleThe Grey Seas Under.-C.

THE SERPENT'S COIL, by Farley Mowat;published by McClelland & Stewart LiInited,25 Hollinger Road, Toronto 16; 189 pages,illustrated with drawings and end-papertnaps; $5. .

THE NAVY PLAYS

CPO Strachan WinsMcDonald Troplty

The Lt.-Cdr. Charles McDonald Me­morial trophy, awarded annually to the"one who has, through his own achieve­ments or efforts contributed most tosports in the Pacific Command through­out the year" has been awarded to CPOJ. H. Strachan, of Naden and recentlyof HMCS Skeena.

Honorable mention has been accordedCPO N. K. Jones, of the St. Laurent,twice winner of the trophy, for his con­tinued interests and activity in sports.

Both men have been congratulatedon their sports leadership by Rear­Admiral E. W. Finch-Noyes, Flag OfficerPacific Coast.

Lt,-Cdr. McDonald, in whose memorythe award is made, died in February1949 after many years of service in thePhysical and Recreational Trainingbranch of the RCN. An outstandingathlete himself, he was an ardent sup­porter of athletic events of all kinds.He was awarded the MBE in 1944 fora "wholehearted devotion to duty whichhas done much to improve the moraleand spirit of the service".

Here are the sailors who pulled the Jonquiere to a decisive victory in the Pacific Commandfleet regatta and won for their ship the handsome and coveted Cock of the Fleet trophy, heldfor the past three years by the Beacon Hill. (E·63830)

]onquiere TopRegatta Contender

The Beacon HiH's three-year reign asCock of the Fleet in boat pulling cameto an end at the Pacific Command's fleetregatta in Mayne Bay, Barkley Sound,on September 23. The decisive winnerthis year, with 96 points out of a pos­sible 112, was the Jonquiere.

It was frigates nearly all the way inthe final results of the regatta, whichwas held under ideal conditions. TheFraser, first in the war canoe race, wasthe only destroyer escort mentioned inthe final results and the mobile repairship Cape Breton managed a second inone of the pulling events.

Each ship had six representativeentries from all departments for theboat-pulling classic-operations, engi­neering, supply, weapons, chief and pettyofficers and wardroom. The Jonquierecollected three firsts, the Beacon Hill twoand the Antigonish one. Two secondsand a third kept the Jonquiere in themoney in every boat-pulling event.

After this noble showing the Jon­quieres had to be content with sixthplace in the war canoe race, in whichthe Fraser, New Glasgow and Sussex­vale were one-two-three.

Runner-up for the championship wasthe New Glasgow, with 85 points. TheBeacon Hill and Antigonish, with 73points each, tied for third.

Two Qualify forBisley Team

PO L. A. Williams, RCN (R), of Chip­pawa, the Winnipeg naval division, andCPO H. M. Oliver, of Stadacona, placedamong the top 18 contestants in theBisley Aggregate at the Dominion ofCanada Rifle Association meet at Con­naught Ranges, Ottawa, in August andthereby qualified for the 1962 CanadianBisley team.

In the face of a much higher standardof competition than in other years, POWilliams placed 11th and CPO Oliver18th.

This is the third occasion on whichthere has been naval representation on

the Canadian Bisley team. CPO Oliverwas successful in gaining a place on the1958 team and Lt. G. A. Grivel, ofNaden, made the 1961 team.

Cabot ReturnsTo Hockey Fray

HMCS Cabot has for the first time inmany years entered a hockey team inthe St. John's Civil Service League "B"Division. Five teams are participating,Cabot, Fisheries, Highways, RCMP andFinance.

In its first exhibition game Cabotpulled an upset, tying Buckmaster's ofthe "A" Division 3-3.

Chief and POsWin at Soccer

Cdr. R. W. J. Cocks, executive officerof HMCS Cornwallis, recently presentedthe Cornwallis Inter-Part Soccer trophyto PO T. L. Lowney, team captain of thechief and petty officers' soccer team,winners of the 1961 Cornwallis Inter­Part League.

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HMCS Scotian's rifle team has won the John Labolt trophy for the seecond year in succession.The trophy is presented for annual small-bore competition among naval divisions across Canadaand is under the direction of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association. Competition lasts fromOctober to May. Scotian captured the trophy this year with an aggregate of 3,928 out of a possible4,000. The closest competitor, HMCS Malahat, Victoria, had 3,799. The Halifax team's monthlyaverage was 491, with an individual average of 95.2. Seated, holding the trophy, is Sub-Lt. (W)J. E. Hudson. The other Scotian team members are, left to right, PO C. A. Noseworthy, Lt.-Cdr.R. E. LeMoine, AB E. V. Petipas, Lt. H. A. McDowell and AB J. E. Cutler. (HS-66435).

The chief and petty officers' team wonall its league games and played anddefeated the Communication Divisionteam in a two-game total goal playoffseries by the over-all margin of 5-3.

This is the second consecutive yearthat both teams have met in the finals,with the identical result.

The league ended 1961 play with thechampionship game oli Thursday, Oc­tober 26.

St. Laurent ChampOn Third Try

For the third consecutive year theSt. Laurent team advanced to the finalsin the Pacific Command softball cham­pionship but, unlike the two previousseasons when it lost out in the finals,this year trounced its opposition, Naden,17 to 5.

To take the silverware the St. Laurentfirst defeated Skeena 9-6, Sussexvale25-0, Minron 21-7 and Assiniboine20-12.

To win Draw "B" Naden downedRoyal Rqads 17-12, Comsuptpac 23-7aild thu~p~d Apprentices 19-10.

Two Navy HockeyTeams at West Coast

The West Coast Navy has entered ateam in the new Esquimalt and DistrictHockey League, making the secondNavy hockey team in the west.

All games will be played on Fridaysin the four-team league which includesNavy, Army, Victoria College andEsquimalt. In this league, it is intendedthat new talent should receive as muchnotice as established stars.

Coaching will be CPO Dick Barwisand assisting as manager is CPO SkipBryan.

The other team, defending championsin the Vancouver Island AmateurHockey circuit, is working out with anucleus of last year's prize winners,coached by Lt.-Cdr. E. R. Webber andmanaged by Lt.-Cdr. A. E. Shirley.

Squash ExpertVisits Halifax

Mahmoud A. Kerim, former world'sprofessional squash champion, arrivedin HMCS Stadacona, September 20, togive instructions to RCN personnel inStadacona, HMC Ships, Shearwater andto civilian members of the StadaconaSquash Club.

Born in Cairo, Egypt, 49 years ago,Mr. Kerim has won every squash pro-

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fessionnal title to be worn since heturned pro in 1931.

Since 1955 he has been the club pro­fessional at the Montreal Amateur Ath­letic Club and also instructs in tennis,badminton and golf.

During his 10-day visit in Halifaxhe gave 163 half-hour squash lessionsto 65 students in the Stadacona andShearwater courts.

His instructions and knowledge passedon to many should do much to improvethe game in the area. His efforts areexpected to be felt later on in theseason when, with practice and moretournaments, players should show muchimprovement.

HeadquartersCurling Begins

Rear-Admiral P. D. Budge, Chiefof Naval Personnel, on behalf ofVice-Admiral H. S.Rayner, Chief ofthe Naval Staff, curled the first stone onOctober 27 to open officially the sixth

year of activity for the RCN CurlingClub (Ottawa).

The club, which now has 170 maleand 100 female members, is located atDow's Lake on the grounds of HMCSCarleton.

Pipers Charles Bell and Alan Lum­hyne were on hand for the opening toprovide the appropriate Gaelic atmos­phere.

President Ed Lavalley welcomed alarge group of guests, all of whom arewell known in Ottawa Valley curlingcircles.

Club play began on the morning ofSaturday, October 28, with a two-gamemixed bonspiel, which ended with abuffet supper and prize-giving duringthe evening.

HCN Track TeamWins B.C. Area Title

The RCN has won the B.C. Area Tri­Service track and field championship forthe third straight year, and this withsome of the Navy's big names at sea.

Wren CPO Phyllis Bayley holds the sports trophy won by Cornwallis in the wrens' inter.establishment meet in October. Visiting competitors were from Stodacona, Shearwater and Shel­burne. Others in the picture are, left to right: Wren PO Kittle Geale, Wren PO Rosalee Augerand Lt. M. R. Peers, of Stodacona, Wren PO Ruth Heisler, of Shelburne, and Ord. Wren PhyllisLeBlanc ond Lt. O. M. Gower, of Cornwallis. (OB·15830)

The new, more youthful members of theteam took over and scored 12 of a pos­sible 16 first-place finishes.

Navy placed first in all track events,including the 100, 220, 440 and 880-yarddashes, one- and three-mile races, the440 relay and the one-mile medley re­lay. They also took first place in alljumping events-pole vault, high jump,broad jump and hop, step and jump.

In the four throwing events theyplaced as high as second, but by thenthey had the points needed for victory.

Cornwallis WinsWren Sports Meet

Cornwallis wrens were both hostessesand winners of the fourth biennial in­ter-establishment sports meet attendedin late October at the Annapolis Valleytraining base by wren officers andwrens from Stadacona, Shearwater, andShdburne.

Four wren officers and 87 wrens werepresent at the meet, most of them par­ticipating in basketball, volleyball andbowling.

Competitive sports were run on Sat­urday, October 20, from 0900 to 1700.Shelburne wrens were oustanding atbasketball, but Cornwallis wrens gath­ered in the honours for volleyball andbowling. Final point standings were:Cornwallis, 32; Shelburne, 23; andStadacona, 16.

A buffet supper in Conestoga blockon Saturday evening was attended byCaptain R. M. Steele, commanding offi­cer of Cornwallis, Mrs. Steele, membersof the P&RT staff and their wives, andwren officers and wrens.

After supper the sports' trophy waspresented by Captain Steele to Ord,Wren Phyllis LeBlan~; of Cornwallis,

and Conestoga XX new entry wrensgave a much enjoyed program of enter­tainment that included a skit on theirintroduction to Navy life.

Banquet EndsGolf Season

Shearwater Golf Club ended the 1961season with a field day at Brightwoodand a banquet at the base.

Elected officers for next season were:Lt. R. Kerr, president; PO John Mc­Cormack, vice-president; Ldg. Sea. E.Gagnon, secretary-treasurer, and POJohn Eden and Ruth Britton, publicity,

Air Force AwardedSoftball TropllY

The Tri-Service softball champion­ships, held at Naden on September 29,ended after a single round robin. AirForce was ahead with two wins nolosses, Army had a win and a loss andNavy two losses.

Weather forced cancellation of thesecond round robin and Air Force wasawarded the trophy.

Engineers TakeCock-of-Barracks

HMCS Naden's summer Cock-of-the­Barracks trophy went to the Engineersfor compiling 142 points in the inter­divisional sports program, lasting fromApril to the end of September.

Standing were: Engineers-142, Sup­ply-125, Band-1I5, Operations-106,Academic-98, RCNH-96, Weapons­95, and Wardroom-65.

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RETIREMENTS

Two Royal Netherlands Navy sailors stand before the Halifax cenotaph following a wreath·laying ceremony by Commodore A. Van Es, Commander of Netherlands Squadron Five. (HS·66053)

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February 26, 1946, served in Montreal navaldivision, Naden, Wolf, Stadacona, Ottawa,Nonsuch, Peregrine, Swansea, Donnacona;awarded CD; retired October 18, 1961.

CPO NORMAN CHARLES TOWN, C2WU4,of Swift Current, Sask.. joined September 16,1940, served in Naden, Courtenay, Stada­cona, C01'nwallis, Chilliwack, Niobe, HMSFerret, Milltown, Peregrine, Battleford,Grandmere, St. Laurent, Arnprior, Charlotte­town II, Ontario, Athabaskan, Crusader,Sault Ste. Marie, Queen, Fraser; awardedCD; retired October 9, 1961.

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L~O·.SE W:~O$ERVE:C.J.. c . -l ... , ~;

'fN MEMORY OF'tHOSE WHO 'FELl,.

CPO CECIL SMITH, ClER4, of NorthShields, Northumberland, England, joinedthe RCNVR June 25, 1941, and the RCN

CPO JOHN FREDERICK MYERS, CIWS4,of Gordon Bay, Ontario, joined January 19,1937, served in Stadacona, Saguenay, Venture,Fundy, Ottawa, St. Francis, Shelburne, Corn­waHis, Elk, Peregrine, Scotian, Donnacona,Revelstoke, Lloyd George, Warrior, Portage,Haida, Niobe, HMS ExceHent, Iroquois, By­town, Niagara, Magnificent, Carleton; awardedRCN Long Service & Good Conduct Medal;retired October 7, 1961.

CPO JOHN PIERRE DAVID MASON,C2BN3, of Victoria, served in RCN May 7,1940-0ctober 18, 1946, rejoined October 6,1947, served in Naden, Stadacona, Niobe,Saguenay, Comox, OrilLia, William Head,Givenchy, Prince Robert, Sioux, HMS Ex­ceHent, Peregrine, Kootenay, Malahat, Anti­gonish, Magnificent, Iroquois, Cataraqui,Cornwallis, Crescent, New Liskeard, LaHulloise, Nootka, Algonquin, Shearwater;awarded CD; retired October 5, 1961.

CPO ARTHUR WOODFORD HOLMES­DALE, C2CK3, of London, England, servedin RCNVR June 12, 1940-November 19, 1945,and the RCN (R) December 2, 1946-July 15,1947, transferred to RCN July 16, 1947, servedin Saskatoon naval division, Naelen, SanPeur, Armentieres, Stadaconel, Wasecga, Avcc­lon, Protector, Peregrine, Discovet'y, Unicorn,St. Stephen, Cornwallis, Crescent, Algon­quin, Shelburne, Swansea, St, Law'ent;awarded CD; retired October 7, 1961.

CPO WILLIAM EVERETT CAVANAGH,CISG4, of Finhorn, Scotland, joined RCNVRMarch 15, 1935, transferred to RCN January5, 1937, served in Stadacona, HMS Victory,HMS Glasgow, Restigouche, Skeena, Ottawa,Naden, St..Clair, St. Hyacinthe, Venture, As­siniboine, Peregrine, Niobe, Norfolk, HMSSearcher, HMS Norfolk, Shelburne, Warrior;awarded RCN Long Service & Good ConductMedals; retired October 31, 1961.

CPO WALTER REX MITCHELL, C2ER3,of Lloydminster, Alberta, joined RCNVROctober 6, 1941, transferred to RCN Septem­ber I, 1942, served in N(lden, Wolf, Givenchy,Wentworth, Gananoque, Peregrine, BeaconHill, Grou, Ontario, Athabaskan, Sioux, Uni­C01'n, Fraser; awarded CD; retired October5, 1961,

CPO ALBERT JOSEPH HURTUBISE,C2BN3, of Ottawa, Ontario, served inRCNVR July 3, 1941-August 211, 1944, trans­ferred to RCN August 28, 1944, served inOttawa and Montreal naval divisions, Stada­cona, Malpeque, Swift Current, Transcona,Givenchy, Naden, Swansea, Peregrine, Niobe,CornwalLis, . Scotian, Warrior, Magnificent,Donnacona, St. Stephen, Crescent, IroquoisMontcalm, D'Iberville, Chignecto, Ungava, St.Laurent, Cayuga; awarded mention in Des­patches October 24, 1944; retired October14, 1961.

CPO WILLIAM HENRY BULPIN, CIET4,of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, joinedRCNVR September 24, 1935, transferred toRCN March 10, 1937, served in Stadacona,St. Laurent, Skeena, CornwaHis, HMS Salis­bury, Haida, Magnificent, Saguenay, Algon­quin, Crusader; awarded RCN Long Serviceand Good Conduct Medal; retired October 27,1961.

CPO REGINALD CLARENCE BUCK,CICM4, of Calgary, Alberta, served in RCNVRand RCNR between May 1936 and January1941, transferred to RCN January 20, 1941,served in Prince Rupert naval division,Meander, Naden, Armentieres, Prince David,Stadacona, Niobe, Peregrine, York, Givenchy,Uganda, Ontario, Cornwallis, Hochelaga;awarded CD; retired October 12, 1961.

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LOWER DECK PROMOTIONS

For Promotion to Leading Seaman

Pacific CommandFor Promotion to Petty Officer

Second Class

G. J. Zehr., •. ,. , •..•.. , .. , •...•• 16095-1-1C. R. Fitt ..•.•....•..• , •••..••.. 25367-HA. G. Low , ..•••. 24578-11W. J. Corr •• , •. , , •. " .•• 26879-1fR. C. McIntosh .. , .•..... , .. , ..•. 12764-HR. S. James .... , .•••...... , • , .•.. 25338-1-1W. J. Anderson. """ .. , •..•. , .. 26481-HA. A. Mayer."., ., •...... , .. , ••. 32318-11J. D. Maclean .. , .. , ..... , ... , •... 23511-HJ. E. Gallant ••••..........•••.•. 31388-HG. W. McNichol. ..•..• , •.. , , ...•. 7704-IfJ. P. Boucher•... , , , ......•.. , ... 17884-HR. J. Roy, ..••.• , .. , , , ..• , .. , ..• 29043-IfJ. P. Dawson, •......•......••.... 8539-EJ. A. O'Callahan .•.......... , .... 18598-IfA. T. Straohan , .•.......••..... 8110-EP. C. I{ilen , .........• , 17322-EW. L. Charchuk ••..........••••. 17208-IfT. M. TeepelL .•• , , , 10937-11R. C. I{noll. , , , 15868-11D. J. Boisjoli ....•. , ..•. , , 29316-HA. J. MaoEachern .•.............. 24577-HA. J. Chiasson , .,., ..•. , .23603-HM. R. Moore " 19934-IfG. F. Cooper." , .•.... 12790-HG. R. Da~'e , 17894-HM. A, Blacldook 23525-HB. I. Freeman. ,. , .......•..•...• 24596-HV. J. Tarrant. , , , 16168-1-1M. S. Scrimshaw.••.............. 26912-HE. M. IIunter........•....... , ... 31168-HL. A. Bidinost ..•. , ...•........... 8072-HH. W. Millar., ... " ......•...... 27267-HJ. A. Rioux .................•.... 14028-HE. Wilson , , 34232-HJ. S. Lawther..........•......... 35490-HR. W. Niven , .......•• 11544-HR. Tremblay , 14161-11J. A. Poirier...............•..... 13491-HJ. P. Loiseau ...................• 12405-HA. F. Rose 33907-HS. L. Moore ......•.. , 14591-IfP. A. Cadeau.. , .....•........... 33939-HR. O. Cook ....•.... , , 19817-HW. T. Chandler , 25056-HG. E. Roberts 16149-HW. J. Wagner ..••.... , 15923-HM. L. Lloyd , , .. 12668-HR. A. Smith 26085-HJ. J. St. Germain , 9067-HG. R. McIntosh...•.............. 25648-H.T. F. Hartling " 12458-HD. W. Smith •...............•... 25626-HS. L. Cannon .. , 17046-HF. A. Anderson. , .....•.......... 23380-HR. S. Holden , . , 17618-HG. R. Wainman , ....•....... 26133-HD. D. Love , .. , 7113-HM. Leblanc....•. , ......•.. , 33607-HW. R. Burgess " •.• , 31075-HA. Mattila ........•......••..... 31975-HN. J. Nevitt...........•......... 31406-HR. A. Rankin ....• , ..•.•......... 33711-HB. C. Thomson ..•.•..... , 35009-HJ. J. Mailhot .............•. , 35725-HM. Sailer •.• , ..•...• , .. , .. , 32752-HC. J. Soucy.•..•. , , 23678-HJ. W. Woodhouse 36177-HS. J. Stephenson ..............•.. 12593-HJ. F. Balmforth , ., , .. 16292-HE. D. Manuel ..•.... , •.......•.. 14308-H

For Promotion to Leading Seaman

ABBN2 J. T. Carey.........•......•..••. 25266-HABWSl J. Wiecek ......•................ 30322-HABWSI D. B. Wright .......•.. , 30223-HABWSI P. J. Collins.....' ..•.... I •••••••• 13754-HABWSI E. L. Law8on.•........•.........31321-HABWSI C. R. Grant , ••...•....... ,., .25329-HABWS2 H. E. Knapp , .. , , 30272-HABWSI W. S. Satterley .•................ 19945-H

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R. A. Spence , 24981-HD. J. Levandier..........•....... 24952-HA. F. Hammond 28413-HS. F. Tardiff , .. , . 19129..HD. Inson 19680-HT. F. Newton ............•...•... 16927-HW. J. Cassidy 26870-11B. G. Daly .....................• 28517-HG, B. Mandy........•..... ,., ... 28841-HD. C. Vansickle............•••... 24375-HD. 'r. Maloney ..........•..•..... 2842l-HG. J. Bernard , , 10446-HA. G. Bodden..•.....•...... , •.•• 25908-HJ. R. Bourgeois 26124-HB. T. 3\1cKenna..............• , •• 26128-HT. A. MacDonald , , , .. 14446-11P. G. Simpson 2568B-HW. J. Turootte..........•.....•.• 12826-HW. L. Foreman .......•.. , ......• 25683·HK. Snider ..........•............25767-HR. H. Zipfel. , .......•.•.... , ...• 24517-HL. J. Edmunds , ......•........ lI689-HJ. N. Sweeney , .. , 13963-HJ. B. Seaward....•. , , ........• 31836-HJ. H. Schimmel. ......•...••..•.• 25789-H

Atlantic Command

J. P. Rafferty., .. , , ..... "., , •... 24007~ER. R. Sutton ..•......... , .••.... 31559..EE. Stormer ....•..•.............. 39494-EL. M. Benton...•... """""" .33172-EW. F. Tyler., ..•• , .• , ... , , 17836-ER, G. Buchanan••...... , , ,28l62-ES. C. Vadeboncoour•..........•..• 32908-ER. A. Southwood .. " .••...•.. ,., •38660-ER. W. Mountford, .•. , .. , .. , .. , •. 35311-EG. Walters I ., •• 31601-EW. II. Davies ............•... , .•. 33495-ED. G. Duffner .... " ., . , , ., ... 38480-ER. I{. Richardson .•..• , . , I , •••• 35221-EW. L. Palmer", ",., , 38477-EG. N. Paul , ••. ,. ,35091-EB. T. Callaghan...•.. ,. ,. " 17199-ES. A. Grenda , .. , ., •... , •. , . 31550-EC. J. Parenteau , ......• 17699-ED. K. Campbell ........•... , • , .•• 28043-EL. H. Sorsdahl 28205-EJ. R. IIenry , , ...•...... 30584-EK. A. Rollier , •...•. 24277-EE. J. Burney.........•........... 23834-EI{, E. Stewart, , ........•...•. 15720-ER. N. Cailes , , , 33309-EE. Balshaw , , I •••• 39491-ER. K. Paraons ..............• , •.. 14980-EH. P. Woznow , " .38615-EW. E. Patton , .. 38388-ED, I, Wise , , ......•...• 39478-EA. J. Lodge , , 35036-E

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For Promotion to Petty OfficerSecond Class

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J. D. Jenkins , , , ..•. 24877-EG. W. Troughton , , 24174-EG. Spicer , 10014-EB. S. Spenoer , .. , 27685-EW. L. Wavryk ,."".,., 27789-ES. G. Blasny•. , , , ,17386-ER. Bailey., , , ..•. ,. , 25672-ER. 1-1. Wilson .•.• , , 7909-EL. T. Dale , , .. , 7949-ED. J. Sinclair .. , , .. " .. " .. , .. 27677-ER. C. Wilson , 24876-EH. R. Wrigley 9337-EJ. A. Gorman, . , , •.. 16851-ES. Cook .. , , , ...• 34266-EF. V. Fast..• , : , 28699-ER. E. McCallum , 18423-EL. K. Bergum. , , 27603-ER. C. Reimer , .•.. 33025-EP. B. Daly ....•.................. 7830-ED. R. Keenan 17071-EJ. D. Fawcett , .. , •.•. 14753-EG. C. Fuller I ••••••• 28464-EW. M. Frampton ......•........ , .. 9759-EJ. W. HalL .. , , , ......•. 10765-ED. G. Riehl , ......•.. 7989-EJ. Nicholson , 8162-EE. J. Sheplawy 10034-ER. A. Cummings 12496-EG. C. Gendre 34848-EW. N. Lennox~ , 28800-EJ. A. Rait 27861-EL. C. Murray 24885-ER. J. Thompson 17406-EW. L. McNaughton ...•.......... 13025-E

ABBNl J. A. Mackie 14895-EABWSI F. A. Robson .•.......... , 31308-EABWS2 T. R. Nicks , 16865-EABFCI E. N. Butler,., ........•......... 35162-EABWUl H. J. Last ....•... , ....•....•.... 32878-EABWUl J. H. Rockwell .•....... ,., ..•.... 23867-EABWU2 L. M. Jones ~., ..•.•... 24077-EABWU2 B. G. Schley.....•........•...... 35249-EABSN2 E. C. Ourts ..•••.......•......... 33020-EABSN2 D. R. Franklin , ..•......... 7481-EABSN3 E. R. Wallace............•....... 24281-EABRPI M. F. West., .. , .. , ...........•.. 35035-EABRPI J. T. Graham 32951-EABRP1 P. M. Northey , ........•.• 23993-E.t\.BRP2 P. J. Boutin ........•.........•.. 23949-EABRP2 J. M. Gray ....•... " .•.......... 35178-EABSG2 C, R. Pearce.••........... , 39535-EABSG2 J. C. Anderson....•.....•........ 34731-EABSG2 J. G. Lennox ..•...• , ......•...... 38606-EABSG2 G. E. Bobosky...............•.•. 38662-EABRM1 B. R. l\1iller 35107-EABRMI V. J. Olson ...•.... , 39334-EABRM2 J. L. Metcalf ......•............. 35223-EABRM1 C. C. Corrigal. , .•.......... 33391-EABRMl C. A. Brown 34672-EABRMI D. J. Deegan ....•....•...•. , 23969-E

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Following are lists of men selectedby Naval Headquarters for promotion.These selections are subject to con­firmation by the RCN Depot and theconcurrence of the commanding officerin each case. The effective date ofpromotion is September 1, 1961. Namesare grouped according to trade.

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ABWSl A. J. Currie 26027-HABWSl C. D. Leeder 3l80l-HABWSl H. E. Hoffman 3032o-HABWSl C. C. Major l3952-HABWSl F. Gervais 3l796-HABW8l J. F. Adams 24924-HABFC2 F. A. Penney 37586·HABFC2 E. C. Lingley 4304l-HABFC2 R. Sinolair 1l885-HABFC2 K. A. Findlay .43302-HABFC2 J. R. Sisley .42455-HABFC2 W. Sootohburn .42477-HABFC2 H. J. Charest ..............•.... .43367-HABFC2 D. J. Allard 43l75-HABFC2 D. L. Riohards ......•........... 34762-HABFC2 J. J. Souoy 37275-HABWU2 K. Eooles 3668l-HABWU2 E. J. Petrowski 349I8-HABWU2 M. MoKinstry .............•..... 3903O-HABSN2 G. E. Vipond .4567o-HABSNl L. J. Lunny 28425-HABSN2 P. H. Goodfellow .....•.......... 29935-HABSN2 O. Boege 4256l-HABSN2 J. G. Bell ll3I5-HABSN2 D. C. May 39l37-HABSN2 R. D. Neath 42363-HABSN2 K. D. Freeland 26I85-HABSN2 N. C. Tinney .42602-HABSNl B. W. Sharkey 39926-HABSN2 D. H. Morgan 30038-HABSN2 G. J. Laflnmme 3690l-HABSN2 A. J. Thomas 42408-HABSNI J. M. Smith 43235-HABSNI D. E. Jones 37536-HABSN2 G. R. MaoMillan 36722-HABSN2 M. Irizaw 8521-HABSN2 B. V. Nason 42883-HABRPl A. F. Boyles 33976-HABRPl M. D. B..ker 35577-HABRP2 R. H. Wood I05ll-RABRP2 S. G. Rioh..rdson 3l220-HABRPI J. R. Wright 34053-HABRP2 E. E. Reding llOOO-HABRP2 H. C. MoIs o.................•. I0246-HABRP2 R. M. Barolay............•...... 42877-HABRPI J. A. M..rion 17002-HABRP2 G. A. Geary 26980-HABRP2 M. F. Dougherty 23404-HABRP2 G. J. Bruneau ........•.......... 38258-H

ABRP2 E. R. M..yne 3899O-HABRP2 J. G. Routhier 27387-HABRP2 J. E. Ross 15522-HWANP2 R. M. Heisler W-34737ABSG2 C. A. D..ly 29956-HABSG2 R. J. Gervais ~ 38206-HABSG2 J. Thiessen .42462-HABSG2 G. G. Cr..wford .43866-HABSG2 G. W. Snooks 26357-HABSG2 S. R. Femi 39066-HABSGl G. W. Slade 38l32-HABSG2 M. J. Broughton 29909-HABSG2 W. D. Brintnell 37805-HABSG2 G. Andrews .........•............26956-HABSG2 J. R. Cosby 4239l-HABSG2 L. J. Deighton 3907l-HABSG2 D. G. Osw..ld 299Io-HABSG2 H. L. Baxter .42957-HABRMl P. J. Frenette 38076·HABRM2 A. C. Thompson .......•......... 39089-HABRM2 R. B..ines ..........•............ 25223-HABRM2 M. Kennedy 27182-HABRM2 R. A. Kelly 38l83-HABRM2 G. J. Porter 390I2-HABRS2 K. G. Gerry 35636-HABRS2 J. D. Berry 35071-EABRS2 J. J. Kulas 36715-EABRS2 W. J. Low 30849-HABRS2 R. C. M..yville 26399-HABRS2 W. E. Morden.......•........... 35585-HABRS2 J. C. Fairley...............•..... 30734-HABRS2 D. W. Cheater..................•39183-HABRS2 R. A. B..rker ........•........... 3l912-HABRS2· B. H. Hagstrom 360ll-HABRS2 R. J. G..ll..nt 292ll-HABRS2 G. R. Burton 42337-HABRS2 L. A. Wella 32801-EABRS2 K. R. Duncan 36322-HABRS2 D. J. Miller 27943-EABRS2 D. S. M..nion 36508-HABRS2 J. J. Monette 38I68-EABRS2 F. W. Finnessy 26469-HABRS2 D. B. Preston 23724-HABRS2 A. E. Pilkington 3l948-HABRS2 M. C. Wells 329I8-EABEMI C. L. Cooley 32001-HABEMl S. N. yearwood......•........... 38928-HABEM2 E. A. M..rtin 25696-HABEMl P. J. Baine 36367-H

ABEMI P. A. Spicer 33875-HABEMI S. B. Wood 16356-HABEMI T. J. M..guire 35706-HABLM2 M. O. Wauoh 32004-HABLM2 M. S. Wurm 37817-HABLM2 G. E. M..rtin 36713-HABLM2 D. A. Aldrioh ...................•4495l-HABLM2 J. W. young 43009-HABLM2 A. A. Rogers 43037-HABLM2 R. A. Rudbaok 37594-HABLM2 M. W. MCC..llion ...........•...•42362-HABLM2 G. W. Weitzel. 37937-HABLM2 N. C. Br..ke 29627-HABLM2 P. K. Doherty l8045-HABLM2 R. C. Rhines ..........•......... 38995-HABLM2 R. H. Hollins.. ; 38I31-HABLM2 W. G. B..rnard 36742-HABET2 W. R. Albertson 39649-HABET2 W. L. Sutherland ......•......... 36963-HABET2 R. D. Moore 37673-HABLT2 R. J. Seguin 450I6-HABLT2 C. J. Gaul 37227-HABHMl L. J. Sawatsky 33427-HABNA2 D. H. Kelly 369l5-HABNA2 R. M. Chapdelaine 44926-HABAM2 K. M. Eddy 24489-HABARl M. H. McCluskey......•......... 3I536-HABAFl R. A. Fralio 3653I-HABAFI R. D. Henwood 34l04-HABAT2 G. W. P..tterson 33986-HABRA2 M. R. Borrows 378l2-HABRA2 F. E. Johnson 35105-EABRA2 C. H. M..oDonald 3764I-HABAW2 A. G. Langille 33998-HABPW2 G. W. BI..nk 356l3-HABPW2 J. J. Riggins 32835-HABPWI R. D. Stewart 33408-HABPWI J. A. Spencer 3898o-HABPWI J. W. Shiela 29884-HABPWI E. L. Gouthro 342OG-HABNSl T. J. MoCali .............•...... 36822-HABCK2 D. T. Lennon..........•......... 25282-HABSWl R. G. Kettle 30057-HABSWI V. D. Ev..ns ..............•...... 23686-HABMA2 A. J. Dearochers 3250o-HABMA2 V. R. Dunham 44042-HABMA2 D. R. Johannesson 37877-HWAME2 E. A. Kerr W-33257ABCD2 C. A. Blanoher 25982-HABPH2 E. Arndt lOO36-H

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