1AICROWSNESTVol. 5 No.8 TH~ 'ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY'S MAGAZINE JUNE, 1953

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Naval Lore No. 12 Inside Back Cover

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'P.D.' Becom,es Byword pt Naden 20

LADY OF THE MONTHSearch as you will the picture on the

opposite page, you will find no shiphull down on the horizon. Violent,serene, changeless and ever-changing,the sea herself is our "Lady of theMonth".

Some men of science maintain that thesea is the mother of all life. Without hermighty oceans, the earth would be butanother of the myriad lifeless cinderswhirling through space.

Ancient civilizations rose to newheights of glory when the Phoeniciansand others braved Homer's IIwine darksea" and returned to the Mediterraneanwith the s'ilks, gems, spices and gold ofIndia and Cathay. Europe threw off thelethargy of the Middle Ages whenColumbus and his successors sailed intothe mysterious west and found a newworld.

Even as the Crown is the spiritualsymbol uniting the Commonwealth ofNations, the sea is the highway provid..ing the material link.

Canada'S motto is "A Mari Usque AdMe re"-IIFrom Sea Even unto Sea"­and over a doorway to the Peace Towerof the Parliament Buildings in Ottawaare inscribed the words:

liThe wholesome sea is at her gates:Her gates both East and West.//

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Th,e Navy Plays 21

CONTENTS

A Year of Progress 26

Afloat and Ash.ore 16

The Quidi Vidi Lancers........... 19

British Monarchs an,d the Navy.................... ...... 2

Man of the Month 15

Officers and Men i................. 11

LoyveJ~ Deck Prol11.otions

RCN Nel1Js Review

Cover-It was during the reign of Elizabeth I that England's

ships provided one of history's greatest demonstrations of the value

of sea-power. This issue salutes the Coronation of Her Gracious '

Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at a tiIne when the Royal Canadian

C' Navy and the other forces of Denl0cracy are using sea-power in the

cause of Freedom.

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and the

By E. C. RUSSELLNaval Historian

boIs of two of the oldest institutions inthe world, have enjoyed a love andrespect unparalleled through the .ages,not only in the Commonwealth anc;iEmpire; but throughout the world.

Because of their common dedicationto the' service of the people and of theirhistoric parallel development, the mon­archy and the navy have been closelyassociated for a thousand years, eachplaying its part in the slow but steadyevolution of that unique and highly re­spected organization of human societyof today, the British Commonwealth ofNations..

A thousand years is a long time; kingsand queens have come and gone as havecountless ships and sailormen. Yeteach has left his mark and it is of inter­est to note that, almost invariably, themonarch who knew the meaning of thesea, who grasped the opportunity thesea has always presented, who justlyexercised the privilege of sea-power,has contributed most to the welfare ofhis people.

SEVERAL of Britain's kings havebeen called "fathers" of the Royal

Navy. The earliest of these was Alfredthe Great who reigned in the ninth cen'­tury. Great amongst rulers in the Waysof learning and good government,Alfred was perhaps the first sovereignto realize that the besf way to protecthis island people from the invader was,not to let the enemy choose the landingplace, but to engage him at sea with anEnglish fleet manned by stout-heartedEnglish seamen. Successful Britishrulers have followed this pattern eversince. When, nearly two centuries later,the Saxon Harold failed to commandthe English Channel, the only truly suc­cessful invader of England, William theNorman, landed and took over thecountry; profoundly changing thecourse of history.

In medieval England the maintenanceof a fleet, a personal responsibility ofthe king, was, as it still is, a rather ex­pensive proposition. This problem wassolved to some extent· by grantingspecial privileges to the Cinque Portson the south-east coast of England­Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney, andHastings. In return, and in keeping withfeudal system of the times, these portsin time of emergency provided thecountry's naval forces. In this way,King William cleared the Channel ofpirates and' encouraged English trade.

ancient in origin, are symbols of aquality common to the monarchy andthe navy. The quality and duty ofservice to the people of the realm is andhas been tor centuries past, the para­mount function 'of the sovereign andthe fleet. At her coming coronation,Her Majesty the Queen will solemnlyswear to serve her people; the fleet, asalways, stands ready to execute the willof Her Majesty's Government as direc­ted by Parliament, the body of thepeople's representatives. Because ofthis noble quality of service, the RoyalStandard and the White Ensign, sym-

(First published in Canadian Shipping, March 1953)

A standard is a flag which depicts the armorial bearings of theperson entitled to 'wear it. The Sovereign and certain members ofthe Royal Family have personal standards, which are ;flown to denotetheir actual presence in any ship or place, whether in residence oron a visit.

. Whenever the Sovereign shall go on board any ship of war, theRoyal Standard shaH be hoisted at the main, the flag of the LordHigh Admiral at the fore, and the Union Flag at the mizzen of suchship; or if on board a vessel with less than three masts, they shaH.be hoisted in the most conspicuous parts of her.

IT WAS A proud day in the annals of

the Royal CanadiaI:\ Navy when, inNovember 1951, His Majesty's Cana­

dian Ship Ontario had the rarehonour of embarking Their Royal High­nesses, the Princess Elizabeth and theDuke of Edinburgh for passage fromCharlottetown to Sydney and St. John's.As befitted the occasion, the Princess'Standard was hoisted at the main, whilethe White Ensign, designating a ship ofHis Majesty's Naval Forces, was wornat the foremast.

These simple bits of bunting, theRoyal Standard and the White Ensign,

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In King Richard the First's charter add­ing Winchelsea and Rye to this import­ant source of naval strength, he guaran­teed that "the men of Winchelsea andRye are to be free and quit on both'sides of the sea (the Channel) and notto be disturbed."

This was the same Richard known asCreur de Lion or Lion-Hearted who ledthe English knights on the Third Cru­sade (1190-1192) in an effort to rescueJerusalem from the Turks. He mana­ged to equip a fleet and sail it to theEastern Mediterranean where he gaineda victory over the sea forces of Islam.It was during this campaign thatRichard chose St. George, an earlyChristian soldier martyred in the year303 AD., as his patron saint. TheCross of St. George, a Greek cross ofred on a white field was the badge wornby his soldiers. His shipsalso carried this device as abanner which from that timewas adopted as the nationalflag for the fleet. This then,was the origin of the St.George's Cross in the WhiteEnsign and the Union Flag.

The Royal Standard oftoday also dates from Rich­ard's time. In the first andfourth cantons are found thethree golden lions on a redfield representing England.This heraldic device wasfrom the arms of RichardCreur de Lion and is incor­porated in the armorial bear­ings of Canada today.

THE first English monarchto implement a positive

maritime policy was the firstof the Tudors, Henry theSeventh. Henry, who ruledat the time of Columbus,was an opportunist of thefirst order and, first andforemost, a merchant. Be­tween the reigns of Richardand Henry, the islandershad seemed content to letwhat little foreign tradethey had, be carried in for­eign bottoms. Henry madevaliant efforts to change allthis and his partial successwas to pay handsome dividends a cent­ury later. He built fine ships of hisown, used them for trading expeditionsand even hired them out to his subjects.More than that, he paid a bounty onheavy tonnage ships built and ownedby his countrymen. This was an at­tempt to encourage foreign trade and,shrewdly enough to provide a supply offighting ships in the event of war, therebeing little difference between merchant

ships and naval vessels of those times.It was Henry who sponsored the voyageof John Cabot to Newfoundland in 1497.Even at that, England was late arrivingon the scene so far as discovery and ex­ploration were concerned, for Spainand Portugal were already sending theirgalleons far from Europe in search ofnew wealth.

In this respect, Henry's son, thenotorious Henry the Eighth, made littleprogress. But the energetic youngHenry had one valid claim to being the"Father of the Royal Navy", for hebuilt the first English fighting fleet thatlasted. These ships were the King'sShip's, his own personal property. FromHenry the Eighth on, there is always acertain permanence about England'sfighting power at sea. His ships were

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large and though they had not yetachieved the trim lines of the 18th cen­tury vessels, still they had lost much ofthe roundness typical in the medievalperiod. He welcomed and epcouragednew ideas with respect to rigging, hullstructure and armament. Within aspace of five years he added twenty-fourships to the royal fleet some of whichsurvived well into the reign of Eliza­beth. In armament, Henry's ships

differed greatly from those of his con­temporaries. While his father's shipshad carried companies of archers and,gunners whose only weapon was thelight man-killing serpentines, many ofHenry's new ships were armed withguns weighing up to a ton and a halfeach. These great guns had of neces­sity to be mounted low in the ship topreserve stability. This problem wassolved by cutting the well known squaregun-ports in the sides of the hull. Inone stride, Henry the Eighth had takenthe lead in the production of offensivenaval ordnance, and though he madelittle use of his fleet either to find newtrade outlets or to invade the rich trad­ing grounds of his rivals, he had builta permanent fleet of excellent ships andprepared the way for the Elizabethansea-dogs.

SOME ELEVEN years afterthe death of her much­

married father, the youthfulQueen Elizabeth the l!~irst

mounted the throne of Eng­land in the year 1558. Itwas a troubled land. Thefact that her mother AnneBoleyn had been beheadedby the order of Elizabeth'sown father, made the youngqueen's claim to the thronea shaky one. After years ofreligious persecution, manyEnglishmen lived in an at­mosphere of fear and poison­ous intrigue. The rich royalcoffers of her grandfather,Henry the Seventh, hadbeen drained so that Eliza­beth' succeeded to a legacyof debt and inflated cur­rency. There was no army.Even her father's fleet haddwindled to twenty-'Oneships, these in a run-downcondition and indifferentlymanned. To the youngqueen and to her subjects itwas not exactly a reassuringprospect. Yet, from the out­set, Queen Elizabeth theFirst took firm hold of thehelm of state and not oncein her forty-five year reigndid she relinquish her com­

mand to anyone. Aided by outstandingministen' and her own far-sightedjudgment, she was destined to rule inan era which rightfully earned its titleas England's Golden Age.

It was during this era that theEnglish people fully emerged from amedieval society into a first-rate mod­ern power. In this transitional period,directed by Elizabeth and her wise andfar-seeing statesmen, England's seamen

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contributed more than any othernational group to the country's newposition of greatness among the nationsof Europe. In the post-Renaissance era;Englishmen recpgnized the folly ofwasting their strength in endless con­tinental wars and learned that the seawas not only England's first line ofdefence but also a great highway ofopportunity. Upheld' by national as­pirations and the queen's encourage­ment; the seamen of the island king­dom came to believe that all the oceanswere free and so they sailed and foughton every sea to defend their right toseek out new lands and to, trade ondistant shores.

Elizabethan mariners carried St.George's Cross to the far corners of theearth. Trade was opened with NorthRussia and the lands border­ing the Mediterranean. Menlike Frobisher and Davisweathered the Arctic wastesnorth of Canada endeavour­ing 'to get through to thefabulous riches of the East.Others like Oxenham, Hawk­ins, and Drake successfullychallenged the arbitrarydivision of the New Worldbetween Spain and Portugal.

Broadly speaking, Eliza­beth's foreign policy was oneof peace, but a sufficientlymilitant one that graduallyafforded England a place inthe sun. When the Spanishambassador would protestthe plundering of Spanish

. treasureships by her "sea­dogs~', she would bare-faced­ly denounce and disownthem one day and knightthem the next. She wouldagree with her minister,Burleigh, that the Spanishking must be placated, and,at the same' time hold finan­cial shares -in the piratical~nterprises of .Tohn Hawkinsand Francis Drake.

UNDOUBTEDLY, Eliza­beth~s greatest contribu­

tion to the future fleets of theBritish Commonwealth wasthe navy's fighting tradition-that boldspirit of seeking out the enemy in timeof war and giving battle oIi everypossible occasion. Schooled to this phil­osophy for thirty years prior to thecoming of the great Spanish Armada,Elizabeth's seamen were able to con­centrate a mighty fleet of royal ,andprivate ships manned by companies ofskilled sea-fighters that, with the aid offavourable winds, shattered the proudfleet of'Spain. When the queen died in

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1603, she left behind her an Englandfortified by a sturdy naval traditionwhich was to serve the country in goodstead in the centuries to come.

The Royal Standard of Elizabeth'stime still held Richard's three goldenlions, but they were in the second andthird cantons, the first and fourthhaving, since Edward the Third, carriedthe lilies representing the ancient claimto the throne of France. When KingJames the Sixth of Scotland succeededElizabeth, he became known as KingJames the First of England. With theunion of the crowns, James added tothe Royal Standard the Scottish redlion rampant and the harp of Ireland­this even though the political unionwith Scotland was to be delayedanother century and that with Ireland

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for still another century. The King'sShips continued to be identified by theflag bearing St. George's Cross.

Under both James and his son, whoruled as Charles the First, there camea series of set-backs to both maritimeand naval England. An idealist, Jameshated war. To appease Spain, hebeheaded one of the last of the Eliza­bethans, Sir Walter Raleigh-one ofthe many prices England paid for peacewith her adversaries. Moreever, James

refused to issue letters of Marque, theancient European system that permittedarmed merchantmen to conduct "pri­vate war" within the letter of the law.So it was that in the early seventeenthcentury, English shipping was sweptfrom the sea; trade came to a standstill;bold Algerian pirates raided the shoresof the British Isles carrying Britishsubjects off to slavery in North Africa;pirates infested the English Channel;and the Royal Ships~some of them thevery ships that had shattered the Invin­cible Armada - lay rotting in, theMedway.

King Charles the First, who later losthis head by the axe before Whitehall,succeeded his father in 1625. His in­fluence on the fleet was little better thanJames', but, at least, he saw danger

in Britain's maritime plight.He called for a completesurvey of the King's Shipsand the dockyards. Theresult was most depressing;the fleet was in a deplorablestate and the seamen wereclamouring for long-overduepay. Energetically, he plan­ned the refitting of his shipsand the building of frigatesto cope with the pirates andthe privateers of France andSpain that had for yearsthrottled English shippingand trade. But he wassimply not the man to carryout the task. His troublewas financial and constitu­tional.

IN ACTUAL FACT, Charlescame up with a very good

plan - "Ship Money". Inplace of the old system ofrequiring the service ofarmed merchant ships, nowno longer capable of chal­lenging ships of the line, theking proposed that the porttowns and inland towns alikeshould provide cash for thedefence of the nation's trade.A most reasonable solutionit would seem. But here,Charles ran headlong into apowerful and stubborn op­

position - the growing antagonism ofParliament, particularly the Puritanmembers, and their resistance to be­ing taxed without parliamentary con­sent and control of the purse. Ofcourse, these views were not acceptableto a monarch who had been steeped inthe traditional "royal prerogative" andthe "divine right of kings".

However, in the earlier stages of hisreign, before parliament had grown toostrong, Charles did manage to collect

some "Ship Money" and he did buildthe finest line-of-battle ship of the day,"Sovereign of the Seas".

It was during this reign that the firstred, white and blue ensigns appeared.The fleet was divided into three squad­rons, the centre wearing the red ensign,the van the blue, and the rear the white,each flag having the St. George's Crossin the quarter known as the hoist.Gradually the Union Jack in the cornerof the ensign came into use for thedifferent squadrons, a practice con­tinued until 1864 at which time theWhite Ensign became the sale distin­guishing ensign of the Royal Navy.

However, more than ensigns was re­quired to regain England's lost prestigeat sea. Parliament was adamant. Themany impasses culminated in civil warand defeat for Charles. Thegovernment solved the prob­lem by taking the king's lifein 1649.

During the eleven-yearCommonwealth or Interre­gnum under Cromwell,English maritime enterpriserose to heights comparablewith those of Elizabeth'sday. The pirates were sweptfrom the shores of theislands and English tradeflourished in spite of thestout attacks of the Dutch.Men like Robert Blake madethe fleet strong and highlyrespected on the high seas.Some of the finest battletraditions 'of the fleet datefrom the days of the Com­monwealth.

THE Commonwealth hadbrought many changes to

English life, some of themof an enduring character.Parliament as the legislatingbody of government wassolidly entrenched. The CivilWar had produced the spec­tacle of Cromwell's "StateShips" engaged in battlewith Prince Rupert's "King'sShips" and the latter hadbeen soundly defeated. Whenthe Merry Monarch, KingCharles the Second, ascended the re­stored throne in 1660, England had afirst-rate fleet of 207 ships-all "StateShips". Yet, strange as it may seem, thisstate-owned fleet became the first trulyroyal navy. The fact was that economicand political changes had been so sweep­ing that it was no longer feasible to ex­pect that a few King's Ships, bolsteredby hastily mobilized merchantmen,could adequately perform the paramountfunction of the fleet-the protection of

trade. Charles the Second was wiseenovgh to recognize this change andreadily agreed that the navy must becontrolled, manned and paid by Parlia­ment in the name of the sovereign. Inso doing, he laid down the pattern forthe true future relationship of thecrown, the nation, and the fleet. Ironic":l:\lly enough, it was Charles the Secondwho decreed that the fleet was to behenceforth officially termed the "RoyalNavy". Undoubtedly he did this so asnot to make too apparent his non-own­ership of the fleet, but then perhaps inhis own shrewd way, he foresaw thatthe sovereign would become the titularhead of the state.

Just as Elizabeth's time has beencalled the Age of Mercantilism, that ofthe seventeenth century was one of

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colonization and the eighteenth, theAge of Empire. Throughout this broadstretch of time, Britain's fleet carriedout heroic and arduous tasks all ofwhich were prerequisite to the develop­ment of the family of nations which isthe British Commonwealth today. InBritain "itself, parliamentary govern­ment gradually became representativeof a wider and wider electorate and theconcept of monarchy changed graduallyfrom the idea that the sovereign was a

manipulator of politicians to one inwhich he rose to a position above partystrife and intrigue. In the centuriesthat followed the Stuart monarchs, thesovereign had less and less to do withthe direct control of the Royal' Navy.Yet because of the monarch's position ofimpartiality, his influence was mostbeneficial in that there developed a newsense of loyalty to the throne. Thiswas a very strong factor in producingoutstandig seamen-leaders like Ver­non, St. Vincent, and Nelson, whocontributed so much to the freedomof Britons and of humanity at large.

THE GREAT Queen Victoria admirablypersonified this enhanced dignity of

Britain's sovereigns. Early in her reignshe encouraged her ministers to employ

the ships of the Royal Navyin the suppression of piracyand of what she called the"iniquitous traffic in slaves".She reminded her ministersin 1854 that she expectedthem "to keep perfect faithwith her sailors". In' thesame letter, she recom­mended the formation of theRoyal Naval Reserve, point­ing out that the commissioncharged with this responsi­bility should be "composedchiefly of younger officersstill conversant with thepresent feelings of our sail­ors, being better able toadvise on the subject; tileold Admirals are always andnot unnaturally somewhatbehind their time." When5,000 more troops were beingsent to the Crimea, thequeen felt rather uneasyabout the lack of troops athome and so wrote to theDuke of Newcastle - "theQueen wishes to have the'effective state' (of the homedefences) and not the 'stateupon paper only' ".

ttnlike the rather perfunc­tory association of manyforeign princes with theirrespective armed forces, theheirs of Queen Victoria have

been carefully schooled for their futureposition of trust and honour. Fromearly in youth, King George the Fifthand his sons, Edward the Eighth andGeorge the Sixth served in the RoyalNavy. Perhaps this was one reason thatthese monarchs were so beloved. Theybrought the throne close to the peopleof the Commonwealth and Empire.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth theSecond, with her sailor husband, theDuke of Edinburgh, at her side to help

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IlBoeufau

Buffer"One Way t9 Settle Who Has

The Best of It IsTo Swap Jobs

his junior chefs in the galley and car­ried out an eagle-eyed inspection ofhands and whites for cleanliness. Hehad the writers produce a fancy bill offare, printed in French "for sailors"with an English translati-on on the side"for peasants". The bill of fare featuredsoup, "Bamf. au Buffer", vegetables andpie.

In spite of the raucous jeers of alarge crowd of hecklers, the "cooks" goton with the job and produced withouttoo much fumbling. The staff includedtwo quartermasters, PO William Armit

. and AB John Grodde, two radar con­trol men, AB Kenneth White and ABGeorge Spicer and an AA gunner, ABWilliam Ross. To the First Lieutenant,Lt.-Cdr., John Husher, fell the igno­minious task of scullery hand.

Over the SRE came the pipe "Pots tothe Galley". or "Pots is required in thecaptain's cabin". With amateurs doingthe job, No.1 claimed that there weretwice the usual number of pots andpans to be cleaned and threatened toresign. However, Chief Gold, with astrong Gallic hand, made sure he stayedon the job.

On the upper deck at the same time,'another amused crowd of onlookersshouted unsought advice at CPO GordonDark and his cooks struggling with anunruly 'oil fuel hose. It was cold ondeck that day and the job wasn't toopleasant. His force included Ldg. Sea.Robert Brigden, Ldg. Sea. GlenMcPherson, and Able Seamen WilliamCairns and Douglas Purdy, all cooks.

They did the job efficiently and didn'tspill any more than the usual amouI).t ofoil when the stokers took over theactual pumping operation.

When it was over, both sides agreedthat there was a lot to be said for theirown particular jobs and they wouldn'tcare to exchange places on a 'long termbasis. The buffer and his "chefs"claimed that their mashed potatoeswere so good that they shamed thecooks into producing lumpless mashedpotatoes from then on.' The cooks, onthe other hand, claimed that never hadthe fuel hose been connected' up soquickly or smoothly.-J. L. W.

In HMCS Crusader, the supplybranch and the seamen understand eachother. The good-natured nattering thatg9E!S on between the two branches hasbeen successfully squelched.

At one point there had been a fewhot words exchanged to the effect that(from the seamen) "You couldn't cook'a pot of water without burning it," or(from the.cooks) "What do youguys doon this packet anyway, besides sun­bathe on the upper?" and so it went.

Somebody came up with the idea ofchanging places for a day. A group ofseamen, under the direction of theBuffer, would cook the noon meal andthe Chief Cook would lead some of hismen in hooking up to the tanker whenthe ship next had to fuel.

CPO Alfred Gold, the buffer, tookover with a French touch. He gathered

To help breok the monotony of .a Korean patrol, seamen in HMCS Crusader essayed to cooladinner for the ship's company while the ,cooks undertook the no less difficult evolution of fuellingthe ship at sea. The Chief Boatswain's Mate, CPO Alfred Gold, right, took over as Chief Cook andis shawn as he inspected his turnabout staff before they attempted to make a meal. teft to rightare: AB John Grodde, AB George Spicer, PO William Armit, AB William T. Ross, AB Ken White, andLieut.•Cdr. John Husher, Executive Officer. (CU·50B)

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her in the arduous service of her' people,has succeeded to a great heritage that

. goes back for a thousand years. . Theconcept of monarchy has changedthrough the ages. As the Prime Minis­ter of Canada said recently in the Houseof Commons, the Commonwealth ofNations with the Queen as its head "isan effective instrument for the good offree mankind throughout the wholeworld".

There have been many changes in thehistory of the navy, yet, as in ages past,the naval forces of the Commonwealthstand always ready to serve the peoplein the name of the QUeen. When theRoyal Standard and the many WhiteEnsigns float in the breeze. over HerMajesty's Ships off Spithead in June,many will be the toasts tendered by theRoyal Canadian Navy to Elizabeth theSecond, by the Grace of God of theUnited Kingdom, Canada and Her otherRealms and Territories Queen, Head ofthe Commonwealth, defender of" theFaith.

HMCS La Hullolse-(HS-25865)

Coronation ShipsAwait Big Day

The three most powerful ships of theRCN and one of its sleek destroyerssailed from Halifax May 7; four beauti­fully turned out ships heading forEngland to do honour to the youngQueen. The two training frigates HMCShips Swansea and La Hulloise joinedthe squadron at Portsmouth later inMay.

It was the first time since before theSecond World War that so much timeand energy had gone into ships for thesole purpose of beautifying them. TheRCN is and has been working prodi­giously to fulfill its training commit­ments, its responsibility to NATO andthe United Nations. Five destroyershave been tied up for nearly three yearsin a shooting war.

But for the Coronation, the mostlavish pageant the world has seen sincethe crowning of His Majesty KingGeorge VI, it was fitting that "spit andpolish", for a brief time, take prece­dence.

Eight days after sailing from Halifax,the ships arrived at Spithead.

Before the big ships left base, officersand men of the squadron ships and theentire RCN contingent took part in a,preview parade through the streets ofHalifax May 5. Four naval bands and acolour party gave enthusiastic Haligo­nians a small-scale foretaste of Corona­tion Day in London.

For the first part of the crossing,heavy weather and fog dogged theirtracks. In spite of the elements, how­ever, a broad program of fleet and fly­ing exercises was worked in withRCAF, RAF and RN aircraft joining"battle" with the squadron and theplanes of the Maggie's 30 CAG.

The frigates sailed May 18. Two daysout; Swansea detached for a high speedrun to St. John's, Nfld. to land a manwith suspected acute appendicitis.

Although the prime purpose of thesquadron's trip to the United Kingdomis a ceremonial one, the opportunitiesfor fleet training were fully exploited.

The cruisers and the carrier joined shipsof the RN in exercises for almost twoweeks before returning to Portsmouthwhere they were based from May 27until June 8 when they are scheduledto move to Spithead.

The Sioux spent the time from theend of May until June 4 at Greenwichand the two frigate;; were berthed atDeptford on the Thames. On June 5all three moved to Spithead in prepara­tion for the Review.

On the climat j 0 day Cdr. R. P. WeI­land was to lead 81 officers and men,plus a nursing sister and three Wrens,in the Coronation parade. The Cana­dian contingent. representing the second

~ueen'5 .menTHERE is a rumour floatin'

That the lad:; are goin' boatin'O'er the briney, deep an' wide an'

blue ...An' I have heard it mootedThat the Queen will be salutedBy seamen at the Spithead Fleet Review.

There's a-paintin' an' there's shinin'An' a-prettyin' an' finin'From trucks to the waterline belowI'll bet my bottom dollar 'That amid the hoot an' holler,Canadians will put up quite a show.For Maggie will be steamin'With her topsides all a-gleamin'-Her flight deck a-shinin' in the sun.An' aU her youthful flyboysWill be in their speedy sky-toysA-ready when they fire the startin' gun.But I am not supposin'All the cruiser men are dozin'­Havin' a Stand Easy all the dayIt can be safely statedThey are on their toes) elated,To see the Queen a passin' on her way.When Royal guns are boomin'-An they've finished with the groomin'­Little ships will be there, to be sure ...Men of frigates and destroyer,All a-cheerin' their employer ...Canadians an' Queen's men to the core.

-C.T.

partner of the Commonwealth, was tofollow directly after United Kingdomunits. Lieut. M. J. Waymouth, RCN,was colour officer and bore the coloursof Canada.,

For the squadron, the highlight of thegreat ritual lay ahead when the newly­crowned Queen would review hernavies and ships of foreign navies inthe greatest array of naval might sinceher father's coronation. There wasmuch yet to be done, the Canadiansquadron had to make sure their shipswere as smart and efficient as any inthe review.

Destroyers EarnRest at Hong Kong

Last month in the Far East the Atha­baskan and Haida got a break from thewar with a week-long "Rest and Re­laxation" trip to Hong Kong. TheCrusader spent most of May at sea onpatrol, having had her trip to HongKong in January.

On Sunday, May 17, 300 members ofthe two ships' companies assembled atthe Saiwan Military Cemetery to payhomage to those Canadians who losttheir lives in defence of the colony dur­ing the Second World War. About 30Canadian residents of Hong Kong alsoattended the ceremony, which was con­ducted by Chaplain (P) A. G. FaradayRCN.

The Royal Marine band from thecruiser HMS Newcastle provided themusic and the two ships paraded a 50­man guard under Lieut. H. W. Plant ofthe Haida and SUb.-Lieut. Keith Youngof the Athbaskan. Captain J. C. Reedlaid wreaths on behalf of the people ofCanada and the two ship's companies.

Earlier in the month the Athabaskancovered a smash-grab raid conducted bySouth Korean Forces against the enemymainland to collect information andcapture prisoners. The afternoon afterthe night incursion had been made, tiLeAthabee got an emergency call for help.The ROKs were withdrawing, with aNorth Korean army major and asergeant in tow, but they were in gravedanger of being wiped out on the beachbefore they could get off.

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During his final inspection of the 'Coronation Contingent at HMCS Stadacona, Rear AdmiralBidwell passes down the ranks of the contingent during a full dress rehearsal which included a 'marchthrough the streets of Halifax arid a march-past at which he took the salute. (HS·25388)

The ship rushed to the scene andpoured in four-inch bricks whichsmashed up the enemy mortar positionsand discouraged the troops from getting,too near the beach. This took the pres­sUre off and the ROKs made it safely tothe friendly island of Chodo.

Meanwhile, aircraft from the USNcarrier Bataan had arrived and weredirected onto the enemy troop positions.The planes succeeded in putting the

'communists out 'qf the fight and thedestroyer got two gun positions. As shesteamed seaward after the fight, theAthabaskan almost got her war bonnetsinged, Two enemy guns opened fireon the ship but she was drawing wellout of range and they fell short.

The aftermath of the battle was en­acted in the Captain's day cabin. , Twobadly wounded ROKs had been brought

, from the island and received emergencymedical treatment from, Surg.-Lt. RossIrwin. Next day the two men wereflown out to a South Korean hospital forfurther treatment.

The Crusader meanwhile, had fin­ished an eventful and varied east coastpatrol. With another train kill to hercredit and two more badly shot up, sheassumed the chairmanship of the TrainBuster's Club. Membership of this ex­clusive group is right now only 13. SixUS N;:tvy destroyers, a destroyer mine­.sweeper and two 'destroyer escorts; aDutch destroy.er, a British destroyer andthe Haida are the present charter mem­bers under the Crusader.'s presidency.

On the same patrol she <tid a four­day stint in the Sea of Japan as part ofTask Force 77's screen., When she de­tached to go back on the inshore .patrol,Vice-Admil'al Hickey, Commander ofthe Task Force, sent a message praising .highly her efficiency.

Gate VesselsFor Lake Duties

Two new gate vessels, HMC Ships'Porte Saint Louis and Porte Saint Jean,have beeh allocated to the training ofreserves in the Great Lakes during thesUmmer training period.

The normal complement of each shipis three officers and 20 men and thereis additional accommodation for thetraining of about 15 new entry reservesat a time. ,

The gate vessels bring to ten thenumber of RCN ships on the lakes dur­ing the summer. These include sixFairmiles and the two Bangors, HMCShips Digby and Granby.

Stadacona BandEntertains Ottawa

A weekend visit to Ottawa byHMCS Stadacona band proved to be abusy assignment for the 24-man aggi:e­gation led by Lieut. (SB) S. E. F.Sunderland. There was little time outfor sightseeing in Canada's Capital.

The period, Ma'y 8 to 10, saw the bandperform in three engagements. Fridayevening, the musical sailors were at

HMCS Carleton to lead off a naval mess'dinner with the traditional "Roast Beefof Old Engllmd". During the eveningthe band proviqed a musical back­ground of light and semi-classicalselections.

The following night the Stadaconaband took to the stage at the GlebeCollegiate Institute Auditorium inOttawa to present a concert for Ottawa'school students. The program, whichincluded the showing of two navy films,"Fighting Navy", and "Wings for TheNavy", saw the band swinging througha wide repertoire ranging from navalmarches to hot jazz.

The "Stad" bandsmen played theirflnal Ottawa eng~gement Sunday after­noon, May 10 when they held an openair concert on the steps of the SupremeCourt Building. Bright, hot sunshineprovided an ideal setting, and thousandsof Ottawans relaxed on the grass infront of the building listening to a well­balanced program - enjoyed despitesome'slight competition from street-carsand trucks.

CNS PresentsColour to Cadets

A highlight of the annual inspection ofthe Royal Canadian Sea Cadet CorpsFalkland in Ottawa on May 20· wasthe presentation of a colour to the corpsby Vice-Admiral E. R. Mainguy, OBE,CD, RCN, Chief of the Naval Staff.

The 104 officers and cadets were in­spected on the p<lrade square at- HMCSCarleton, the naval division at Dow'sLake, where theY have their head­quarters. Senior naval officers fromnaval headquarters and prominent NavyLeague of Canada officials were amongthe several hundred spectators.

The colour-be:;lrer was Cadet PettyOfficer David Rayner, a son of Commo­dore H. S. Rayner, commanding officer,HMCS Magnificent. It is the first timethe corps has p(')ssessed a colour andCadet PO Rayner "showed" it in tradi­tional fashion.

Summer CruilfesFor Cadets Begin

The summer training program forUNTD and Canadian Services Collegecadets began in May with the EastCoast Training Group, HMC Ships LaHulloise and Swansea, sailing for theSpithead review and the West CoastTraining Group, HMC Ships BeaconHill and 4,ntigonish for Bedwell Har­bour on the first phase of its cruise toLong Beach, California.

Besides the cruise to the United King­dom the East Coast Group will make

HMCS Ottawa looms on the ways at Canadian Vickers in Montreal April 29 as guests on theplatform wait for her to become unstuck after the christening ceremony. Floodlights, for benefit ofpress, TV and movie cameramen, highlight her smooth flowing lines. The Ottawa is the fourth to belaunched in a series of 14 anti-submarine escorts under construction in Canadian shipyards.

four ten-day cruises. Among its portsof call will be Pictou, Magdalen Islands,Sydney, Dalhousie, Seven Islands,Charlottetown, and Cornerbrook.

The West Coast Group will makethree month-long training cruises, eachbeginning and ending with trainingexercises in Bedwell Harbour. BesidesLong Beach, the Group will call at SanDiego, Vancouver and Astoria.

There will be 517 cadets training onthe East Coast and 372 with the WestCoast Group.

Last Tribute PaidTo Wooden Warship

A final tribute to one of the last ofthe wooden ships, the Royal Navy'sformer HMS Pelican, was paid by theRoyal Canadian Navy recently whenshe was towed to her final resting placeat sea escorted by the minesweeper­gate vessel HMCS Porte Dauphine.

The Porte Dauphine escorted the gal­lant old vessel, 'whose career coveredeverything from sub-chasing to tradingin the northern ice fields, to her finalresting place at sea.

The Pelican was built in 1877 as an,armed cargo carrier and training vesselfor the Royal Navy. She was creditedwith sinking a German submarine aftera running surface battle in 1917 whiletaking munitions to Murmansk, Russia.

From 1901 to 1914 she was used bythe Hudson's Bay Company in Canadiannorthern waters. The Pelican was sunk;some 30 years ago when curious chil~

dren opened her sea-cocks in SydneyHarbour.

The Porte Dauphine, under the com­mand of Lieut.-Cdr. John H. Maxner,RCN, of Halifax, is a tender to the Hali~

fax Naval Division, HMCS Scotian.

Ship Hesitates;River too Cold?

HMCS Ottawa balked on the slips atCanadian Vickers in Montreal but at lastslid gracefully into the St. LawrenceRiver April 29 to become the fourth tobe launched in a series of 14 Canadiandesigned anti-submarine escorts build­ing in Canadian shipyards.

For half-an-hour the hull with thesmooth, flowing lines clung to the slip.ways. Insufficient slope, light weight, aslight obstruction and cold grease weresome of the reasons offered for her reo.fusal to budge after Mrs. H. G. DeWolf,wife of Rear-Admiral DeWolf, chairmanof the Canadian Joint Staff in Washing­ton, had christened her with the tradi­tional bottle of champagne.

Rear-Admiral Hugh F. Pullen, chiefof naval personnel and a commandingofficer of the two previous Ottawas,

came up with the cheering thought that"She was a slow starter, but that onlymeans she will be a strong finisher."

HMCS St. Laurent, the first of the newescorts, was launched at Canadian Vick­ers in Montreal on November 30, 1951,followed by the Skeena last year atBurrard Dry Docking Company in NorthVancouver and by the Fraser this Feb­ruary from the same shipyard. The firstis expected to be ready for the fleetsometime next year. .

Names of the new DEs follow thoseof Canadian destroyers which servedduring the Second World War and are

no longer in service. The Ottawa is thethird Canadian vessel to bear the name.The first Ottawa, one of the six destroy­ers of the RCN at the outbreak of theSecond World War, was torpedoed andsunk by a German U-boat in the NorthAtlantic in September, 1942 with theloss of five officers and 109 men. Thesecond Ottawa was commissioned in theRCN on March 20, 1943. FormerlyHMS Griffin, she was transferred to theRCN to replace the loss of her name­sake, served well in the battle of theAtlantic, and was declared surplus atthe war's end.

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byBernard Peyton Jr.

i'fi, the New York Herald-Tribune

* * *

Ship' Is aSubsiste~ce Rate

Increased in April

. .Increases in subsistence allowance forpersonnel in receipt of marriage allow­ance, ranging from $10 to $45 a month,were announced late in April. The in­creases apply to officers and men up to

.and including the rank ot Lieutenant.

The new rates of subsistence allow­ance, with the former rates in brackets

.are: Ordinary Seaman, $91 ($61); Able.Seaman, $91 ($61); Leading Seaman,$9i, ($61); Petty Officer 2nd Class, $91($72) ; Petty Officer. 1st Class, $91· ($81);Chief Petty·Officer 2nd Class, $91 ($81);Chief Petty Officer 1sfClass, $102 ($92);Midshipman, $91 ($61); Acting SUb­Lieutenant, $110 ($65); SUb-Lieutenant,$110 ($89); Co,mmissioned Officer, $110($94); Lieutenant, $110 ($94).

The subsistence allowance for singlepersonnel and for marri~d personnel inranks other than the foregoing remainsunchanged.

Increases of the same amounts and tothe same ranks as' for SUbsistence allow­ance have' also been made in separated'family allowance and, where quartersate available but rations l;lre not pro­vided, the ration allowance is, increased$10 a rronth to $30 for all ranks. '

Undeclared WarBetween SO and MO

Meat is getting to be a proble~ inHMCS Haida. The' Captain, the SupplyOfficer and the Doctor are ·disturbed, 'but the ship's tailor is quite ha~pyabout the whore. thing. ,

.. The' meat in ,question is the. mount­ing pouncilige on Some of the ship's .

,company. There'll nothing wrong, withthe. victuaHing stores the ship getsfrom the UN logistics suppliers; eJiceptalmost everybody is eating, too much'Of it,. .

The long Korean 'patrols dOll!'t helpthe portlier Haidas in,their battle' ofthe bulge.. The doctor hands out strictdiets· to some of the troops and thesupply officer scuttles them.

Such chorce items as butterscotchsund~es,: chocolate ice cream, jellyrolls :arid:' banana cream pie on themenus makes it nigh impossible for the

'dieting sailors to stay on the straightand narrow. .The supply officer has, to

'keep the whole ship's company happywith their daily fare, but then he haSto. face the 'medical officer every day,.

The captain expressed concern overhis shlp's top weight.

The one man who is- satisfied to letthe situation ride is the ship's tailor.He's getting lots of business ,lettlrig outtrousers and jumpe11l. .

Hot weat·her is in the offing and theboys may sweat it off. 'But it's aproblem,

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Why a

LAS'!' September the American Mer­chant Marine Institute sent a news­

letter to newspapers, many of them inmid-Western towns, asking why a shipis called "she".

The returns have. flowed back to theinstitute offices at 11 Broadway, fromBrooklyn and Venezuela,. from: steam­ship oilers with fire in their eyes, fromsteamship brokers with mist in theireyes. ' Caustic, or sincere, here are 'someof the replies:

Because a 'ship has a waist, bonnets,laces, .stays, combings, jewels and ear­,rings.

It was also noted that there is "agreat deal of bustle" around a ship andthat in port she' has an agent handlingher business called a "husband".

A captain wrote: "On to large vesselsthe word 'she' was attached because ofthe sails. The sail repre~ented the ves­sel as dressed like a woman".

* * *A Dutch student, recently arrived in

America, submitted: "In older times;when sea voyages could' take manyyears, the ship was the woman ... Theseaman . . . saw her as his home, hefound in· her his protection and .therepresentation of female warmth, and'love, such. as given by a mother' orwife".

A man froItl Freeport, Texas, wrote:,"First, there is always a gang, of met1around her; second, it takes. a lot. ofpaint to keep her good looking,' an.d,third, she's cranky, unpredictable,' andhar~ to get along with".

But a woman from Highlands, also inTexas, indignantly countered: "As awoman takes pride in 'her home, andfamily~so a ship is sailed with greatpride, on the sea. Who is it that rooksthe cradle of the world? It's a she. Whois it that. waits at home for their lovedones, when they are away? It's a 'she".

From Surabaja, Indonesia, came thisreply: "A merchant ship is called 'she'because, coming into port, the first thing'she' does is go to the.buoys! I hopethis solves y~tlr problem".

One respondent leaned on Shakes­peare, where in Act III, Scene 3, of"The Winter's Taie" a clown obs.erves:"now the ship boring the. moon, with'her mainmast", and on the Bible, wherein the description of' Paul's journeys inActs XXI, part of the third verse reads:

'She'

"and sailed into Syria, and landed atTyre;. for there the ship was to unladeher burden".

Another respondent, a Seattle printerwarned: "Boats not to. be called she arethe mail boats"..

And on this tack, a magazine articlepublished six years ago in "Ships" hasthese disturbing thIngs to say: "Theprows of Phoenician and' Egyptian boatswere graced with male animals, notfeminine figureheads. The word 'ship'is masculine in French, Italian, Spanishand Portuguese, and possesses no sexin 'l'eutonic tongues. During the 17tharid 18th centuries, vessels were calledmen-of-war, ml;!rchantmen, Indiamen,and the like." . . .

Just to make tpingsworse, an accountof the Battle, of Agincourt, written in1~26, in,cludes' the line, ."Euery shipway-ed his anker". A treatis~ put out150 ye'ars later remarks thl;lt "in ashyppe the Rudder ought to be no less,than may su:ffise to direct hys course".In Shakespeare's day a ship masternoted iilhis log, "wee mette a· greatDutch shippe neare Nassapore Point. Hewore a flagg",

The editor of the American MerchantMarine Institute's newsletter threw uphis, hands.'

Athabaskan ThirstsFor British Oil

lIMCS Ath.abaskan, servtng her thirdtout of duty ill! the Korean war theatre,has been chalkillg uP ,an enviable rec­ord fpr, Canaqa under the UnitedNatio.n's flag..-<\ll in the day's workwas the followiQ'1l' unflattering'message,quot",d in full ftom the "J\,thabulletin",the ship's newspaper:

"The followin¥ epistle was receivedby the, Buffer ~rom the Buffer, HMS ,GlorY: .... .

;";r thi~k you 'now: bold the "recordfor "oiling"We':h,ave'oiled yo.u nowmore, tb.ties than all, tlle other boatstogether, in the . last two· years. Theynow call you HMCS "Oilington". Whathave .you got ·for engines - .Japanese. .l!ghtere?', ", , .. '

l;'erh'aps' ·one of the'ressons why theAtltabee 'was a¢cused' pf;'butfiing somuch fuel was that :between Decem­ber and, :'M\lrch she· had' ste'amed atotal of26.493 miles in 111 days' at sea.During this period she took art oil atsea ten ti,mes.

OFFICERS AND MEN

Nine.year·old Douglas Phelps sits comfortably in a new wheelchair presented to him recently atlyndhurst Lodge, Toronto, by the Chief and Pelly Officers' Mess of HMCS "York". Challing with himare three of the naval donors. Kneeling is CPO Frank Hopkins, mess president, with CPO Bill Clews,mess secretary, and CPO les Mowry standing.

New Setup lorSu,pply Branch

Familiar faces are accompanied byunfamiliar titles as a result of the recentcomprehensive reorganization of thesupply directorates at Naval Headquar­ters.

The new organization is headed bythe Supply Officer-in-Chief (SOC) re­placing the Director General of Supplyand Fleet Accounting (DGSFA). Com­modore (S) R. A. Wright, remains inthis appointment.

The Deputy Supply Officer-in-Chief(DSOC) replaces the Deputy DirectorGeneral of Supply and Fleet Accounting(DDGSFA). This appointment hasbeen filled by Commander (S) T. F. T.Morland, formerly Director of NavalPay Accounting. He retains the actingrank of Captain (S) while holding thisappointment.

Under DSOC are, two semi-independ­ent units. One, controlling the opera­tions of the supply branch is the Inspec­tor of Supply and Fleet· Accounting(ISFA), the other looking to futureoperations is the Assistant Supply 'Offi­cer-in-Chief (Plans). Lieut. (,S) G. R.Monckton, formerly Assistant Staff Offi­cer liaison with the Department ofDefence Production fills the first ap­pointment: Lieut.-Cdr. (S) A. D. Collins,formerly Deputy Officer-ih-Charge,Naval Supply Depot, Esquimait, is nowASOC (Plans).

Also under DSOC are the Director ofMovements (yet to be appointed), theDirector of Naval Pay Accounting, theDirectorate of Material Identificationand Cataloguing and the two largestorganizations-those of Assistant Sup­ply. Officer-in-Chief (Administration)and the Assistant Supply Officer-in­Chief (Stores).

DNPA is Acting Cdr (S) J. W. Max­well, formerly Deputy DNPA. Com­mander (L) G. H. Dawson remainsDMIC.

Commander (S) Martin Doyle, form­erly Supply officer in the Quebec be­comes ASOC (ADMIN) while Com­mander (S) C. V. Laws, formerlyDirector of Fleet Stores advances toASOC (Stores) controlling the fourstores directorates.

The stores director are: Director ofGeneral Stores (DOGS), Lieut.-Cdr.

(S) A. E. Taylor, formerly in New Con­struction; Director of Electrical Stores(DOLS), Lieut.-Cdr. (S) J. A. McBur­ney, formerly Inspector of Supply andFleet Accounting; Director of PersonnelStores (DOPS) , Lieut.-Cdr. (S) R.Gervais, formerly Deputy Director of

Victualling, and the Director of AirStores (DOAS), Lieut. (S) K. R.Dauphinee, formerly Director of NavalAir Supply.

General Stores and Electrical Storesformerly were included under theDirectorate of Fleet Stores.

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Officers NamedTo New Posts

The following officer appointments ofinterest have taken place or will take.place in the near future:

Capt. A. G. Boulton, to Staff of Com-:­manding Officer Naval Divisions, HMCSStar, as Chief of Staff. Formerly atHeadquarters as Director of NavalReserves.

Commander J .. S. Davis, to the staffof the Commanding Officer NavalDivisions, HMCS Star, as CommandTraining Officer. Formerly in HMCSYork for course at the RCAF StaffCollege.

Commander T. S. R. Peacock, toHMCS Stadacona as Reserve TrainingCommander. Formerly on the staff ofthe Commanding Officer Naval Div­isions, HMCS Star, as Command Train­ing Officer.

Commander J. P. T. Dawson, toHMCS Stadacona as Officer-in-ChargeTAS School. Formerly on the staff ofthe Director of Weapons and Tactics asStaff Officer (TAS).

Commander (S) H. c. Ledsham, toHMCS Shearwater as Officer-in-Charge,Air Stores Depot. Formerly in HMCSNiagara on the staff of the Naval Mem­ber, Canadian Joint Staff, Washington,as Staff Officer Supply Liaison and Pro­curement.

Commander (S) B. E. Gaynor toHMCS Quebec as Supply Officer. Form­erly Director of Victualling at Head­quarters.

When Wren Doris Bell of Toronto took theRP3 course .at HMCS Stadacona she was theonly woman in the class of 22 and the solerepresentative of the RCN(R). She graduatedsecond in the class.

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Lieut.-Cdr. (E) J. 0.· Aitkens, toheadquarters as Staff Officer Engineer­ing Personnel. Formerly in HMCSCrescent as Engineer Officer.

Lieut.-Cdr. (SB) A. E. Parsons, toHMCS Naden on the staff of the ReserveTraining Commander as Staff Officer(Cadets). Formerly at Headquarters asSecretary to the Director of NavalReserves.

Lieut. (P) M. Wasteneys, to HMCSShearwater, 30th Carrier Air Group, VF871 in command. Formerly in VF 871as Senior Pilot.

Star Auxiliary CompletesTen Years of Service

Ten yiears of service to the ship'scompany of HMCS star is the recordof the hard-wol'1ting group of womencomprising the Ladies' Amdliar·y to theHamilton naval division.

The auxiliary was formed in January1943 and promptly set to work In theinterests of mernobers of the divisionand their families.

Each year the ladies hold a summerpicnic and a Chrimmas party for thechildren. In addition, they send par­oels to Korea and give each new entrydrafted from Star a box of comforts.

Typical of the women who have putyears of effort into working on behalfof the division Is Miss M. Leslie, whois in charge of the auxiliary's welfarework. She visits sailors in the sana­torium and helps the men or theirfamilies in timeS' of difficulty. Shecan be Seen at Star each Saturdayevening making sure that new entries·receive their going-away gift parcels.

Miss Leslie finds time, as well, tocarryon a lively ·correspondence withmen. serving in HMC Ships in theKorean war theatre.

Courses CompletedBy Chiefs and POs

Chief and Petty Officers' Leaders)iipCourse classes 40 and 41 recently·coiit":,pleted ·in HMCS CornwaLlis. ... lVIembets , .of Class 40 were all P2's w)iileC1ass 41were mixed Chiefs ahdP1's.

Class 40: Petty Officers Lothe. Pat­tison, Donald Lineker, Leslie Alliker;William Brown, Robert Stewart, Wil~

liam Brooks, Daniel Raftis, FrancisWalker, William Hughes, WilliamYoung, Colin MacDougall, Percy McCar­thy, Norman Hallmark, Ernest Hayward,.James Elliott, George Harpet, BrianPope, Robert Roberts, WilliamPatter-.SOh, Harold Achtzen:er, Gordon Parson,Willi~m Flusk~y and Adrieh Boucher.

Class 41: Chief' Petty Officers GlenHutc)iihson, James 'Williams, WilfredClerk, Thomas English, Jack Gillard,George Hornett, Robert Kinsey, KennethKidson, Albert Munt, Edward Shep-

Happy in the service, obviously, are WrenMavis Macahlll (left) and Wren Jocm Sidwell ofHMCS Malahat; the Victoria naval division,shown· receiving instructions from Ldg. Sea.Milton Kubisheski on the intricacies of theNavy's pay setup. (Photo courtesy VictoriaDaily Colonist.)

perd and John Armitage and PettyOfficers Robert Christie, Leslie Adkin,Earl Lyons, Jack Heath, Leslie Sparrow,Douglas Edgar, Colin Armson, FrederickHerron, Robert West, Edward Morrison,and Rene Rollins.

Two Pilots DieIn A.ir Collision

Death came to two RCN pilots on thenight of April 9 when their planes col­lided in the air over the outskirts .of

. HaiiIax. .F()ur. other naval airmen,>e~C~J;led.poth,cle'ath..~Pd.setiQu.s.jnj tity .

in'another ~ra'shthafsam~eve~ing,Ilel\i.'the RCAF base at' GreenwoodinN6v:aScotlC\'s Annapolis Valley:

Killed were Lieut. (P) Robert ... C.O'Neil, Ottawa, ·pilotirig a Sea Fury,and Lieut. (P) F. G. Rice, GraV'enhurst,Olit., piloting an· Avenger. Lieut.O'Neil's aircraft crashed on a hilltopoverlooking Bedford Basih, while Lieut.Rice's plane crashed into the Basin.

In the other accident, an Avenger car­rying the pilot and three naval airmencrashed in the Lake George· area of theAnnapolis Valley while returning to itsbase at HMCS Shearivater on a train­ing flight to and from Montreal. Allfour in the plane walked away fromthe crashed plane before it broke intoflames.

If the misty-eyed mother of yesteryear who sang "I never raised my boy to be a soldier" hadseen reservists from HMCS Montcalm slogging through slush and mud this spring, she might havechanged the words to fit the Navy. PO J. E. M. Lachance (right) is seen leading his troops intoposition during the joint Navy-Army "Exercise Plasma" at Valcartier Military Camp.

From 'Marin'To 'Marine'

They were: Silb.-Lieut. (P) J. W.Paton, Montreal; CPO R. E. M. Geale,Dartmouth; PO P. Martin, United King­dom, and AB Martin Legare, GatineauPoint, Que.

After spending the night in the woods,the four were able to make their wayout and shortly were taken to theRCAF base at Greenwood from wherethey were flown by RCN aircraft toShearwater.

Two-War VeteranCdr. G. W. Kidd Dies

Commander (E) George Watson Kidd,RCN (Ret'd), 69, of Vancouver andVictoria, who served with the RoyalNavy during the First World War inHMS Warspite and HMS Courageous,died April 23 in Vancouver. Betweenthe wars he was co-owner of an en­gineering firm in Colombia, SouthAmerica.

During the Second World War hejoined the RCN as Commander (E), re­tiring with that rank in 1945. Heserved at Headquarters and in Esqui­malt.

Commander Kidd leaves his wife,three sons, including Lieut.-Cdr. Wil­liam M. Kidd, RCN, a daughter, threegrandchildren and three sisters.

In most parts of Canada a "Marine"is a "seafaring-soldier", but in thelanguage of Quebec the "Marine" ispure Navy.

However, the naval reserve forces ofHMCS Montcalm, the Quebec City navaldivision, really switched this meaningon the week-end of March 28 and 29 bybecoming soldiering-sailors.

The occasion was a joint ReserveNavy-Army Battle under the code nameof "Exercise Plasma" when approxi­mately 400 officers and men of Quebec'sReserve Naval and Army Units com­bined forces and went "into battle".Director of the exercise was reserveLt.-Col. M. F. HHlary, CommandingOfficer of the First Technical Regiment,who was assisted by Commander W.Mylett, Commanding Officer of HMCSMontcalm.

The purpose of the exercise was togive the auxiliary service an opportun­ity to experience working under condi­tions that were as close to real warfareas possible, and the general consensus

of opinion was that this was one of themost realistic "mock battles" in whichthey had ever been engaged.

The .contribution of HMCS Montcalmwas 100 officers, cadets and men, whilethe Reserve Army Units of Quebecmade up the rest of the force with in­fantrymen, engineers, signallers, Ser­vice, Medical, and Provost Corpsmenand COTC.

The exercise began Saturday after­noon. The troops were transported toValcartier Military Camp, about 20miles from Quebec City and adjacentto the Valcartier Ranges where the "bat­tle" took place.

On Sunday morning an early churchparade was held; then followed an in­tensive briefing of the day's operations,and then the battle got under way. TheMontcalm units were allocated the partof a landing party in the attack forceand had to attack and storm a ridgerising sharply to a height of about 25feet, with machine gun nests of defend­ers on top.

The Navy stormed its objectives with;;uch determination and aggressivenessthat the ridge was captured. Highpraise was given by the Army officialson the discipline and bearing of theNaval personnel under fire. Althoughblanks were used in rifles and machineguns, there was sufficient live ammuni­tion such as mines and mortars explod­ing in the vicinity of the assault frontto create a genuine atmosphere.

The discomfort of crawling throughtwo feet of snow and slush (one stilltends to keep one's head down eventhough they are "only blanks") andthe strain of the physical exertion ofclimbing that ridge, were bravely borneby the naval personnel. Montcalm'sofficers were proud of the fine perform­ance given by their men and of theacknowledgement given by the armystaff in stating their complete satisfac­tion with the effort contributed by themen of Montcalm.

Western Wren OfJicersMeet at Vancouver

Wren officers from western divisionsmet at HMCS Discovery recently to dis­'cuss mutual problems. Lieut. (W) M. I.Allen, Ottawa, presided, with Lieut. (W)L. F. Tait, assistant staff officer, admini­stration, Discovery, as official observerand secretary.

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lOWER DECK PROMOTIONS

For the first time since 1937, St. John's Harbour wbs solidly packed with Arctic drift ice duringthe 'Iatier half of March. The ice blockade extended into the Atlantic as ~ar as eye could see.Thousonds of Newfoundlanders lined the harbour edge to watch 'the hundreds of seals and, white­coats on t~e ice floes. (NFD·1731)

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JACKLIN, Charles Goo P2A02JENNINGS, Harry J C2AT4

KELBOUGH, Kenneth Goo LSLR1KELLEY, Ronald M LSRPSKING, Baxter LSRPSKING, Harold Boo PlER4KNOX, Loren W LSBD2KNOX, William J LSAR1

LESK, James Moo LSTDSLOUGHRAN, Patrick J LSAAS

McDONALD, Redmond J ClSE3McINNIS, Lloyd H P2AR2McINTOSH, Francis J LSACIMcLEOD, Laverne D LSTDSMcRAE, Elmer LSTDSMacADAM, Kenneth S P1ER4MacDONALD, Stephen LSOM1MacLEOD, Robert A LSARl'MARSH, Victor E. LSAF1MARTIN, William L.. ..' LSAASMILLS, JamesJ LSAC1

MINKOFF, Christopher P2SM2,MISEFERI, Joseph LSAC1MLAZGAR, Lawrence M LSACIMOLL, Ronald W LSRCS

'MOONEY, Gerald D P1AC2MORENCY, Stewart Joo P1SH4MOUTENAY, James Coo LSAR1MUIR, Ian Moo LSAF1MUGGAH, Revers LSAF1

NELSON, Charles H LSAR1NIVEN, Roy Woo .' LSAC1NOBLE, Robert E LSSE1NUNNERL Y, Richard P2AF2

O'CONNOR, Garfield Woo : .LSAF1

PERCY, Arthur Moo .. ; , C2AT4PETERSON, Frank LSARIPHILLIPS,' Eugene E P2NS2PITTMAN, Guy LSAC1PRATT, William B LSTDS

ROEMER, George J P1AC2ROE, Douglas C P1SH4

',ROGERS, Eugene S LSAC1'ROYi Keith E : LSACIRUTHERFORD, Douglas : .. ?2SM2

.,SABOURIN, Rheal L. <::lAT4SAUVE, Marcel J LsLRSSCOTLAND, Douglas Boo LSAR1SCULLION, James .. , :: .,:LSAA1SEKULICK, John LSAflSMITH, Frank Woo P2AF2SMITH, Peter H. . . .. LSAC1SMITH; Sydney C... . .. \LSAR1SNELGROVE" CarrD: .':',' .';:.. LSAR1'.SOPKO,William 'E.: p2AF2SPALLIN, Fre<:ierick A.' ': '; .LSAR1SPICER; james W ,' LSOM1STACK, Edward.P LSRPSSTORTTS, Donald D LSACI

TAYLOR, Ronald 'E ' LSAF1THIBAULT, Joseph 0 LSEM1THOMPSON, Harry Roo LSAA1THOMPSON, Sidney F LSQMS

UMPHREY, Verne N '.' LSAFI ,

WALKER, William Doo LSAF1WHITE, Dale B LSRCSWILSON, Lee E LSTD1

'YOUNG, David A~ ; .ClSE3

'.

DeWOLFE, Earl A , PlSH4DICKIE, Gordon W P2BD3DIXON, Gordon A LSOMIDONALDSON, Gordon D P2SM2DONNAIT, Victor F LSTDSDRAGE, Lawrence A LSACIDRISCOLL, John V C2SM3DROUIN, Jean-Baptiste J LSARIDUGGAN, Arthur A LSRCIDUNN, Paul Coo LSARIDUTCHAK, William R PIAC2DUTTON, John P, LSQRl

EAGLESTONE, Donald A LSRPSEDEN, John B LSAFIEULOTH, John D , LSACI

FAGG, Stephen C , C2AC3FINN, Gerard P, , .LSARIFL1\NAGAN, Gordon Soo LSARIFLEMING, John E · LSAAIFRIER, Richard Hoo '.' LSARIFYFE, William Soo " tSACl

GODIN, Roger Joo LSEMIGOODE, James G PIAC2 .GREGORY, Kenneth A LSAC1GRISCH, Robert G LSAR1

HALDANE, Frederick E P2SM2HALEY, Robert. LSACIHAY, Stanley Woo PlSE2HAYES, Harold P.. ,. , CIE.R4HEATLEY, William A LSAR1HIRD, WalterR LSACIHOGAN, John Koo LSAASHORNE, Herbert LSEMIHYMERS, William J P2SM2

IRWIN, Eugene Boo PIAC2IVANY, Douglas M LSAAS

Following is a further list of promo­tions of men on the lower deck. Thelist is arranged in alphabetical order,with each man's new rating, branchand trade group shown opposite hisname.

ABBOTT, Victor J C2ET4ACHTZNER, Edward J LSBD2ATKINSON, Darrell Joo LSACIATKINSON, Eric Goo LSARI

BARCLAY, Donald A ' P2AA2BATES, Herbert A C2PC3BECK, Wilfred M LSAASBERUBE, Ronald F LSACIBILODEAU, Louis J LSAASBODINGTON, Richard P C2TD2BONIN, Jean-Claude '" .LSAClBONNER, Douglas V LSARIBOUGHTON, Benjamin E. LSAASBRISKHAM, Vernon R : LSAASBRITTON, Peter W PIAF2BUTLER, Ronald A LSACI

CALE, Earle D , PIAC2CALLARD, John Eoo C2PC3

,CANT, Eugene R PIA02CHILDS, Harry , .. LSAF 1CLARK, William D ' ,CIAT4CLIFFORD, Brian Eoo CIAT4COLLINS,'George S .. , LSACICOLLINS, Harold F , LSACICORMAN, James H LSAFICORRIGAN, Arthur Goo , LSAFICOX, Frank Hoo PlSE2

DALE, Bernard J LSACIDARLINGTON, George R PIER4

Man of the Month

Keeping Cool In CedarwoodCPO Kenneth Guthrie

Used to ImminentDisaster

On the last Sunday in March, HMCSCedarwood, was at deep anchorage inDiscovery Passage off Campbell River.She was veered to 400 fathoms ofanchor wire in 170 fathoms of water, abrisk half gale was blowing and anumber of scientists aboard were busyattempting to measure tidal currentswhich had reached a velocity of oversix knots.

CPO Kenneth Blair Guthrie wasstanding Officer of the Watch. Sud­denly out of the South came a sea-goingtug, the Tiger towing an enormousbarge which bore rapidly down on theanchored ship. The tug hesitated, hercaptain justifiably awed at finding aship anchored under these circumstan­ces, and apparently wondering on whichside of the ship to pass.

Encouraged by toots on the siren andincreasingly forceful instructions fromthe Cedarwood's loud hailer he decidedto pass down the starboard side. Buthe had waited too long and the mas­sive barge, propelled by the howlingwind and racing tide, was completelyout of control.

Finally grasping the situation, theTiger dashed madly off to port. Cedarwood's foc'sle was cleared, lower deckswere cleared. The heavy steel barge,appropriately named "Gibraltar",swung down the starboard side of thelittle wooden ship and missed rippingopen her planking by inches.

During this period of intense strainChief Guthrie appeared absolutely atease. His only noticeable reaction tothe prospect of being rammed was anaudible speculation on the possibility oftwo weeks' survivors' leave.

This word picture has many unusualcharacteristics such as a Chief PettyOfficer as Officer of the Watch, and aship anchored in 170 fathoms of water.

This is not a fairy tale. ChiefGuthrie, of the comparatively newQuartermaster Instructor Branch, isfully qualified as a watchkeeping officerand on one occasion even assumed thenavigating duties on board HMCSCedarwood. Anchoring in 170 fathomsof water is quite simple aboard this Ilt­tIe ship considering that on many

occasions she has dropped the pick in·up to 400 fathoms.

Apart from this, a man who regardsimminent ramming with the detach­ment the average man reserves formuch lesser happenings is outstanding.It is for this reason he was immediatelychosen "Man of the Month". It ishoped the balance of this article willexplain how a seemingly normal mancan arrive at such a nerveless and col­lected frame of mind.

Chief Guthrie was born in Brandon,Manitoba. He went through the stand­ard routine as a child and undoubtedly

CPO KENNETH B. GUTHRIE

would have ended up as the hometownbaseball star and head of the local car­penter's union if a certain paperhangerfrom Austria hadn't had different ideas.

So young Guthrie followed in hisolder brother's footsteps and soon wasinvolved in the trials and tribulationsof wartime new-entry training in Esqui­malt. The Navy, perhaps surprised athis survival, sent him to sea in HMCSPrince Robert (armed merchantcruiser), convoying troops to HongKong.

With the fall of Hong Kong, he. re­turned to the West Coast, but was

immediately sent to Halifax where hetook a six week LR3 course. He wasthen drafted to HMCS Sorel, one of theearly "short foc'sle" corvettes whichwas doing yeoman work on the NorthAtlantic convoy routes.

His next ship was HMCS Mahone, aBangor minesweeper. Here, over aperiod of 27 months, he qualified asLeading Seaman, Petty Officer, andTorpedo Coxswain, thus learning in the"school of hard knocks" what is nowacquired in the quiet solitude of anoverheated class room. Just as he wasbegil1ning to feel the need for a change,the Mahone was rammed off Louisburgby a merchant ship. One man waskilled, and two were missing, but, inspite of the extensive damage, the shipwas able to make Louisburg for thetemporary repairs necessary for returnto Halifax.

He then commissioned HMCS Capit­ano on the West Coast. She promisedto be a happy ship, having beenlaunched under the auspices of a pros­perous brewery, but unfortunately hewas not in her long enough to reapbenefits so rightly expected. After twomonths he was back on the East Coastin the Bangor minesweeper, HMCSStratford.

Shortly after completing work-ups offBermuda the ship suffered from a com­mon occupational hazard of escortsduring the war; that is, she was ram­med. Petty Officer Guthrie was notvery much perturbed, he was gettingused to being rammed by this time.He merely inserted a clause in his lifeinsurance policy stating that his bene­ficiaries could collect if he were lost"due to friendly action", and carriedon convoy work out of Newfoundlandin HMCS Saskatoon. It was duringthis period that Guthrie decided thatthe paperhanger was about to be pasted,and in joyful anticipation of this event,got married to his childhood sweet­heart in January, 1945.

His anticipation having proven cor­rect, he was next observed preparingthe frigate Inch Arran for action in thePacific. But as the Japanese were

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AFLOAT AND ASHORE

April 7 was the date when trials andwork-ups 'were begun.

On April 24, the Iroquois, with Rear­Admiral R. E. S. Bidwell, Flag OfficerAtlantic Coast, embarked, sailed withHMCSIluron (Cdr. R. C. Chenoweth) incompany and carried out pre-departuregunnery and anti-submarine exercises.

Their voyage to the Far East took. them to' Kingston, Ba~boa, Manza~illo,

Sah Pedro, .Pearl Harbour, Kwajaleiriand Guam. .

HMCS Iroquois

Mitchell. Music was provided by theband of HMCS Stadacona, under thedirection of Lieut. (SB) S.E.F. Sl,Ulder-land. .

The scene of the presentation wasaboard a naval ship as it set out fromHalifax on a cruise visiting such pointsas England, France and Spain with avariety of' interpretations of the musicof these lands in both choral and soloselections.

HMCS Shearwater

ATLANTIC COMMAND

.,:,.,

When HMCS Iroquois sailed April 29.from Halifax, N.S., for her second tour 'With ano~erallav~~ageof·9~·.2; Ldg.of duty in the Korean War theatre, Ilhe Sea. R. P. Grant won the n. F. Olivecarried her commanding officer, Captain trophy in th~ small arms Shooting com-W. M. Landymore,. and 21 men also petition' . held' throughout· the winterback for their secoIid tour.: lnbntl:\s. 'Ord. Wren' Mari~ Georgette

Tlle sailiIig of the Iroquois for the Fontalnewas runner;';up.Far East marked the end of extensive· ..' GOlich Bob LeClair Piloted th~ omc~~'refit and' personnel changes since her' .··team to victory in th'e volleyball toUtIia­.return from the war in the Orient las1 .' ment., As coach, Instructor Lieut. te~January. . Clair Was presented ,with a beaiiiifui

o;';;./rie\v' trophy donated 'by, Lieut.· tou!s

, ·.:~~f~:h~~h~ngtEl~m wa~:cpmp~s~d.,P~Ccimmandet' Marcel" J'ett~,'IhstrudtotL,{eut.::-Cdi':'R,;· D.' C~~peU,:Re1Jt:,b~r.':

. :d'avid., F. 'olive, LieutiPieri;'e Slhriird, ".(Big .Chief 'Pontiac), beut.· wiiuimi.·

>:.;~~~; ,and, '~xis~~c~~~ Lie~t~ R.:::r> Ul'"'-:':'CPQ .·Maiidce Darveau' lias .' been

.... "4f~fted, ,t~'a:M:CS' .Mont(J(itm;;;:th:e local

·'.···:.'·.·~~.~~6d~~::l,.:.<::fl:~~u~l~is:~"'61, ... '. ,Philatelist "Melit.,. w. .'11., Mock took'

;-: >: ,.r~~rt in a iq6~l' e~ibitj~n:'9~ :'s~amp!f, r~-;. . .

\~;;~~"~6~~~~:~;~~7?!~~'.'. , . ':"HMCS4~~rl~ge;, ." .':.~.~.,'J, ..

" .·.·:··:·::~}Tl:.~i:~jal~~i~~~·~:~;~ft;t~j~~~:?:'·:" .<:PdT{ag~.T.l:I.er~tit,wli$,<:9mitl$iced.'at,'~~: DartmoutKApd(~()~nd, g~Y~·t~tj ship'~k:

··~t}~~~~~~~~~~.li~','o:,shfp's" operatiorl.s 'di,1ringth~. p~st Yea'ri'~i'

. ' ·tll~'t',·fr~Iii,ruIie;: '1,' i95i,"toFebi'~ar:f~'··"..i . ' ,'·28/ 1953, .th'e· Por:tage spent i3iY'dAys,~t.' '.

" . I. . • •. . . . . _., ... ,... '. . .: ......·.¥~~;\jte~?'a d1s~~~~~;6f2J);97~,:p1i!es':'": .; Warm weather, "drly in May enabled the naval' divisions toptepa<e' fbr "the suinmer: fraining .:'.:.:..lan ~yerage'of l61-'rliiles:.a"'day'.· .. · _..,. .-

, .. '.ptogrClm. HMCS Star, new. h.,;adquart~rs for the Commandirig dffi.cer Naval o.ivisi~ri~'and·'sit~of .. ~,. TiaiIiiiig ha-S- i:ont4J.u~d, ;"'ifu:d9;~~n.the .Gr"at Lakes Reser.ve Training EstablIshment, was among the bUSIest. Seen tlddlyln9 UP. d motor· bein' ..u"ufi d· .. d' ',:". ". . 't" 1'··· ..c~"er for the season ate three men from Star, left fa right, AB D'onald Davies, Ldg. Sel'~ Jack M. ., } q a e .. ~n a_II,1ag.El~·~p~)'o .. andMaxwell and Ord. Sea. George Cooper. (COND·32) . mne. new !'!ntry sealpen H>mmg .from

','.'.

"Crew on a Cruise", in April, becamethe first musical show to be presentedby the talented Shearwater Players.The revue waS put on at HMCS Shear­water with a cast of 60 recruited fromHMC Ships Shearwater, Magnificentand' Stadacona .with wives and sweet­hearts joining in to provide the chorus

. line and make up the costumes.The production was the biggest to be

put on by the navy group which wonthe Nova Scotia Provincial DramaFestival this year with its staging of"An Inspector Calls".

Original sketches for the musical pro­duction were written by Lieut.-Cdr. (L)Chris Mitchell, Lieut. D. R .. Donaldson,CPO R. Dalley and CPO D .. Shaw. Set­tings were designed and painted by CPO

'.., 'J)alley and lighting and sound effects.: were by CPO P. Bliiley. Production

and .directioncame under Lieut.-Cdr.

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The third wooden coastal minesweeper to come down the ways at the West Coast, HMCSFortune is shown being manceuvred into her berth immediately after her launching on April 14at the Victoria Machinery Depot's No. 1 Shipyard in Victoria. The new vessel was sponsored byMrs. B. R. Spencer, wife of Commodore B. R. Spencer, Superintendent of HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt.(Photo by Bud Kinsman, Victoria Daily Colonist.) •

HMCS Cornwallis to complete their seatraining.

Changes in complement are continu­ing rapidly and it is expected the shipwill carry out training this year withapproximately 80 per cent new crew.

HMCS Gloucester

Owing to its increasing growth,Gloucester Naval Radio Station becameofficially known as HMCS Gloucester onApril 1.

Apart from being a training school forCommunications Supplementary person­nel, Gloucester contains the commandoffices of the Senior Officer Supplemen­tary Radio Stations, Lieut.-Cdr. (C)John S. Hall, RCN, who is also com­manding officer of the establishment.

Recent appointments to and fromGloucester include Lieut. (S) H. S.McClymont and Lieut.-Cdr. (SB) H. G.McMullen to HMCS Bytown and Lieut.(S) Colin White from HMCS Cornwallisas Supply Officer. Petty Officer F. L.Dobbin, formerly in charge of the galley,has been drafted to HMCS Stadacona,Petty Officer F. J. Kushner, formerly incharge of naval stores, to HMCS Huronand Petty Officer J. A. Dunbar has join­ed the Coronation Contingent.

A television set was recently pur­chased with mess funds and installedin the Chief and Petty Officers' Lounge.Reception is excellent from Montrealand Syracuse, N.Y., while the localOttawa station will be operating earlyin June.

The wives of personnel in marriedquarters have formed a social clubwhich meets bi_monthly in the Chiefs'and Petty Officers' Lounge.

At the opening meeting last month,Mrs. R. H. Whetmore was elected presi­dent and Mrs. B. H. Pirt secretary­treasurer.

A group of 18 men under Petty OfficerS. Eaton joined with officers and menof the Ottawa area as part of the funeralparty of the late Lieut. (P) R. C. O'Neil,of Ottawa.

HMCS La Hulloise

The "Fighting Lady", HMCS La Hul­loise, sailed from Halifax May 18 forthe United Kingdom and the Coronation.With her were a lucky group of UNTDcadets sailing for the first cadet cruiseof the year which will embrace thespectacular event.

The departure of the La HuHoisemarked the end of a long refit, finish­ing touches, including a paint job, andher trials and work-up program.

TAS School

Ten new classes were started atthe Torpedo Anti-Submarine School atHMCS Stadacona during the month ofApril. They were: TD3 "H", TD3 "G",TD3 "I", TD3 "J", TD3 "K", TD3 "L",TD2 "M", TD2 "N", TD1 "G" andJOLTC "H".

Chai1ges in staff included the draft­ing of CPO George Edward Jamieson,to HMCS Iroquois, and PO John Mc­Donald, to HMCS WaHaceburg.

PACIFIC COMMAND

HMCS Crusader

Three men serving in HMCS Cru­sader have decided they prefer a ham­mock in a destroyer at sea to a cot inan army tent in Korea, following a re­cent eight-day tour of Canadian Armypositions there. The same applies tothe food, they said.

The trio, AB Clifford Moore, of Arun­del, P.Q., AB Keith Bennett, of Winni­peg, and CPO Elmer J. Dodds, ofMossbank, Sask., were the first Cana­dian sailors to take the tour, althoughCanadian soldiers have gone along inRCN destroyers for Korean patrolsbefore. The purpose of the tours is to

familiarize soldier and sailor with howeach service operates in the warth~atre.

Leaving the Crusader at Kure, Japan,the Crusader men were flown to Seoulwhere they were taken to the PrincessPatricia Canadian Light Artillery campfor four days, during which they wereattached to a support platoon duringcompany and battalion manreuvres.They surprised everybody with theirmarksmanship with the 3·5 rocketlauncher, which has similar sights tosome naval guns.

Then followed two days with theRoyal Canadian Horse Artillery, whose25-pounder field guns the men foundwere not unlike in action to the Cru­sader's main armament. A trip to aCanadian observation post at the frontand a final two days back with the"Pats" completed their tour. In thefront, C rations were used, but foodwas good at company headquarters, al.,though they claimed it didn't comparewith the fare in the Crusader.

HMCS AlgonquinListener's to CBC's Trans-Canada net­

work went on board Canada's newestand 'most modern warship HMCS Algon­quin, during a 30-mirute "baby docu­mentary" broadcast released on Satur­day, April 18.

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The radio tour was conducted' byCommander P. F. X. Russell, command­ing officer of the Algonquin, Lieut-Cdr.James C. Carter, first lieutenant, andBill Herbert of the CBC.

The ship spent the weekend in Van­couver April 11 and 12. TV/o danoes,sponsored for the ship's company by theNew Veterans' Branch of the CanadianLegion highlighted the entertainment.

The Algonquin left for the East Coaston May 22, and is carrying out herworking-up, and evaluation trials on theway around to Halifax.

Aldergrove Radio StationSeveral changes in personnel have

taken place at Aldergrove Naval RadioStation in recent weeks.

Joining RMCS Ontario in time for theCoronation cr1,iise were CPO R.J R.Adams and ·PO L. E. Beatty. PO K. M.Hurl has gone to HMCS Antigonish andLdg. Sea. W. W. Doren has received hishonourable release.

New arrivals include PO D. L. Jonesand Ldg. Sea. W. M. Smith from tbeAntigonish, and PO J. J. O'Hal1o,an,Ldg; Sea. R. J. Kukucha and Ldg. Sea.M. J. Bernier, all from HMCS Naden.

, HMC Ordnance SchoolDuring April the Ordnance School at

HMCS N aden was visited by OrdnanceCaptain W. G. Ross, Director Generalof Naval Ordnance, on his annual visitto this coast. Captain Ross spent twoweeks' in the area visiting variousOrdnance ,Establishments accompaniedby the Command Ordnance, Officer,Ordnance Command J. F. Cosgrove.

The Ordnance Officers of the Com­mand entertained at an enjoyable partyat the Naden Wardroom during GaptainROSS' ,visit. Also visiting the Schoolfrom Ottawa was Ordnance Lieut. G. D.Spergel, Director of Ordnance Person-nel. ' ,

PO NOrman JoneS was chosen as oneof the' Coronation Contingent and,teftthe School. He will be missed on theball team this sUmmer.

Before Ontario's departure she wasjoi~ed by Ordnance Commander J.A.M. Arcand, recently Naval Overseer atSorel.

CPO Arnold Parkinson and OS DaleJohansen have gone to HMCS Chatham,

'Prince Rupert, for armament instalia~tion.

The summer sports program is underway and, with the usual enthusiasm ofthe school "popping out all over", itshould be able to hold its usual highposition among the' other departmentsof Naden.

The first class of Armourers' Mates isnow at MTE getting their basic instruc­tion in fitting and machine shop work.

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Ordnance Lieut. Ben Ackerman hasreturned from Clinton, Ontario, wherehe was attending a course. Since thenhe and PO Donald Ross have made atrip to Kamloops.

NAVAL DIVISIONS

HMCS Malahat(Victoria)

The minesweeper HMCS Sault SteMarie has again been made available to~embers of Victoria's Naval Division,HMCS Malahat, and between now andearly October constant use will be madeof the vessel for training purposes.

The first in schedule of 12 week-endtraining cruIses was made in the SaultSte Marie over the week-end of April11-12, when the reservists travelled toEverett, Washington. Another cruisewas made to New Westminster on April25-26.

The balance of the week-end trainingcruise program will find the 'sweepervisiting an assortment of ports of thePacific Northwest including Anacortes,Seattle, Port Angeles, Bellingham andPort Townsend, all in the state ofWashington; and such British Columbiaports as Nanaimo, Ganges, Ladysmithand Vancouver.

Following an annual custom, theSault Ste. Marie and her reservists willgo on a two-week cruise again this

Commodore Kenneth Adams, Commanding ·Of·fleer Naval Divisions, inspects the ship's componyof HMCS Star following his arrival to assumehis duties in the new naval reserve commandheadquarters. Behind Commodore Adams isLieut. Thomas Leith of Star. Inclement weatherforced the brief opening ceremonies indoors.

summer. The long trip will get underway July 4 and end July 19, with PrinceRupert, and later Portland, Ore., listedas ports of call. HMCS Sault Ste. Marieis under the command of Lieut.-Cdr. B.T. R. Russell.

HM~S Hunter(Windsor, Ont.)

Full participation in Windsor's cele­bration on the coronation day, of HerMajesty, Queen Elizabeth II, is beingplanned by the ship's company of HMCSHunter.

Commander W. G. CurrY,the com­manding officer, is a member of the civiccommittee planning the events for June2. Included is a parade of military uriitsin the district in which the division isexpected to play a leading part.

For its own part, Hunter planned a, ship's company dance for May 30. '

Lieut (S) Greg Cocks, 'who has beensupply officer at Hunter for the past twoyears, was, honoured at a wardroomparty on April 25. He will take a WestCoast appointment shortly. Lieut. (S)M. Young, his replacement, has alreadyarrived in Windsor. '

Bishop C. L. Nelligan of AssumptionCollege was the guest speaker when theannual mess dinner of the wardroomofficers was' held on April it. A dozenmembers of the Windsor branch .of 'theNaval Officers' Association attended.

Congratulations were extended atHMCS Hunter to members of the ship'scompany during March, including Ldg.Sea. J. H. Cookson and AB M. B. Craw­ford, who were among those chosen torepresent the Royal Canadian Navy(Reserve) at the Coronation and to CPOArthur Heathcote and CPO WilliamKelly on being awarded the Canadian'Forces Decoration for -12 years service.

HMCS York ".,;, "'" 'HMCS Yor1c's neWly-form~d' milit'JDr

band, has been outfittEid.irith'tlnif.ot¥s:~'iand instruments ahdhas'heeIi, ~iactisi:iig\::regularly onThu~sdilY:'/;#lght~,':lnd~r'Bandmaster W,'W; SteeL":;:;",.';!,;;: ,',':: '

Yark's truni~~t'b~fi.d, which has "beenfunctioning for more than a year, willtake partin the Toronto Trumpet BandFestival in June.

A surprise party was given by York'sWrens for Lieut. (W) .Jean CrawfordSmith, who has left the Toronto navaldivision for duty at the West Coast. Theparty took the form of a dinner at theCivil Servants Club and the guest ofhonour was presented with an overnightcase.

Lieut. (W) Constance Ogilvy,. ofToronto, who served in the WRCNSduring the Second World War, hassuc~,

ceeded Lieut. Crawford Smith.

The ~idi Vidi Lancers

ALTHOUGH one of the navy's young­est reserve establishments, HMCS

Cabot is the proud possessor of traditionsgoing back further than any other navaldivision in Canada, the St. John's divis­ion being the descendant of the firstnaval reserve to be f()rmed in what wasEngland's oldest colony and is nowCanada's newest province.

It was in 1901 that the NewfoundlandGovernment agl-eed to raise and pay theexpenses of maintaining a naval re­serve division of 400 men. A recruitingcampaign was started and the oldcorvette Calypso was stationed in St.John's as a drill ship.

In 1902, Lieut. Walter Hose, RN, wasappointed to the light cruiser Cllarybdisadditional for training the Newfound­land Naval Reserve and 'held thisappointment until the spring of 1905.

Almost from its inception, the divisionbecame popularly known as the "Quidi

Vidi (pronounced Kiddy Viddy)Lancers", the name being derived froma lake just outside St. John's. If origin­ally the "Lancers" were referred to inslightly derisive tones, it was not longbefore they came to be regarded withpride and respect.

It was the practice to embark the newentry reservemen at St. John's in thefall of each year and, after a shortperiod at Halifax for Idtting up andbasic training, they were taken southfor the winter cruise divided betweenHM Ships Ariadne (flag ship) andCharybdis. When in port they werecombined for training purposes.

In the words of the officer who train­ed them for three years, "The menmade splendid seamen, most keen andamenable to discipline, and invariablyreceived the highest commendationfrom the senior officers who inspectedthem from time to time.

"In the fleet regattas, they almostwithout exception used to win whateverboat pulling event they competed in,owing to the exceptionally quick strokewith which they pulled, putting everyounce of weight into the oar whenalmost at right angles to the boat . . .a stroke which the Newfoundland fish­ermen used in their dories and whichthey could maintain for extraordinarilylong distances."

In time the division had an opportun­ity to prove its value to the full andachieved a splendid record of battlehonours.

(The Lancers' first training officerwas later to become Commodore WalterHose, Cllief of the Naval Staff forCanada from 1921 to 1934 and "father"of what is now the Royal CanadianNavy (Reserve). He retired in 1934 asa Rear-Admiral and now lives at Wind­sor, Onto The photographs are from hisco llection. )

The first group of recruits for the Newfoundland RNR, photographed inNovember, 1902, before going to Halifax for their first winter cruise.

The same group six months later

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Members of HMCS "Naden's" No. 1 Passive Defence Decontamination Team carry out decon­tamination drill on the government jetty at Esquiritalt. (E·20891).

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ldg. Sea. Frederick Court (left) and ldg. Sea. James Turner of HMCS Naden's No. 1 PassiveDefence Decontamination Team carry out decontamination drill with a survey meter on the govern­ment jetty at Esquimalt. (E.20891)

tive for Naden to Pacific Command, andis also responsible for liaison betweenNaden's Passive Defence and Civil De­fence organizations.

What is the purpose of Passive De­fe\lce?

In the words of Lieut. Duval, "Pas­sive Defence is designed to function inthe event of an enemy attack, and tosupplement existing services during anypeacetime emergency". HMCS Naden. . . its personnel and facilities . . .form an integral and extremely import­ant paJ;'t of not only the naval, but theover-all defence organization in thePacific Command area.

The PD plan is being prepared tocope with any of the following aspectscif Passive Defence or disaster:

Personnel protection; minimizing dam­age to Naden installations; maintenanceof essential services; rescue of trappedpersonnel ,md handling of casualties;evacuation, and provision of accommo­dation and immediate requirements ofpersonnel involved; decontaminationprocedures; allocation of equipmentand personnel to emergency stations;control arrangements for activities andequipment in 'the Naden area, andliaison with Pacific Command andCivil Defence organizations.

The Passive Defence program hasbeen extended to take in every officerand man attached to Naden, and allhave hea,rd lectures and seen films re­lated to such preparedness. This lec­ture-film series is to be continued inan effort to maintain interest and keepall personnel fully acquainted with thelatest in Passive Defence developments.

Decontamination and monitoringcourses are conducted by Naden'sDamage Oontrol School; medical train­Ing is provided at the Medical School,while fire-fighting is taught under thedirection of the Command Fire Chief.For the present, facilities are not athand for complete training in light andheavy rescue operations, but instructionin those fields is being conducted ona limited scale.

Lieut. (SB) N. A. Duval, fire-fightingofficer on the Naden Damage ControlTraining Staff, is chairman of the Pas­sive Defence Committee of 12 formedseven months ago. Lieut.-Cdr. W. J.Reynolds, officer-in-charge of the Dam­age, Control School. acts as representa-

'P.D.' BECOMESBYWORD AT NADEN

Passive Defence CourseOrganized for West

Coast Personnel

HMCS Naden, the RCN Barracks atEsquimalt, has made considerable pro­gress in preparing itself against anypossible enemy attack or other form ofdisaster.

The preparation pattern is summar­ized in the words, Passive Defence,naval counterpart of an organizationmore commonly known as Civil Defence.

Dockyards and all other Royal Can­adian Navy establishments are respon­sible for training their own Passive De­fence organizations.

Such a training program got underway in Naden late last year and therehas been no let-up in instruction sincethat time. Emphasis is placed on suchvital operations as decontamination(cleansing and making safe an areacontaminated by gas or atomic par­ticles), monitoring (determining extentof radioactivity), fire-fighting, lightrescue, heavy rescue and medicalstudies. i

Naden's first PD team consisted of25 men, selected from widely scatteredbranches within the West Coast train­ingestablishment. The second teamnumbered close to 50 men, and a simi­lar number are in a third group atpresent completing training.

The program requires individual teammembers to take intensive training inone of the aforemenUoned five phasesof Passive Defence for several hours perweek for six weeks. All PD personnelmust also follow a similar six-'weekschedule in medical study' and practice.

Navy OutpointedBy Yacht SqlLadron

Yachtsmen from the Royal NovaScotia Yacht Squadron won the Fraser­Harris Trophy April 19 in Halifaxharbour. They competed against eightnaval entries and one from the Arm­dale Yacht Club in whaler and dinghyraces to win the first official sailingregatta of the season at Halifax.

The annual classic was sponsored bythe Royal Canadian Naval SailingAssociation under direction of the Com­modore, Lieut. (E) G. H. F. Poole­Warren, and the supervision of Lieut.­Cdr. Kenneth E. Grant, officer of theday.

Paul Rawlings piloted the Squadronto a first in the whaler event and DonGillis of the Squadron came fourthamong the dinghies. Payzant of theNaval Research Establishment was sec­ond and Lieut. Maurice M. Carey ofStadacona came third in the whalerrace.

Lieut.-Cdr. Hutchins, of HMCS Corn­waHis, Lieut. (L) Rod Hutcheson, ofHMCS Shearwater and Miss DianaEvans, of Naval Research, took first,second and third place respectively inthe dinghy race.

Races were run over a course startingfrom the naval air base under a sunnysky and with a 10-15 knot breeze.

Final Point Standings were: RNSYS2969; NRE, 2965; Sheaj'water, 2746;RCNSA, 2665; CornwaUis, 2624; Stada­cona, 2600; AYC, 2314; Huron, 2245;Quebec, 1985; and Sioux, 1296.

Officer Returns toSquash Pinnacle

When Lieut.-Cdr. John D. McCor­mick took over his old job on the staffof the P and RT School at HMCSStadacona this March he also took overa sport he had dominated prior to shift­ing to HMCS Naden's p.t. school acouple of years ago.

He won the Stadacona senior finalsquash title from Lieut. Herbert H.Smith in straight games by scores of15-8, 15-7 and 15-8. Then he beatLieut. Brian Bell-Irving to the Com­mand senior title, again by straightgames, 15-10, 15-12 and 15-10.

The softball season was launched recently atthe international headquarters of Admiral LyndeD. McCormick, USN, Supreme Commander Atlan­tic, at Norfolk, Virginia. The first ball at theopening game was thrown out by Captain Des­mond W. Piers, RCN, Assistant Chief of Staff,Personnel and Administration, for SACLANT.(Official SACLANT photo)

The 1953 senior and intermediateCommand squash titles attracted arecord 52 entries to the Stadacona court.Ldg. Sea. Rowan J. Carroll was animpressive winner of the intermediatefinal when he defeated Cd. Bos'n J. L.(Scoop) Blades by scores of 15-10,15-12 and 15-10.

Coverdale TeamsStiff Contenders

Two off-station "junkets" by teamsfrom Coverdale Naval Radio Stationdidn't produce any victories, but theplayers in each case had the satisfactionof putting up some stiff competition.

The volleyball team entered the Mari­time Volleyball Championship Tourna­ment at Halifax and showed enoughform to convince the opposition thatCoverdale is likely to produce worthycontenders in next year's bout.

The Wren's Basketball Team, on atrip to Saint John, dropped a fast-mov­ing exhibition game to HMCS Bruns­wicker's Wrens. A delightful party anddance in honour of the Coverdale Wrens

proved more than adequate compensa­tion for the loss.

Four ball teams were warming up forthe summer season. The Wrens expec­ted to enter the Moncton city leaguefor the second year and the Women'sAuxiliary expected to field a team forexhibition games.

The men proposed to have both hard­ball and softball teams in action.

Navy at ChurchillTops Two Leagues

Spring comes late in Churchill, Mani­toba, and by the time the long hockeyseason had ended the Navy Senior teamthere was in such fighting trim that itwas ready to challenge any other teamthe Royal Canadian Navy could produce.

Behind their confidence was the factthat the players from HMC Naval RadioStation had swept through the regularseason without a loss and had droppedonly one game in the playoffs to win theFort Churchill Garrison Senior HockeyChampionship.

That this kind of thing may becomehabitual was seen in the fact that theNavy Junior Hockey Team, after losingthe first two games, came back withthree straight victories in the playoffsto take the junior title. The juniorshad finished second in the league stand­ings.

Navy Takes TitleIn Maritime Loop

Down two games in a best of fiveseries, Halifax Navy went on to beatCampbellton Tigers in three straightgames to win the Maritime Interme­diate hockey championship April 13 atHalifax.

The New Brunswick club, led by theformer pro Bud Hellyer, were heavyfavourites to win the title after beatingthe sailors in the first two games of thefinals on New Brunswick ice. Over theweek-end of April 11, however, the sail­ors triumphed by scores of 8-1 and 5-2.On April 13 before a crowd of over2,000, they racked up a 7-3 victory toclinch the title.

The Navy team made scoring recordsin driving to the Maritime champion­ship. At least twice, in the early

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The Churchill Naval Radio Station Senior Hockey Tean:., swept through the regular sea'son withouta loss, losing only one game in the playoffs to win the Fort Churchill Garrison Senior Hockey Cham­pionship. Front row:. AB George Barkhouse, AB Wendell McMullin, AB Alexander Buchanan, ABNorman Kelly, Sub·Lt. W. L. D. Davidson, AB Taylor Go'rdon (Captain), Ldg. Sea. Reginald Turcotteand AB Sidney Fowler. Rear row: AB Alexander WI/schenny, PO Bill Cummings, AB AlexanderGriffin, AB Donald Lane, AB Boyd Webb, Lieutenant Comman.der C. R. Martin (Coach), PO RichardMcBurney, PO Raymond Trudel.and AB Arnold Karlowsky.

The Navy Junior Hockey Team at Churchill, after losing its first two games in the playoffs,came back with three straight victories to win the Fort Churchill Garrison Junior Hockey Champion­ship. Front row: Ldg. Sea. Ray Bourassa, AB Don Orcherton, AB Joh~ Ruyl" CPO Don Crowhurstand AB Tom Ewen. Rear row: AB Alexander Wuschenny, AB Sam Severnuk, Ldg. Sea. Ernie Guise,PO Bryce Eckstein, CpO Ron Emmerson (Coach), AB Gerald MacNutt, AB' Arthur Kalinchuk, AB TomRait, AB Ralph Coughlin (Captain), .AB Bruce Hamm and Ldg. Sea. Fred West.

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and 5, marking the first time the navyhas had a Dominion champion sincePO Eddie Haddad represented Canadain 1950 at the British Empire Games.Both this year's winners are fromHMCS Stadacona.

In th~ lightweight division, AB Al­fred Dennis Deegan, of Montreal, wasgiven a bye in the first round of theeliminations and won decisions in thesemi-finals and finals to win the Can­adian lightweight title.

AB Trent Walter Ketcheson, of Nor­quay, Sask., who won by decision inthe semi-finals and finals, became ,Can­adian middleweight boxing champ.

Both fighters were coached by CPOHenri Pare, a veteran Navy cutrer inthe lightweight division a few yearsback.

Volleyball TitleCaptured by Stad

A dark horse entry from HMCS Stada­eona pulled the upset of the year bywinning the Maritime Volleyball Cham­pionship for the first time. They tookthe first two of. a three-game series15.:6 and 15-8 froni a favoured teamfrom St. Johh's United. Church inHalifax.

Navy barely made the play-offs of theall-day tournament at Stadacona gymApril 18, against a record of 14 entriesfrom three ,provinces. Once past' thathurdle, the sailors never looked back.They defeated Fairview, N.S., Aces 15-9and 16-14 in the semi-finals althoughthe Fairview team had romped through

Th'e Junior. Air Officer Basic TrainingCourse won the interpart basketballtrophy without the midshipmen suffer­ing a single losS. To round up the wintersports schedule, Kootenay division wonthe Inter-divisional volleybail title aftera 12-game knockout tournament h.adbeen played.

HCN Bags Two. Boxing Titles

The RCN produced two Canadianamateur boxing champions in the Do­minion meet held at Montreal May 4

rounds, .they scored so heavily in thefirst of two-game total goal series thatthe second game in",each case was can­celled by the Maritime Amateur HockeyAssociation,

In the title game, Navy forged ahead'with three goals by Ldg. Sea. Rowan J.Carroll to hold the lead in three periods.They grabbed a 4-2' lead in the open­ing period, made it 6-3 by the end. ofthe .second and tallied once again inthe final. AB Arnold Riches was alsoa key scorer wi~h two' markers to ~is

credit, while other navy points weremade by AB Josephe Peron and POKen Guertin.

This is the second time in recentyears that the Navy has been champ,having been holder of the intermediatetitle and quarter-finalists in EasternCanada playdoWns in 1948-49. Nextyear there was a strong Navy nucleusin the Halifa~ Armed Services teamwhich got as far as the Eastern Canadasemi-finals.. This year, however, it looks as tqough

the Navy club must rest on its laurels.The Ontario Hockey Association says itconsiders a playoff with an Ontariointermediate winner is not possible dueto the late Winding up of that league.

Fraser DivisionWins Hockey Series

In the second of the winter hockeyinter-divisional knockout series atHMCS Cornwallis, Fraser division camethrough the 12 games as the winner.

Cornwallis had five finalists in itsstable of fighters taking part in the At­lantic Command Boxing championships,but had no winners, unfortunately,

Shown above the the Maritime Hockey Champions from HMCS Stadacona. Front row, left toright: AB Glen McGregor, assistant equipment manager; PO Ken Guertin, AB Doug (Scotty) Scotland,AB John Bechtold, PO Roy Shedlowski, PO Don Newman, AB Rowland Carroll, AB Josephe Peron,Ldg. Sea. Roy St. John. Back row, left to right: lieut. Bert Levy, Manager; AB John (Newf) Soreson,Sub.·Lieut. Rene La Roche, AB Arnold (Mumps) Riches, AB Paul Wannamaker, AB Ray (Johno) Johnston,PO Joe Lay, lieut. Joe Mahar, CPO Sid Wallace, trainer; PO Roy Bird, Cdr. Ray Bowditch, Lieut.-Cdr.G. L. (Joe) Connor, coach; Sub.·Lieut. Joe Duffy, assistant manager. Not shown are AB les Shotford,only casualty of season who was injured in Digby game, and AB Stan Sparks. (HS-25035)

the round robin tourney with 12 wins.St. John's "A" beat RCAF Halifax 15-1,15-12 in the semi-finals andthen bowedto the sailors in the season's upset.

Organizer, captain and key player inthe Stadacona team was Cd. Bos'n J.L. (Scoop) Blades. Teammates wereLieut. Roger S. Harris, Lieut. MauriceA. Turner, Lieut. Howard V. Clark, CPOMel A. Lumley, PO Ray C. Eastman

. and Ldg. Sea. Rowan J. Carroll.

Navy Gets SpotIn Softball L(10p

The RCN will be represented in theVictoria Senior "A" Softball Leagueduring the 1953 season. The Navy'sapplication for a franchise was accep­ted, when last year's entry, B. C.Forest Products, dropped from theleague.

Workouts commenced the first week.in April, and are being held threenights a week with an average of 30men in attendance. League play com­menced the first week in May.

Haida HoopstersDefeat Atlwbee

HMCS Haida won two basketball fix­tures from her sister ship, the Atha­baskan, during a recent stay alongsidein Sasebo, Japan, between Korean pat­rols of the destroyers.

Thanks to the 14 points scored bypivot man PO John William Ayres, the

Haidas took the game with a decisive42-30. The second contest was harderpulling, although the east-coasters man­aged again to edge out a fighting Atha­baskan team 32-31. This Haida victorywas attributed to Lieut. Norman S.Jackson, who made some deadly shotsin the pinches.

Two Puck TrophiesFor Maggie Teams

HMCS Magnificent sailed to theUnited Kingdom this May with twohockey cups in the trophy case on her

quarterdeck. Her team won the Inter­ship championship at Halifax and wenton to take the Atlantic Command titlefor 1953.

Members of the winning team wereAble Seamen Donald Clark, Jim New­man, Arthur Morton, Joe Peron, JoeGommer, Peter Davidson, ArthurMurphy, Earl Watson and HarryMcEwen, Ordinary Seamen Robert Wil­son and Robert Berends, Ldg. Sea.Thomas Thompson, PO Edward Piller,CPOs Jack Howe and Archie Simms(coach) and Sub.-Lieut. Rene LaRoche(manager).

With the coming of the next hockey season in the fall, the Navy's prospects will be strengthenedto the extent of two of southern Alberta's young puck stars. Attested at HMCS Tecumseh, the Calgarynaval division, as the past hockey seoson ended, were Ord. Sea. Alvin Bruce Cooke, goalkeeperfor the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League, and Ord. Sea. WilliamW. Armstrong, former Medicine Hat Juvenile Hockey League star. left to right are PO Robert E.Cooke, his brother Alvin, Lieut. (SB) H. W. Wiebe, recruiting officer, Ord. Sea. Armstrong and Ord.Wren Kolleen Keith of the recruiting staff.

Bowlers Go SeasonWithout Loss

Supply "A" team won the StadaconaInterpart Bowling League by the diffi­cult feat of playing a whole seasonwithout a loss. They also beat outHMCS Shearwater and HMCS Corn­wallis to win the Atlantic Commandbowling championship. The talentedtrundlers were CPO Marcel Bolduc, POWilliam Gibbs, AB Yvon Rickard, ABSanford Jamieson and AB Fred Legere.

A Supply team also won the inter­part water polo championship by de­feating Electrical "A" in the finals intwo straight games, 5-0 and 6-1. Ldg.Sea. Cliff Near was high scorer witheight of the Supply team's goals. Thewinners were coached by Lieut.-Cdr.(S) Edward L. Pendlebury.

Photo FinishIn Hoop Tourney

A composite Navy team from RCNships and establishments in Halifax wonthe Glass Memorial Trophy at a two­day fifth annual invitation basketballtournament at Stadacona gym April 24and 25.

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The Chief and Petty Officers' team emerged the winners af the Cornwallis Interpart Hockey Leaguethis year after a hard-fought 27.game schedule. They also won an exhibition against ShearwaterChief and Petty Officers 10'5. Front row, left to right: CPO L. J. (Ginger) O'Brien, PO Albert Trepan.nier, CPO Sidney Keast, PC:;> Richard Bryson and CPO 'Reginald Thompson. Back row, PO John Mac·Donald, CPO Harry M. Keeler, PO Richard Manderson, CPO Albert Dodd, CPO Thomas W. Kenny, POJack King and PO James Ruxton. (DB·2513)

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With 30 seconds remaining in thefinal quarter of the last game, Navy andStudley Quakers were tied at 58-allwhen AB Rod M. Shoveller (captain)sank alayup and Ldg. Sea. Jim Kitchenhooped two free throws to give the sail­ors a 62-58 decision.

The Quakers led for three quarters,but in the final, Navy made a desperatedrive, tied it up at 50-50 and fromthere on, the teams countered basket forbasket until the last half-minute whenthe Navy made its break count.

Nine Maritime teams competed.

Softball TeamCrosses Border

Softball has gone international atAldergrove Naval Radio Station.

In addition to playing in the LowerFraser Valley Softball League, theAldergrove team has arranged game'swith the nearby American towns ofLynden and Sumas.

Sioux HockeyistsRepeat in East

West Coast glory wasn't enough forthe hockey team of HMCS Sioux-al­though it stemmed from a season whichsaw the team emerge on top in fivegames out of six played.

Challenges to exhibition hockeygames were sent, before the Sioux de­parted for the East Coast, to HMCSStadacona and HMCS Cornwallis. Therest is history.

Off the ice for a month, the Siou:J;team retained enough condition to de­feat Stadacona 5-4 and Cornwallis 9-3.

A stellar defence player during theseason was AB Ted Audette of Clover­dale, B.C.

TAS School TopsBasketball League

TAS School took top honours in theStadacona Interpart Basketball Leagueby downing Electrical "A" in the finals.

Final standings were as follows: TAS27 points, Electrical "A" 25, Electrical"B" 23, Supply 17, JOTLC 16, Ward­room 15, Part Ship 12, ND School 10,Gunnery-Ordnance 8, and MTE, 7 points.

Stadacona TakesBasketball Title

HMCS Stadacona defeated HMCS,Shearwater 63-54 in the final to win theAtlantic Command Basketball champ­ionship. Cdr. W. S. T. McCully and POKen Sawyer were' leading scorers forStad-acona. The squad was coached byLieut.-Cdr. E. W. Burns, RCN(R).

Dalhousie VetsElect Officers

Douglas Vincent was elected presidentof the ,Main Brace Naval Veterans' As­sociation, Dalhousie, N.B., branch, at theannual meeting in the Dalhousie clubrooms.

Other officers are: Donald Ross, vice­president; Chester Miller, treasurer;Benny LeClair, secretary, and AlbertLehlan, membership secretary. LeoWalsh and James Harris are membersof the executive committee.

Commissioned Officer Krogel is shown at theoperatin g pc>sitian in the amateur radio stationin the "L" School. (HS·23565).

AMATEUR RADIOSTATION REVIVED

The newly re-activated amateur radiostation, VEINN, located in the Electri­cal School at HMCS Stadacona, hasjoined the world wide fraternity ofamateur radio, commonly referred to as"ham radio".

HMCS Stadacona Amateur RadioClub was organized on January 21 witha membership of 13 and elected thefollowing slate of officers: Honorarypresident, the Commodore, RCN Bar­racks; director, Officer-in-Charge, HMCElectrical School; president, Lieut.(L)J. A. Kiely; vice-president, PO R. R.Zeits, and secretary-treasurer, Lieut.D. A. Cameron.

The prime object of the club is toenable interested personnel to pursuetheir hobby and assist as much ql! pos­sible those who are striving to reachthe necessary standards to qualify foran amateur radio licence. .

The work of overhauling, refittingand installing equipment was carriedout under the direction of Com.mis­sionedRadio Officer W. F. Krogel andCPO R. R. Curtis.

The station equipment consists of an89Q transmitter working on 20- and :75­meter phone or continuous wave. Thereceiver is an AR88. Associated eqtiip­ment includes a control panel, speechamplifier, monitor scope and frequencymeter. Aerials consist of a long wireapproximately 350 feet long, severafdipoles and a 20-meter beam ml.derconstruction.

All the equipment is convenientlygrouped around the operating deskwhere complete control of the stationis exercised.

Almost All About Birds

Newly-hatched Purple Inkwiper

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gently down while they hatch inthe sun's rays. A stuffed specimenwas at one time in the Ornitho­logical Department of the BritishMuseum, but in 1873 this was un­fortunately eaten by several antsthat escaped from the Entomologi­cal Department of the same Build­ing. It is understood that the antshave since died.

765. ORDINARY AUK (Simplicius Vul­garis P.) It is understood that theonly habitat of this species is inquestion, but as it is said that ithas seldom if ever been seen, itappears that it is difficult if notimpossible to say little or anythingabout it. Perhaps the less saidthe better.

999. CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN PUFFIN.This extraordinary bird has to beseen to be believed, and even thennot sometimes. It has a rufousrump, striped speculum, vinaceousvermiculations, albino axillaries, di­chromatic crown, cerulean culmenand lanceolate laminae. It is pec­tinate, pelagic and pensile. It hascuriously crepuscular habits. Itseems more and more doubtful thatit will ever be seen; which is morethan can be said about severalthings of lesser importance.

That is all for now. If you are stillinterested, buy the book when it comesout. By the way, it will be titled, verysimply, just "Birds". The U.S. edition,printed in New York, will be called,equally simply, "Boids". Thank you.

Let us hope that embryo ornitholo­gists will be aroused to such a pitch byour little article that a concerted crywill arise for an RCN Bird WatchingSociety.

Tinted Ptarmigan by night

size. This also applies to smallerbirds, but naturally they are notso distinguished. FEMALE: care­ful observation indicates that eggsare laid by the female of thisspecies only. According to Spof­forth-Spofforth ("Eggs I haveBlown", pg. 696, Culpepper andColswold, $1.49) this particulartype only lays eggs on Saturdayunder the mistaken impressionthey might hatch out before the fol­lowing Friday. This, however, isnot so, as the hatching period hasbeen found to vary with the Rateof Exchange, and vice versa. Littleor nothing is known of this species,and observers should forward anyinformation they mayor may not'obtain to tlie nearest Post Office fortransmission to whom it may con­cern.

333. TINTED PTARMIGAN. Severalcoloured plates of this beautifulbird may: be found in "Birds I'veNever Seen" by Bartimaeus Skrin­gelfetz, the blind ornithologist(Crumb, Copperthwaite, $2.75nett, $2.65 without). Doubt existsas to the actual existence of thisspecies, and both Snigg and Car­pett are of the opinion that this isShelley's "Bird thou never wert".

606. PURPLE INKWIPER. This specieshas no feet, and its m,embers spendtheir short existence in the air.Eggs are laid at great heights, andare fitted with a peculiar derma­toid integument resembling a para­chute which allows them to floatRed-nosed Potwalloper with young

Evidence of the sailors' profound loveof i~ature was found when a correspond­ent brought to light sa?ne tattered copiesof The RecorcL, a weekly newspaperedited on the East Coast around1937-38.

The guiding hand behind this publi­cation was Lieut.-Cdr. F. L. Houghton,ably assisted by Mr. George Shilston,Gunner (T), Petty Office?· James Arnott,AB Harvey IIol1nes and a few others.

In the following article on orni­thology) the author regrets not beingable to reproduce the illustrations. Thedeficiency has been remedied by aRegina bird-watcher, who was able todraw the pictuTes from (ugh) memory.

I-Iave you ever poked your nose intoone of those books that conceal theirunsuspected beauties under such fright­ening titles as "The Ornithologist'sVade Mecum." or "The Birdlover'sGuide to the Denizens of the Air"? Youhave?-Then you are sure to appreciateIny own efforts in that direction. The'study of birds (and I mean birds andnot "birds") is both fascinating and in­structive. _Here are some excerpts froma volume, fully illustrated (just like thebirds themselves) in a variety ofcolours, that will subsequently be pub-­lished at an almost prohibitive price.Owing to copyright restrictions I amunable to reproduce any of the illustra­tions: and anyway why should I giveaway something for nothing.

297. RED-NOSED POT\VALLOPER.(Tumpus Ridiculus) MALE: largerthan usual, but can be distin­guished from smaller birds by its

New Rules Adopted forBenevolent 'Fund

Entitlement

Investments GiveIncreased Revenue

An improvement· in in.vestments wasnoted by Engineer Rear-Admiral G. L.Stephens, CB,CBE, RCN, (Ret'd), inhis 1952 report to the annual meetingof the Canadian Naval Service Bene­volent Trust Fund at· Naval· Head­quarters "April 13' and 14.

Invested.capital of the Fund as ofDec·ember· 31, 1952, was $2,550,000 atpar value yielding 'annual inJterest ,.0:£$74,625, an incre,aSe of capUal of $18,500and an increase of $7,955 over that atDeceP1be·r 31, 1951.

The original investment of prizemoney in short-term, low-interestbonds was changed over· in .1952. totake advantage of t1)e drop in priceof higher interest 1;>onds sinc·e 'theprize money waS!, first invested., Thenew bonds, if held to maturity, ,willprovide a net gain of $36;625, and anannual increas·e in interest of $7,850.

A substantial incr~ase in aid givenand two motions restricting entitlementto fund benefits of RCN and RCN (R)personnel highlighted the eighth an­nual ~meeting of the Canadian NavalService Benevolent Trust Fund at NavalHea~quartersApril 13 and 14.,

Present and former personnel of theCanadian naval forces and their de­pendents were given financial assistanceto an amount of $123,862.95 by theFund during 1952, an increase o~ morethan $20,000 over 1951 disbursements.

1\.. total of 773 applications for assist­ance were received, 54 more than in1951, and financial grants or loans weremade in 640 cases, 89 more than theprevious year. The sum of $54',595.08was paid out in' grants ($7,195 morethan in 1951) and $69,2:67.87 was ad­vanced in loans ($11,263.83 more thanin the year previous).

The general meeting April 13 wasattended by 52 delegates and observersfrom across Canada and fr<?m ships andestabliahments of the RCN. The tworestricting motions regarding entitle­ments ·follow. The motion concerningthe RCN (R) reads:

"RCN(R) personnel must completefive years continuous service in· theActive Reserve before they are eli­gible for the benefits of the Fund,unless,

Engine'er Rear-Admi·ral G. L.Stephens, CB, PBE, RCN, (Ret'd.), wasre-elected president of the CanadianNaval S~rvice Benevolent Trust Fundfor his sixth consecutive term at theeighth annual meeting held at NavalHeadquarters April 13 and 14.

Officers ele.cted for the coming yearinclude: Vice..Presidents~R. C. Steven­son, Montreal, and Captain P . BarryGerman, RCN, (Ret'd), ottawa, and,re-elected, Willard MacKenzie, Halifax,.and CPO D. H. Nelson, Victoria.

The following Board of Directorswas elected : Commander A. C. Beth..une, RCN (R), .(Ret'd), ottawa; Com­modore P .. W.Earl, RCN(R), Montreal;Captain (S) Joseph Jeffrey, ,RCN (R) ,(Ret'd), London;, Griffith Jones, Vic-toria; Commander K. S. MacLachlan,RCN(R), (Ret'd), Toronto; A. B.Coulter, ottawa; Lieut....Cdr.-at...Arms W.Pember, RCN, Victoria; G. C. Dewolfe,Halifax; Commander. R. P. White,RCN (R) , ottawa; Lieut. (W) M. E.MacDonald, RCN (R) , Ottawa, andCaptain (8) C. J. Dillon, RCN,Halifax.

Lieut. (S) Harry McClymont, RCN,of ottawa, was appointed Se·cretary­Treasurer, to succeed Lieut.':'Cdr. (S)William Woodward, RCN, of Toronto.

Sixth Term at Helmof Benevolent Fund

ments and personnel will fully ,supportthe Fund at this time. It is also grati­fying to advise that more interest isbeing taken in the Fund by RCN(R)Divisions and there is reason to believegreater support will be given this year."

The Auditor General of Canada' andhis staff, ~ho audited Fund accountsagain this year were mentioned grate­fully in the president's report, whichalso had high praise for the membersof the three claims committees.

The appreciation. and thanks of thedirectors were recorded for tp.e assist....ance given by Naval Headquarters, 'FlagOfficers Atlantic and Pacific.Coasts,Commanding .Officers of Ships and Es­tablishments and Reserve Divisiotis, themembers of their staffs, ChapiairiS,members of the Department of, VeteransAffairs, various Social Services anq, Wel­fare Organizations, the Red Cross,:' Can­adian Legion and the many provincialand municipal bureaus "whose as.sist­ance has been of the very greatestpossible help to the Fund".

The president noted an increase inheadquarters staff of the Fund and ,paid'warm tribut'e to the work of Lieut.­Cdr. Woodward, the secretary-treasurerof the Fund for the past three years.He has been relieved by Lieut. HarryMcClymont, who had the job three yearsago and who, since then, has been amember of the Central Claims Com.­mittee.

Progress

(a) They are qualified ,by virtueof previous service in the Regu­lar Force,Wartime. Service (ofany le:Qgth) or Service in theActive Service Force; or

(b) While still on the Active Listhaving completed at least threeyears continuous exemplaryservice in the RCN (R) an ap­plication for assistance is re­commended personally by theCommanding Officer of theirDivision as deserving special

. consideration."A further motion was adopted which

stated that "Ex-RCN personnel musthave completed 12 months continuousservice in' the RCN to be eligible forthe benefits· of the Fund, unless:

(a ) they are invalided from theService for a disability attri­buted ,to th~ Naval Service, Of,

(b) they are qualified by virtueof previous active wartime orRCN(R) service".

The financial audit showed that 1952ended with an excess of income of$7,808.15, before taking into accountgrants for assistance of $9,793.75 au­thorized during that year but not asyet settled.

"This rather satisfact9ry financialposition of income and expenditure lastyear was largely due to the increasein donations received in 1952 amountingto $20,683;13 as compared with $10,077.08in 1951," Engineer Bear-Admiral G. L.Stephens ReN (Ret'd) said in hispresi­dent's report. "The greater part of thisincrease came from RCN sources an~

we are more than grateful to thoseships and establishments and office;rsand men" who have contributed to theFund' through .Ships and Mess Fundsand by personal donations.. "This however is no time to feel too

satisfied 9r rest. The demands on theFund are increasing 'and will continueto do. so as the Navy expands. Thereare still several ships who have notdirectly contributed in 1952 and onlyapproximately 300 individuals· out ofsome 15,000 have taken advantage ofthe personal allotment scheme.

"We sincerely hope that the interestand: support of those ships and estab­lishments already contributing will becontinued and that all ships, establish-

ofYearA

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GUNNERY'S HAll OF FAMEMAN OF THE MONTH(Continued fram page 15)

having enough trouble without hispresence, the Navy saw fit to draft himback to a Bangor and it was in HMCSSarnia that Guthrie celebrated VJ day.

Every celebration must have it shangover, however, and, his consistedof a six-month stint in naval auxiliaryvessel Laymore dismantling boom de­fences and anti-submarine gear on theeast coast. By all accounts this was amost onerous job that could have onlybeen enjoyed by the German submarine

.if it had been carried out during thewar.

After this he spent a year on the WestCoast in the Reserve Fleet. It must bestated that during this period he wasnot rammed.

Finally he received a two-year shoredraft to HMCS Chatham in PrinceRupert. In spite of the constant rainhe did not grow the "webbed toes" saidto be characteristic of the inhabitants ofthis region. He enjoyed his stay inPrince Rupert very much and was a

. member of the' All-Star Baseball Teamthat took its share of prizes in the"Notthern British Columbia and AlaskaLeague".

He was in f-IMCS Ontario for boththe Australian cruise and the Royaltour. An avid swimmer, he became aconnoisseur of some of the world'smost famous beaches and their acces­sories. An experienced n1ember of thisship's famous softball team he aidedin defeating all American, Australianand assorted infidels who had theaudacity to challenge the Canadians'supremacy in this field.

After taking a quartermaster instruc­tor conversion. course, Chief Guthriejoined his present ship on August 25,1952.

Although his present duties includestanding Officer of the Watch, thus as­sisting the scientists in certain phases oftheir work, he also does his f~ll job asCoxsw'ain.

Chief Petty Officer Guthrie was one ofthree brothers who served in the war.His younger brother was lost in HMCSValleyfieLd. His older brother is still inthe service, a Chief Petty Officer inHMCS Unico1'n, The Saskatoon NavalDivision. To date no male heirs havejoined the families of either of thesestalwarts. But between them they havethree daughters (one Cedarwood Guth­rie and two Unicorn Guthries) and theWRENS are recruitingl-L.G.S.

In HMC Gunnery School, at Halifax,is a Hall of Fame featuring portraitsof the officers who have been in chargeof gunnery training on the East Coastsince its inception some 37 years ago.

The gunnery "empire') has dug up aconsiderable amount of information onits record of service in the RCN, as ameans of adding its own Canadiantraditions to those inherited from theRoyal Navy. The Hall of Fame, a seriesof photographs of the officers who havecommanded the school, is part of thisproject.

It adorns the main corridor of theschool and serves as constant reminderof the part the gunnery branch hasplayed in the growth of the RCN. Thereare 17 framed portraits, and the earlierones bring to mind the struggles of theRoyal Canadian Navy, first for its veryexistence, then for due recognition.

The liall of Fame begins with Com­mander Arthur F. L. Atwood, whotransferred' to the RCN in 1917 afterserving on l~an from the Royal Navy.He retired in 1920 as a captain and, asa civil servant, became Armament Sup­ply Officer at Halifax. He retired fromthe Civil Service in 1930 and died onDecember 30, 1950.

Next was Lieut. Victor' G. Brodeur,who retired as Rear-Admiral Brodeur,Commanding Officer Pacific Coast, in1946.

UllicOllll1 PreSellle(lWitli Ullique SOUVellir

The wardroom of HMeS Unicorn to­day has a unique and stirring relnindeJ;of the Battle of Trafalgar, through thegenerosity of Major D. Fusedale ofSaskatoon.

At the Saskatoon. naval division'sannual award night, which saw MajorFusedale'sdaughter, Ord. Wren DorcasFusedale, carry off honours as thedivision's best Wren new entry, aframed photograph of the log of HMSEuryalus for October 21, 1805, was pre­sented by Maj or FUSedale to Com­lnander O. K. McClocklin, Unicorn'scOlnmanding officer.

The date entered on the log wasthat of the Battle of Trafalgar and theEuryalus was' one of the stout ships inLord Nelson's fleet.

The log, the original of which is inpossession of Lloyds of London, recordsthe reception of Adlniral Nelson'silnmortal exhortation that "Englandlexpects that every man will do hisduty" in the battle to follow. Thephotographic -copy was obtained byMajor Fusedale while serving overseasin the Second World War.

Mr. W. D. Johnson, CommissionedGunner, served as officer-in-charge forvarying periods during some of the"lean" years of the Navy. He is nowliving in retirement.

Lieut. Adrian M. Hope followed asofficer-in-charge. He retired in 1951 inthe rank of commodore and was thesenior gpnnery officer of the RCN onleaving the service.

Lieut, Richard Oland came next. Hedied in Canada, in the rank of captain,during the Second World War.

Lieut.-Cdr. J. W. R. Roy was next insuccession. As her commanding officer,he went down in the l\lJargaree in 1940.

Then came' Lieut.-Cdr. Archibald H.Baker. lIe is now a lieutenant-com­mander in charge of the diving depotand Superintendent of Diving in HMCDockyard, Halifax. .

Following him was Commander E. P.Tisdall, now Commodore of the RCNBarracks, Halifax.

Rear-Admiral Hugh F. Pullen, who onApril 1 became Chief of Naval Person­nel at Headquarters, served as officer­in-charge of the Gunnery School asa lieutenant-commander.

The next portrait is that of Lieut.W. G. Ross, who as an ordnancecaptain is now Director General ofNaval Ordnance.

After him was Lieut. St. Clair Bal­four, now a retired captain, RCN (R).

Lieut. M. A. Medland, the next insuccession, is now an acting commo­dore and is Naval Member of theCanadian Joint Staff, Washington.

Next in line is Lieut. T. C. Pullen,younger brother of Rear-AdmiralPullen and now a comm-ander andexecutive officer of HMCS Cornwallis.

Lieut.-Cdr. Sir R. Thomas' Butler,Bart., was officer-in-charge while onloan to the RCN from the Royal Navy.

Then came Commander F. R. Base,who retired in 1951 as commandingofficer of HMCS York, in the r~nk ofcaptain, RCN (R) .

The most recent picture is that ofLieut.-Cdr. Leo P. McCormack, whoheaded the Gunnery School from 1947to 1950. He is now a commander andStaff Officer (Gunnery) to the NavalMelnber in Washington.

Commander G.M. Wadds, presentofficer-in-charge, will be photographedand his portrait placed with the restwhen he moves on to a new appoint­ment. Thus the gallery will expandthrough the years, linking present andpast in the Gunnery Branch and theNavy as a whole.

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Clothing donated by the Victoria branch of the Navy League of Canada and canned goods andcandy, given by the ship's company of HMCS Athabaskan were gratefully received by inhabitantsof a small UN·held island off the west coast of North Korea. Ord. Sea. John Dickson (left) andA8 William Aller are seen fitting a child with warm clothing during the destroyer's visit. (AN·215)

BIRTHSTo Able Seaman Ronald Belleville, Cover­

dale Radio Statton, and Mrs. Belleville, a son.To Instructor Lieutenant-Commander

Emilien Boule, HMCS D'Ibervme and Mrs.Boule, a daughter.

To Petty Officer R. E. Burton, HMCS CapeBreton, and Mrs. Burton, twin sons.

'i'o leading Seaman J. Connors, HMCSStadacona, and Mrs. Connors, a son.

To Able Seaman J. Cotter, HMCS CapeBreton, and Mrs. Cotter, a son.

To Leading Seaman Frederick JosephDionne, HMCS Haida, ,and Mrs. Dionne, adaughter.

To Leading Seaman John Elliott, HMCSHaida, and Mrs. Elliott, a daughter. ,

To Leading Seaman Reginald Paul Grant,HMCS D'Ibervitle, and Mrs. Grant, a son.,

To Leading Seaman C. Hawboldt, HMCSCape Breton, and Mrs. Hawboldt, a son.

To Lieutenant (L) L. G. G, Holtby, HMCSStadacona, and Mrs. Holtby, a son.

To Chief Petty Officer J. W. Jackson, HMCSStadacona, and Mrs. Jackson, a son.

To Chief Petty Officer G. W. Johnson,Coverdale Radio Station, and Mrs. Johnson,a daughter.

To Chief Petty Officer C. J. Jolliffe, HMCSQuebec, and Mrs. Jolliffe, a son.

To Able Seaman Joseph LeBlanc, HMCSCornwallis and Mrs. LeBlanc, a daughter.

To PO' Allan McLean, Coverdale RadioStation, and Mrs. McLean, a son.

To PO George Mitchell, HMCS Haida, andMrs, Mitchell, a son. ,

To Able Seaman, W. Moore, HMCS Portage,and Mrs. Moore, a daughter.

To lel\ding Seaman Alvin Nelles, Alder­grove Radio Station, and Mrs" Nelles" adaughter.

To Able Seaman W. Nickerson, HMCSStadacona, and Mrs. Nickerson, a daughter.

To Chief Petty Officer E,. R. Penney, HMCSGloucester, and Mrs. Penney, a son.

To Leading Seaman William Penny, HMCSNaden, and Mrs. Penny, a son.

To Leading Seaman R, Rickey, HMCSPortage, and Mrs. Rickey, a daughter.

To Able Seaman Ray Ruttan, HMCS Haida,and Mrs, Ruttan, a son.

To Able Seaman C. W. Simser, HMCSGloucester, and Mrs. Simser, a daughter.

To Leading Seaman. R. Spence, HMCS CapeBreton, and Mrs. Spence, a daughter.

To Petty Officer Fred Treleaven, HMCSSwansea, and Mrs., Treleaven, a son.

To Chief Petty Officer Leonard Trudel,HMCS Algonquin, and MrS. Trudel, a son.

.To Lieutenant-Commander (S) D. M.Walton, lIMCS CornwaUis, and Mrs. Walton,a daughter,

To Leadin.g Seaman Tony Veinpel, HMCSNaden, and Mrs. Veinpel, a daughter.

WEDDINGSAble Seaman David Gerard Carruthers,

HMCS Donnacona, to, Miss Mildred MayCavan, of Notre Dame de GrAce, Que.

Able Seaman' Roger Joseph Giroux, HMCSStadacona, to Miss Dorothy Catharine Saltz-man, of Halifax. .

Able Seaman James Holmes, HMCS Mag­nificent, to Miss Vera Holmes, of Toronto.

Able Seaman E. L. Hucker, HMCS Corn­wallis, to Miss Vera Marie Bantrock, ofWindsor, Onto

Leading Seaman Thomas Keighan, HMCS/ Magnificent to Wren Margaret Wlllis, Cover-

dale Radio Statton. .Petty Officer John W. Kelly, HMCS Magni­

'ficent, to Wren Dorothy Ellefson, CoverdaleRadio Station.

Lieutenant-Commander William M. LaNauze, HMCS Stadacona, to Sub-Lieutenant(M!Ir) Margaret Eleanor Stonhouse, HMCSStadacona.

Petty Officer Paul Lariviere, HMCS Algon­quin, to Miss Elizabeth Ames, of Victoria.

Able Seaman Norman MacIntyre, HMCSPortage, to Miss Shirley Gallant, of Newccastle, N.B.

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Leading Seaman Dean Marsh, HMCSBeacon Hm, to Miss Shirley Cordick, ofCalgary, Alta.

Ordinary Seaman Dennis J., P. Martin,HMCS CornwaUis, to Wren Aline Gingras,HMCS Cornwallis.

Able Seaman David Prentice McKinnel,HMCS Discovery, to Miss Joan ElizabethMacQueen, of Vancouver.

Leading Seaman Allan McRae, HMCSCayuga, to Miss Patricia Balma, of Victoria,B.C.

Ordinary Seaman Barry Nesbet, HMCSNaden, to Miss Elsie Jones, of Victoria, B.C.

Able Seaman PhUlip Olsen, HMCS Anti­gonish, to Wren Llllian Fleming, HMCSNaden.

Able Seaman Ronald Reid, HMCS Portage,to Miss Joan Michell, of Victoria, B.C.

Able Se'aman Laurence St. Laurent, HMCSNaden, to Miss Lorraine Mac;Vean, of Vic­toria, B.C.

Ordinary Seaman Harold Vaughan, HMCSNew Waterford, to Miss Barbara Peters, ofVictoria, B.C. '

Able Seaman Jack Wemp, HMCS La Hul­loise, to Miss Vivian Scott, of Sh~et Harbour,N.S.

Able Seaman Frederick Young, HMCS LaHuHoise, to Miss Mary Donaldson, of EasternPassage, N.S.

LETTERS TO EDITORDear Sir:

I read your article on "Jenny's Girls"with enj oyment, and it calls to' mind avisit to Hong Kong in HMCS Anson in1946. Anticipating our arrival, "SampanJenny", as she was known to us, waslying in wait for, us near our assignedberth, flying an eight breadth green flagon which was embroidered in gold,"Welcome HMS Anson".

At that time she' and her crew hadacquired a brand new junk with beauti­fully varnished decks and kept in thebest "Bristol fashion". This handsomevessel was purchased with the proceedsof the "gash" collectiori. from our shipduring a previous sojourn in' Hong

Kong, which illustrates, I think, thehigh prices paid for the less "vitamized"gash of the RN,

A. C. CAMPBELL,Lieut.-Cdr., RCN,

Ottawa

Dear Sir:On reading the April issue of Crows­

nest I would like to draw your atten­tion to an error in the article "Man ofthe Month", page 16 centre column, inwhich it is stated that the Niagara tookthe Candytuft in tow, The correctversion of this incident is as 'follows:

The HMS Candytuft blew her boilershortly after "darken ship" on the nightof September 9, 1941. HMCS Bitter­sweet, another flower class corvette WitS

ordered to stand by. The followingmorning, September 10, the Canaytuftwas taken in. tow by the Bittersweetand proceeded to return to St. John's,Nfld. In the early hours of the morn­ing of September 11 the Niagaraarrived with medical aid. She left againbefore noon leaving medical assistanceaboard the Candytuft. No doubt PONewman was one of these men, but tostate that the Niagara towed the Candy­tuft is a gross error, as she had alreadybeen in tow 24 hours before theNiagara arrived. ' '

My only reason in writing is thatyou may wish to correct this error. Iwas serving on the Bittersweet as aleading stoker at the time.

A. FLEMING,ex-Chief Stoker, RCNR.

187 Arthur Ave.,Springfield Park,Chambly County, Que.

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OTTAWAEDMOND CLOUTIER

Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty1953