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Volume VII, No. 72, Autumn 2015 Starshell ‘A little light on what’s going on!’ CANADA IS A MARITIME NATION A maritime nation must take steps to protect and further its interests, both in home waters and with friends in distant waters. Canada therefore needs a robust and multipurpose Royal Canadian Navy. National Magazine of The Naval Association of Canada Magazine nationale de L’Association Navale du Canada www.navalassoc.ca On our cover… The Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel (MCDV) HMCS Whitehorse conducts maneuverability exercises off the west coast. NAVAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ASSOCIATION NAVALE DU CANADA (See: “One Navy and the Naval Reserve” beginning on page 9.) Royal Canadian Navy photo. Starshell ISSN-1191-1166 In this edition… National magazine of the Naval Association of Canada Magazine nationale de L’Association Navale du Canada From the Editor 4 www.navalassoc.ca From the Front Desk 4 PATRON • HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh NAC Regalia Sales 5 HONORARY PRESIDENT • H. R. (Harry) Steele From the Bridge 6 PRESIDENT • Jim Carruthers, [email protected] Maritime Affairs: “Another Step Forward” 8 PAST PRESIDENT • Ken Summers, [email protected] One Navy and Naval Reserve 9 TREASURER • King Wan, [email protected] NORPLOY ‘74 12 NAVAL AFFAIRS • Daniel Sing, [email protected] Mail Call 18 HISTORY & HERITAGE • Dr. Alec Douglas, [email protected] The Briefing Room 18 HONORARY COUNSEL • Donald Grant, [email protected] Schober’s Quiz #69 20 ARCHIVIST • Fred Herrndorf, [email protected] This Will Have to Do – Part 9 – RAdm Welland’s Memoirs 20 AUSN LIAISON • Fred F. Abbott, [email protected] Bill’s Corner – Niobe Day 31 CHAIR ENDOWMENT FUND • Michael Morres, [email protected] Starshell Book Reviews 32 OBITS EDITOR • Pat Barnhouse, [email protected] A Selection of The World Ship Society Naval Notes 35 WEBMASTER • Robert (Bob) Bush, [email protected] Fraser McKee’s Navy 36 NAC Endowment Fund Donation Form 36 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STARSHELL EDITOR SEC’Y / COMMUNICATIONS Obituaries 38 George A. Moore Kenneth B. Lait 1871 Primrose Crescent Our Navy: “Remember Nelson and the British Navy” 40 308 Kennedy Lane E Kamloops BC V1S 0A5 Orleans ON K1E 3M4 Telephone 250-314-1284 Telephone 613-841-4358 Facsimile 250-314-1286 [email protected] [email protected] Starshell Magazine is published quarterly by The Naval Association of Canada Advertise in Starshell (NAC) in February, May, August and November. The editor is solely responsible We are pleased to print camera ready advertisements at the following rates for the selection of material. 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Con- 1/4 page $90 $80 SENT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NOT THE EDITOR. tact the Starshell editor for details. 1/8 page $70 $55 The opinions expressed in this publication are deemed to be exclusively those of the author(s) and are not necessarily shared by The Naval Association of Canada, the Royal Canadian Navy or the Department of National Defence. If copyright is Starshell is printed in Canada by Postlink Corporation, Ottawa specified for any item, permission to copy must first be obtained through the edi- tor, otherwise material may be copied without permission provided appropriate attribution is given to both the author(s) and Starshell. Editorial services, layout and design are provided by… DISTRIBUTION and SUBSCRIPTIONS – Starshell circulation exceeds 2,000 cop- ® Cascade Creek Publishing ies and is distributed to members of NAC, HMC Ships and shore establishments, NDHQ, and other interested individuals. Except for copyright material, copying LCdr (Ret’d) George A. Moore, President and internal circulation to interested officers is encouraged. Non-members may 1871 Primrose Crescent, Kamloops, BC V1S 0A5 subscribe by sending $20.00 in Canada, $25.00 elsewhere for each subscription Phone 250-314-1284 • Fax 250-314-1286 to the Executive Director. [email protected] From the editor NAVAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA George A. Moore | Editor | [email protected] ASSOCIATION NAVALE DU CANADA pies the mysterious backroom repair shop in a halt to the operation to see what they sit down to write this today (November the local Apple store was able to offload ev- could salvage from the computer’s desktop 29th) having just navigated through one erything that had been on my desktop, most which we found, contained all the Starshell of the most difficult times ever experi- importantly all the publication files in my material including the Adobe InDesign files. enced during my post-retirement ‘labour inventory. The remainder of the data on my Fortunately this worked and as of late yes- Iof love’ in the publishing business. hard drive—including my email contacts terday, I have commenced to complete this While in the final stages of complet- and multiple mailing lists—was history. issue. The moral of the story is: don’t be as ing this issue, my trusty iMac gave up the The computer was left in the technician’s stupid as your editor by not acquiring the ghost with the total failure of the harddrive. hands to see what else he could rescue but necessary hardware to frequently backup I won’t bore you with the details, but suf- as it turned out, my old harddrive decided your hard drive. I now have a G-Drive fice to say I was suddenly placed between to take revenge by off-loading data from tethered to my computer which backs up a rock and a hard place, believing that I had the damaged drive at the incredibly tedious everything automatically. One thing I did lost not just this issue of Starshell, but all the rate of a gigabyte per day! There were still lose were all my email contacts. It would other publications entrusted to me. some 70 gigs to go early this week which, of be great if all my Starshell contacts would The computer was turned over to the local course, when translated meant there were a take a minute or two to send a message to Apple store to determine what, if anything, minimum of 70 days (!) remaining before I [email protected] so that I can rebuild my was left of the many hours of work I had put would get the computer back to hopefully, address book. Many thanks! into laying out this edition of Starshell. As complete this issue of Starshell. Yours aye luck would have it, the genious who occu- At the risk of losing everything, I called George The front desk NAVAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Ken Lait | Executive Director | [email protected] ASSOCIATION NAVALE DU CANADA teers at the polling stations. I am sure all are council will provide a venue for Branches to Change… now looking to take a well-deserved rest. communicate on a more structured basis, to Change is also happening in NAC. The share their own best practices as well as con- s I write this we are still waiting input of Branches to national aims has been cerns and to develop coordinated strategies for the new Cabinet to be an- a concern following falling out of our own for such things as growing our membership, nounced and for the new Liberal governance changes as we transitioned to managing introductory members and edu- government to get up to speed our directors being elected by the mem- cating the Canadian public locally. andA to work as they start the process of ful- bership as opposed to being automatically I have four items to discuss in this is- filling their election promises. So after a appointed because they were Branch Presi- sue. The top priority item is membership. long campaign and a vote for change, it is dents. I am happy to advise you that Bill As a registered not-for-profit association, also time for us all to get back to some nor- Conconi, President of the NAC Vancouver Industry Canada requires that we maintain malcy. I know that many NAC members Island Branch, has agreed to undertake a specific membership record. This record were actively involved in the election proce- leadership in establishing a President’s includes the standard items, your name- dural effort as returning officers and volun- Council meant to address this concern. This and full address, telephone number, email 4 Starshell | Autumn 2015 address if you wish to send and receive in- tation letters and if you do not get one it is ideas for establishing one, contact Bob Bush, formation electronically, and your joining because my membership list is not up-to- the national webmaster at robertbusharl@ date. I would ask you at this time to ensure date with current information for you. aol.com — assistance from Bob and train- that your Branch has an up-to-date personal A quick email to the Chairman of the En- ing in WordPress is available and free for all record for you and that all this information dowment Fund Committee, Mike Morres Branch webmasters. The long term aim is to is accurate.