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Vol. 10 No. 1 THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY'S MAGAZINE NOVEMBER, 1957

MEN OF THE MONTH Meet the Canadian Intermediate Football Champions, the Shearwater Flyers (picture on opposite page; story inside): CONTENTS Front row (left to right): Ldg. Sea. Reg. Taylor, AB Bruce Thomas, Ldg. Sea. Ron McLean, Ldg. Sea. Don Lilley, Ldg. Sea. Page .Doug Grant, PO Bruce Walker, Ldg. Sea. Alf Caulier, AB Ken Whitney and AB Gabe RCN News Review 2 Desroacher. Second row: Ldg. Sea. Sam Brushett, AB $175 Essay Contest 3 Ron Parker, PO Danny McCowell, Ldg. Sea. Alf Nicholson, PO Bob Hayes, Ldg. Sea. Les Keyes, Ldg. Sea. John Smith, AB Th,e G01Jern,or General's Cruise...... 4 Roy Carrier ~nd Ldg. Sea. Bill !(ey. Third row: PO Bill Reynard, Ldg. Sea. L. M. Smith, Ldg. Sea. 1. Axford, AB Pete Officers arid Men, 7 McGregor, Ldg. Sea. Ed Reiger, AB Charles Cox, AB Paul Gowan, PO Andy Swan, AB The Conquest of Carlada 9 Verne MacDonald, PO Tom Graham and Ldg. Sea. John Salmond. . Fourth row: AB Les Elworthy, AB Jack Buzz Bear Goes North 10 Beck, PO Joe Carver, Ldg. Sea. George Mayne, AB Bill Harper, AB Dale !(lassen, Ldg. Sea. Robert Findley, Ldg. Sea. Gord The New Person,rlel Structure Of...... 11 McLeod, AB Jim McCombie and Ldg. Sea. Pete Davidson.. (DNS-19358) Thirty Questions and An,swers 13 Negative nun1bers 'of HCN photographs reproduced in The Crowsnest are included Afloat an,d Ashore " 17 with the caption for the benefit of persons wishing to obtain prints of the photoS. Farewell to Whale Islan.d 19 This they luay do by sending an order to the Naval Secretary, Naval Headquarters, ottawa, attention Photographic Section, quot- Flyers-Do111iniol1 Ch,alnps 21 ing the negative nun1ber of the photograph, giving the size and finish required, and en------NewcoTner 'anll-otdli111er .,."...... 2Zf.-~--'-----closing---a~1n-oney---order--for---the---fuH---a1n-ount-,-- payable to the Receiver General of Canada. 4 x 5 (or s111aller) glossy finish only .. $ .10 Th.e Navy Plays... 26 61~~ x 81/~ glossy finish only .40 8 x 10 glossy or luatte finish .50 11 x 14 luatte finish only 1.00 Lower Deck Pron10tions 28 16 x 20 .•...... •.....• 3.00 20 x 24 ...... •...... • 4.00 Naval Lore Corner No. 53 Inside Back Cover 30 x 40 •• • ••••• ••••. •• 8.00

SUBSCRIPTION RATE The Crowsnest may be sub­ scribed for at the rate of $1 for 12 issues. Orders, accompanied by cheque or money order made to The Cover-Armistice Day was observed by the British com­ the Receiver General of Canada, should be sent to: munity of Oslo, Norway, on Sunday, November 10, in the Oslo TI-IE QUEEN'S PRINTER, Cathedral. The service, attended by King Olav, saw more than Department of Public Printing and Stationery, SOD Canadian sailors present fronl six destroyer escorts calling at Ottawa, Onto the Norwegian capital. A wreath was laid later at the Patriots' Communications, other than those relating to subscriptions, should Memorial in old Fort Akershus. The RCN band' is shown as it be addressed to: emerges fronl the nlain gate at the Fort, leading marching sailors EDITOR, "The Crowsnest" back to their ships. (SL-584) Naval Headquarters, Ottawa, Onto

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Ships of the First Canadian Escort Squadron. (Haida, Micmac, Nootko) and the Third (St. Laurent, Assiniboine and 5aguenay) are berthed from left to right in Copenhagen. (SL·486) Bangors Going lowing a collision in which the Resti­ accident, the Manchester Port to Que­ To Turkish Navy gouche was involved during her final bec and the Restigouche to her berth sea trials. at Canadian Vickers, Montreal. ]'ive Bangor class (steam) coastal Returning from trials in the St. The new destroyer escort sustained escorts which served in the RCN dur­ Lawrence River on Thursday night, extensive structural and machinery ing the Second World War were sche­ November 21, while under the builder's damage, mainly in the boiler room, port duled to be transferred to the Turkish command, she was in collision with the side underwater, in addition to super­ Navy on November 29, at Point Edward British freighter SS Manchester Port. structure damage forward. Naval Base, Sydney, N.S. Both vessels were able to proceed The Restigouche is the first of a new ,The ships,' the Kenora, Kentville, under their own steam following the Nipigon, Fort William and .MediCine class of destroyer escorts developed Hat were the first of 10, allocated to from the St. Laurent class to incor­ Turkey under the NATO Mutual Aid porate improvements in armament and agreement, to be'transferred. The re­ submarine detection capabilities. maining five, which are due to be turned Laid down at Canadian Vickers on over early in 1958, are the Mahone,. July 15, 1953, she was launched on Sarnia, .Swift Current, Westmount and November 22, 1954. Blairmore. She is the. second ship in the RCN On behalf of Turkey, His Excellency to bear. the name. The first Restigouche, Ahmet Cavat Ustun, the Turkish Am­ a veteran of the Battle of the Atlantic bassador to Canada, was to accept the ,md a participant in the Normandy In­ first five. ships from the Hon. G. R. vasion, assisted in the deStruction of Pear-kes, Minister of National Defence. eight surface craft and one U-boat dur­ The Turkish crews arrived at Sydney ing her wartime career. on November 13 in the Turkish naval She left the following battle honours tanker Akar: Following the transfer, to 'her successor: Atlantic, 1939-45; the five llhips, in company with the Normandy, 1944, and Biscay, 1944. Akar, were to sail to Halifax. They Following the collision, Naval Head­ were due to leave the'" Atlantic Com­ quarters .. announced that the commis­ mand port in early December to return sioning would take place after thr! to Turkey by way of the Azores. s'pring break-:up in the St. Lawrence River. Mishap Delays Competition for the Naval Divisions Efficiency Commissioning Trophy, a silver model of HMCS St. Laurent, has Current Affairs been so keen that HMCS MCIIahat, the Victoria The commissioning of the new de­ naval division, thought there ought to be some Bureau Closed stroyer escort Restigouche, due to have recognition for the division that came close. The Burea\.l of Current Affairs, which taken place on November 30, has been Here is a picture of the "Runner.Up Trophl''', was organized in March 1951 with the donated by the ship's company of Malahat for postponed until the spring of 1958 fol- annual competition. (COND.4581) objective of keeping service personnel Page two informed on matters of national and in... of St. Laurent class anti-submarine ves­ ther trials on the helicopter platform ternational concern, will cease to func­ sels stationed in the Pacific Command. with which she was fitted in August. tion as of December 7, according to an The other ships of her class based at Following initial tests made with the Ottawa announcement. EsquiInalt are the Skeena and Fraser, platform in the frigate Buckingharn The dissolution of BCA will not affect both built in British Columbia ship­ during the autumn of 1956, it was de­ the BCA essay contest for 1958, an­ yards. cided to continue further trials with nounced in the September issue of The The Margaree, commanded by Cdr, one of the new St. Laurent class de­ Crowsnest. All l1aval entries received J. E. Korning, has joined the Second stroyers. for the contest aTe to be forwarded to Canadian Escort Squadron, which also After the trials period in U.K. waters Naval I-Ieadquarters for the attention of includes the Crescent, Cayuga, A tha­ the BonaventU'1'e and Ottawa were the Director of Naval Training, who bask-an, Fraser and Skeena. joined by the six ships which had car­ will ensure that entries are considered The ship's company of the Margaree by a special selection committee. included many of the officers and men ried out a cruise to Baltic ports: St. The closing date for the essay con­ who last July took the destroyer escort Laurent, Assiniboine, Saguenay, Mic­ test remains unchanged - February 15, Sioux from Esquilnalt to the East Coast. 1nac, Haida and Noot7ca. 1958. Before their rendezvous on November OttauJa COlJ,tin,ues 15, the ships of the First and Third WrelJ, Rell,JJ,ion 'Copter T,.ials Canadian Escort Squadrons had visited Plannefl for '58 Sailing from Halifax on October 23 Oslo, Norway, their last port of call in in company with the Bonaventure for the cruise. A DOlninion-wide reunion in Van­ the Belfast Londonderry area, the de­ They were scheduled to return to couver of former members of the Wo­ stroyer escort Ottawa carried out fur- Halifax at the end of November. men's Royal Canadian Naval Service is being sponsored by the Vancouver WRCNS Association for the week-end of $175 Essay COlltest August 22-24, 1958, in conjunction with the celebration of British Columbia's centennial. THE NAVY OF THE FUTURE Wartime wrens held their last re­ s THERE any limit to man's ability written on one side of the paper only union in Toronto in August 1950. The I to exploit the sea, or to the devel- and be from 2,000 to 3,000 words in event was an outstanding success with opment of navies? .What is the shape length. If typewritten, they should be about 1,000 former wrens attending. of things to come at sea - in 20, 30 or double-spaced. 100 years from today? 4. Contestants MUST adopt a pel1- Flu, E1Jidem,ic in, A "no-holds-barred" title, "The Navy name to appear on the first page of Cruise Warsl1ilJS of the Future", has been chosen for an the submitted manuscript. Contestant's An epidemic of influenza ran through essay contest open only to naval per- real name should be placed in a sealed six Royal Canadian Navy destroyer es- sonnel, announced by Canadian Ship- envelope securely attached to the man- corts during this fall's Baltic cruise. It ping and Marine Engineering News for uscript "by pin or stapler. Failure to lasted ten days and there were 665 cases, its Royal Canadian Navy issue in March observe these rules will disqualify man- Medical staffs in the six ships were 1958, the seventh special annual naval uscripts. credited with preventing the epidemic issue of the magazine. 5. Entries should be addressed to -TrOm reacl1ing-se-rm-us-prop-ortions. . --==-Because there are likely to be many Director of Naval Information, Naval The majority of attacks were mild different approaches to the sUbject-,-l-'t--Headquarters, Ottawa, and envelope-s~- and only three men required treatment has been decided to offer three prizes, clearly marked "Contest Entry". ashore. These quickly recovered and $100, $50 and $25. A plaque will also 6. All entries must be received at returned to their ships. Generally, be awarded to the winner of first prize. Naval Headqua.rters by February 1, those affected were fully recovered and It is hoped the contest may provoke 1958. fit for duty within 48 hours. serious thought on new trends in naval 7. Only one entry from each con- and maritime matters in general, not testant will be considered. excluding the merchant marine. 8. The first prize entry will be lJlargaree Join,s Here are the conditions of the con- awarded a prize of $100 and a plaque Pacific Fleet test: and will be published in the March The new destroyer escort Margaree 1. The contest is open to all person- 1958 issue of Canadian Shipping and reached Esquimalt from Halifax on No­ nel, regardless of rank, serving in the Murine Engineering News. The editors vember 24 to bring to three the number Royal Canadian Navy, regular force or reserve the right to publish the second active reserve, as of January 1, 1958, and third prize winners, for which $50 with the exception of: and $25, respectively, will be awarded, Royal Visit Duty (a) Officers and men of the RCN (R) in any subsequent issue during the en- To" Be Recognized employed in civil life by the suing six months. The right to pub- A general message from the Flag Maclean - Hunter Publishing Co., Ush non-winning entries during this Officer Atlantic Coast announced that Ltd.; period is also reserved and regular it had been approved to enter the (b) Officers and men appointed or space rates will b~ paid for those pub- notation "Royal Visit Contingent 1957" drafted for naval information lished. in the special recomlnendations sec.. tion on page two of service certifi.. duties. 9. Decision of the judges shall be cates. 2. Articles or stories must be original, final. Men vlho served in the Royal and must be written personally by the con- 10. It is understood that each con- Colour guard, field gun crews, band testant and must not have been pre- testant, in submitting his entry, auto- and Household Guard are eligible for this notation. viously published. matically accepts the above rules and 3. Articles should be clearly legible, conditions.

Page three THE GOVERNOR GENERALIS GULF TOUR French Island of St. Pierre Visited by HMCS Outremont

HREE RESOUNDING cheers broke the Sunday morning stillness over PointT Edward Naval Base as His Excellency Governor General Vincent Massey, hat in hand, stood on the jetty. The tribute -was an expression' of genuine affection from the officers and men of HMCS Outremont, the ship which had been His Excellency's home for the previous five days. Seconds later, Mr. Massey was driven away to the echoing of the Outremont's 21-gun salute. From the moment His Excellency stepped on board at Seven Islands for his tour of North Shore and Gulf com­ munities, his warmth, his vitality and his intense interest in all that was going on about him, drew an immediate re­ sponse of affection from the entire ship's company. He asked that as many as possible of 'the ship's company meet him, and during the tour he shook hands and chatted with nearly everyone on board; he twice accepted invitations to the wardroom and visited with the chief petty officers in their mess. On the quarterdeck of the ,French frigate L'Aventure: His Excellency Francis LaCoste. French For the ship's company, the privilege tlmbossador to Canada; His Excellency the Governor General, the Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey; the of having His Excellency on board commanding officer of L'Aventure, and Governor Pierre Sicaud of St. Pierre and Miquelon. (HS·50049) meant hard work and a high degree of smartness, and everyone responded Lt.-Cdr. M. O. Jones, the Outremont's Returning to the North Shore, the willingly. commanding officer, paid a call on the Outremont went alongside at Havre Ste. The 24-man guard, commanded by mayor of Seven Islands. During the Pierre, Quebec, early in the afternoon Lt. Robert Luke and trained by CPO afternoon the ship's officers toured the and the ship's company were able to Roy Hatlin, drew "admirable" praise vast loading facilities there through the see at first hand the welcome accorded from His Excellency. Composed of men courtesy of the Iron Ore Company of His Excellency. Most of the town's from nearly every branch, the guard Canada. 1,500 inhabitants were waiting on the was paraded no less than 17 times dur­ His Excellency embarked at 1930 and jetty and almost all of the homes and ing the six-day tour. the ship sailed shortly afterward for buildings in the community were de­ The cooks and stewards were faced the first port of call. Among those corated with the Acadian flag - the with the problem of catering to a ward­ accompanying the Governor General French red, white and blue with a room whose members increased three­ were Lionel Massey, his son and sec­ white star on the masthead corner. fold. retary, Esmond Butler, assistant sec­ School children sang the Acadian an­ them for His Excellency and a gO-girl The seamen were turned to at least retary, and two aides. choir at the School sang in French about four times a day to handle lines, weigh Seven members of the press, repre­ youths' hopes for the future of the St. or drop anchor or get the motor cutter senting news agencies, radio, television Lawrence. As the Outremont left the away. And to the engineering depart~ and newsreel organizations also em­ ment goes credit for a smoothly run­ barked at Seven Islands. They were jetty, the town's young and old alike riing cutter. a refreshing addition to the wardroom. sang "0 Canada". The Outremont arrived at Seven First port of call, on the following The following morning, September 18, Islands September 16 in a driving rain, morning, was Port Menier, the lone the Outremont dropped anchor outside which happily proved to be the only settlement on Anticosti Island. The Harrington Harbour, a fishing and seal­ unfavourable weather encountered dur­ Outremont anchored in the harbour and ing community on the North Shore. The ing the tour. In fact, the weather was His Excellency went ashore by motor community was settled 80 years ago by remarkable for September in all areas cutter. He returned with five newly­ Newfoundlanders and boasts a popula­ visited. Old-timers at St. Pierre, for killed deer which had been presented tion of 560. Here the fishing boats, instance, remarked that the day on to him by the community. His Excel­ crowded with townsfolk, escorted His Which His Excellency visited the French lency promptly reserved the deer for Excellency's cutter back to Outremont. iSland was one 6f the sunniest and the Outremont and three days later the In the afternoon, the Outremont again warmest in years.·' ship's company dined on venison. anchored, this time at La Tabatierre-

Page' four meaning tobacco jar - about about 30 miles further along the coast. Estab­ lished only three years ago, the com­ munity numbers 360 people and is built around a huge fish processing plant which handles 1,250,000 pounds of fish each year. On this day His Excellency was in­ vited to the chief petty officers' mess, where he chatted with them for about an hour. CPO Leonard Girling, the Outremont's coxswain, the lone crew member to have previously met Mr. Massey, chatted with him about the occasion-the commissioning of the air­ craft carrier Warrior in 1946. Mr. Massey was High Commissioner to the United Kingdom at the time. After leaving La Tabatlerre, the Ou­ tremont headed southward for the over­ night run to Port Aux Basque, New­ foundland. The ship went alongside and Mr. Massey was welcomed at the town's Canadian Legion hall. His Excellency the Governor General conducts prayers on board the frigate Outremont at Point Edward naval base, Sydney, Nova Scotia. The "mothballed fleet" is in the background. (HS·50042) His Excellency Francis LaCoste, the French Ambassador to Canada, em­ It was the first visit by a Canadian The following morning the Governor barked in the Outremont at Port Aux Governor General to the islands and Mr. General inspected a large fish-process­ Basque and was accorded a 19-9un Massey was accorded a rousing wel­ ing plant and- toured St. Pierre by car, salute as he boarded. come by thousands of St. Pierre's citi­ inspected L'Aventure and was host on Thursday evening the Outremont ar­ zens. board the Outremont at a reception rived off St. Pierre, where before berth­ That evening, the Outremont's com­ in honour of Mr. Sicaud. ing, she exchanged a 21-gun national manding officer was privileged to attend In the afternoon His Excellency em­ salute and 17-gun salute to Pierre Si­ the state dinner for Mr. Massey at the barked in the L'Aventure and with the caud, the Governor of St. Pierre and Governor's residence and the ship's of­ Out?'emont in company proceeded to Miquelon, with the French frigate ficers attended the Governor's reception Miquelon for an hour's visit. He re­ L'Aventure. later in the evening. joined the Outremont, and escorted to the three-mile limit by L'Aventure the Canadian frigate headed for Ramea, Newfoundland. St. Pierre had its embarrassing mo- -~ -ments-for__one__oLJ;he_CanadialL cQrre", ._ spondents. He attended the Governor's reception and inadvertently left behind a piece of his tape recorder. Bright and early next morning he phoned the Governor's residence, and, proficient in the French language, asked whether anyone had found a piece of tape re­ corder. The rather sleepy voice at the other end didn't know, but would un­ dertake to inquire, and after a rela­ tively short time returned to say the missing mechanism was indeed there. Before hanging up, the correspondent learned much to his horror, that he had the dubious honour of awakening the Governor of St. Pierre and Miquelon. An old friend joined the Outremont at St. Pierre. Captain Thomas Houn- sell, of St. John's, who had been pilot for the ship during her June tour of Newfoundland outports with Cancom- new, joined as pilot to take the frigate into Ramea. His Excellency the Governor General was a luncheon host to Pierre SicalJd, Governor of St. The people of Ramea did not wait b~ Pierre and Miquelon, on board the Outremont. Here the stewards stand the luncheon they for the Outremont to berth to welcome have prepared. From the left they are AB G. J. Vigneault, Ord. Sea. J. I. Penny, PO Cecil Briggs, AB Theodore Labrie and AB John Cosby. (HS·50052) His Excellency: A half-dozen draggers Page five and fishing vessels, crowded with peo­ , , ple, met the ship as she entered the ~_.I long and narrow approaches to the town, early Saturday morning. Fllilg­ ""V bedecked, they escorted the Outremont =-- ._--- into the picturesque harb\lur, where again,. hundreds crowded the tiny jetty. , Here, His Excellency walked into the village, visited the school children in their classrooms, inspected Ramea's sea oadet corps and had coffee at the home of Mrs. Maud Penny, who is president of the community's large fish process­ ing plant, established 100 'years ago by the family of Mrs~ Penny's late husband. As the Outremont sailed for Sydney later in the morning the fishing fleet was again her escort and those aboard the tiny craft cheered His Excellency. as he waved goodbye. Outside the har­ bour, Outremont passed the inbound coastal steamer Baccalieu, dressed over­ all ror the occasion. The highlight of the tour for the ship's officers occurred on passage from Miquelon to Ramea, when the ward­ room officers were privileged to dine with His Excellency. Attending with His Excellency were Crowds throng the jetty to greet the Governor General Pierre, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. (HS.50059) Mr. LaCoste, the Captain, Captain Hounsell, Lionel Massey, Lt.-Cdr. Es­ The Outremont returned to Sydney "each and everyone of you for your mond Butler and the members of the Saturday night, September 21, and His press, headed by their dean, Roy Tash, many kindnesses to me". of Toronto. Excellency disembarked Sunday morn­ It was a gesture typical of His Ex­ The dinner and its preparation were ing. Before doing so, however, he at­ cellency, one of the many acts of kind­ indeed a tribute to the work of both tended prayers with the ship's com­ ness which won him the affection of cooks and stewards. pany. Then, he spoke briefly, thanking all those on board Outremont.

The Minister of National Defence, Hon. G. R. Pearkes is shown alighting from a naval helicopter at the Naval Air Station, Shearwater, after a flight .,from the aircraft carrier Bona· What may well be' the world's only "interna'tio~al" submarine group, the Royal Navy's Sixth venture at sea. He is being greeted by Cap. Submarine Squadron, based at Halifax, was visited by the Flag Officer Submarines of the RN, Rear.Admiral W. J. W. Woods. He is shown as he inspected the British and Canadian submariners lain R. P. Weiland, commanding officer of the who serve in the squadron. (HS-49728) slallon. (DNS-9274) , Page six OFFICERS AND MEN

Former eNS "It is 47 years since the Royal Can­ to work in every ship and squadron he Retu.rn.~ to Sea adian Navy came into being and a little commanded to translate that word 'dis­ over 46 since I had the honour of tak­ cipline' into 'efficiency, consideration, A man who headed the Royal Can­ ing service with it," he said, "and I understanding' - in other words 'team adian Navy through 14 of its formative assure you that it is only those who work' and so enable him to say he had years returned to sea on board an ultra­ took part in the first half of that period, the honour to command a 'band of modern destroyer escort, and liked what with its trials and difficulties, who can brothers'. he saw. experience the gratification I feel in "That is the 'Nelson tradition', that Rear - Admiral Walter Hose, RCN witnessing the splendid development (Ret'd), of Windsor, Ontario, took pas­ and nothing else, and I am convinced that I have been privileged to see some­ that it is that spirit, more than any­ sage in the St. Laurent when she and thing of in Esquimalt, in Halifax, in six other Canadian destroyer escorts thing else, which has made the Royal the RCN (reserve) Divisions I have sailed from Halifax to the United King­ Canadian Navy the spendidly efficient visited, and now at sea in one of HMC dom in September to join the NATO force that it is, the joy of those who Ships. manreuvres. are in it, and the pride of the country The retired admiral, Chief of the "From what I have seen of our Navy it serves." Naval Staff from 1920 to 1934, cele­ and not least from what I have seen brated his 82nd birthday on October 2. in Her Majesty's Canadian Ship St. Promotions from LaU1'ent, in spite of the great changes Though long-removed from active navy Lower Deck life, he has maintained a lively interest that have taken place in almost every A number of chief petty officers and in the service and in organizations al­ branch of naval technique, what was petty officers were promoted from the lied to it. known as the 'Nelson tradition' is evi­ lower deck recently to the rank of act­ In an address to the ship's company dently not dead. In fact, I think the ing commissioned branch officers and of the St. Laurent at Sunday divisions, very changes have accentuated it. to acting sub-lieutenant. Admiral Hose said the "Nelson tradi­ "It was Admiral Nelson who realized tion" is not dead, despite the great that what was called 'discipline' in the They are: A/Cd. Off. (SB) C. H. changes in almost every branch of Can­ fleet of that day, was a harsh and ar­ Walker, 35, of New Westminster, B.C., adian naval technique, bitrary exercise of authority, and he set who has been appointed to HMCS Gloucester; A/Cd. Constr. Off. J. W. T. Burnett, 32, of Victoria, appointed to staff of Superintendent, HMC Dock­ yard, Esquimalt; A/Cd. Gnr. R. J. Le­ duc, 35, of Montreal, to the Lanark; 'li~i.;•• ....:.-__. .:...... _:A/Cd. Gnr, S. F. Brain, 31, of Victoria, • tlY"th-e-Assini-bnin-e,------A/Cd. Rad. Off. J. G. Mimnagh, 31, of Halifax, on the staff of the Electrical School, Stadacona; A/Cd. Rad. Off. J. A. Knight, 33, of Victoria, to the Elec­ trical School, Stadacona; A/Cd. Rad. Off. R. W. Bright, 33, of Victoria, to staff of Superintendent, HMC Dock­ yard, Halifax. A/Cd. Ord. Off. W. J. Renaud, 35, of Westport, Ont., and A/Cd. Ord. Off. R. P. Wight, 36, of Ottawa, both to the United Kingdom for an ordnance en­ gineering course with the RN, and A/Sub-Lt. (S) R. A. Butler, 29, of Langstaff, Ont., and A/Sub-Lt. (S) R. R. Godden, 27, of Belleville, Ont., who have recently completed a supply of­ ficer's technical course at Hochela'ga.

Sault Ste. Marie Donates TV Set A recent letter to the Flag Officer Rear-Admiral Walter Hose, RCN, (Ret'd), of Windsor, ant" aged 82, who wos Chief of the Atlantic Coast brought to light a kindly N.a;~1 Staff from 19.20 to, 1934, addresses the ship's company of HMCS St. Laurent at Sunday D,VISIons at sea, whIle takmg passage on board the ultra-modern anti-submarine warship to the deed by crew members of the Sault United Kingdom. (SL-280) Ste. Marie, coastal escort vessel.' Page seven The letter, from. the chairman of the A non-public-funds organization runs "All in all, Cheltenham can consider Cape Breton (mental) Hospital Com­ canteens, a groceterla, gasoline pumps itself fortunate to have the opportunity mission, said in part: "At a recent and a hobby shop and ploughs its profits to work side by side with our Can­ meeting of the Cape Breton Hospital back in the community. adian allies. They're all fine people and Commission, the members requested "Also located in Shearwater," Cap­ we're happy to have them aboard." that I express to the ship's company tain Welland points out, "are our of the .Sault Ste. Marie ou,!' sincere brothers-in-arms, the RCAF, who fly Officer Qll,alifies as thanks for their donation to''the hos:" regularly from our runways, and a small Nuclear E'lgineer pital of a television set." but indispensable group of soldiers, the The first naval officer to qualify at The letter added: "The gift is all the g~ound liaison group and the dental ser­ a Canadian university for a degree in more appreciated for the reason that vices. We house the Trans-Canada Air­ nuclear engineering, Lt. (E) Stanley E. so far as we are aware no members of ways, and we also get assistance from Hopkins received his Master of Science the ship's'crew are residents ,'of Cape several Department of Transpqrt Offi­ diploma from the University of Ottawa Breton and therefore have no direct cers, who are in the weather business on November 1. interest in the patients at our institu­ and who live on the base." The nuclear engineering course was tion." The name of the newspaper (Naval­ the first to be offered by a Canadian aire) was suggested by 15 - year - old university. Admiral GltBst Betty Pegden, whose parents,' Flight On completion of his course, Lt. Hop­ Of Chief and POs Sergeant Bob Pegden, RCAF, and Mrs. kins was seconded to the Chalk River Just a few days after he had pro­ Pegden, live at Shearwnter. plant of Atomic Energy of Canada Lim- ceeded on retirement leave, Rear-Ad­ The editor-in-chief of the newspaper , ited. Early in January he will return miral R. ,E. S. Bidwell, former Flag is Lt. (P) George Seymour and his to Ottawa as Assistant Staff Officer Officer Atlantic Coast, was guest of assistant editor is Lt. (SB) Eric Hay­ Nuclear Engineering at Naval Head­ honour at the annual Life Membership wood,who is in charge of the Shear­ quarters. dinner of the Chief and Petty Offi,cers' wate't~ photographic section. Six engineers took the post-.graduate mess in the Stadacona gunroom on Sep­ .The Crowsnest wishes a long and nuclear engineering course at the, Uni­ tember 24. uSeful career to its new comrade-in­ versity of Ottawa. One of Lt. Hopkins' The 'dinner is an annual get-together type. classmates, John Tremayne Rodd, has for all life .members of the mess and joined the Naval Engineering Design the' opportunity is taken to present new Eight from ReN Investigation Team at Ville LaSalle, "pensioners" with life membership cards At USN Station Montreal. and lapel buttons. Sixteen of the 22 One officer and seven men of the Mr. Radd, born in Sydney, Australia, new life members were present. Royal Canadian Navy are currently 32 years ago, was awarded a Bachelor Other honoured guests, in addition to serving at the U.S. Naval Radio Sta­ of Engineering degree by the Univer­ . Rear-Admiral Bidwell, were I-lis Wor­ tion at Cheltenham, Maryland, not far sity of Sydney in 1948. He was also ship the Mayor of Halifax, L. A. I<'itz, from the nation's capital-enough, says awarded a Master of Science degree in and~ Commodore E. W. Finch-Noyes, the station's paper The Antenna, to pro­ nuclear engineering on November 1. Commodore RCN Barraclts, I-Ialifax. voke thoughts of setting up an exclu­ Born in Nelson, Ontario, on January They assisted the president, CPO R. R. sively Canadian division there. 26, 1928, Lt. Hopkins entered the RCN Eade, in the presentation of member­ The "no:rtherners", as they are known as a naval cadet at Royal Roads in ship cards and pins. ' in Maryland, include Cd. Off. (SB) John .August 1945. He attended the Royal

Any chief or petty officer who .has A. MacDonald, Petty Officers Harvey r 'Naval Engineering College, Plymouth, completed 2Q years and is in receipt Eaton, Colin Cope, Marley MacAllister as midshipman (E) and obtained his of .a pension .mFty become a life mem-:­ and Clifford Gee, Leading Seamen Keith engine room watchkeeping certificate her by making application to the mess Zavitski and John Robitaille, and AB while serving in ships of the Royal president. John Sidney. . Navy. RCN personnel began making tours While serving in the cruiser Quebee, Pal!er ·Published­ of duty to',the Maryland radio statiqn 1952-53, he was selected to attend the At Shearwater in 1953, and U.S. radio personnel have advance marine engineering course at A weekly newspaper which should similarly .served in Canadian naval Royal' Naval' College, .Gre~nwich. meet a real need in a thriving com­ radio st.ations. On completion of the tw~year course munity, The Navalaire, has made its The Canadians have· fOl.lnd\ the. 'cost Lt. Hopkins 'was reappoihted-·•. to the appearance at HMCS Shedrwater. of living a Iittle lower than at home, Quebec~,B'~fore.embarking ~nthe. nu~ fAs Captain R. P. WeIland, command­ efCcept for food costs. The'" A nt~nna .clear engineeringcOttrse at' the Univer­ ing officer, p'oints out in'the first issue notes, "'perhaps with wonder, ... that they ·sity.. of···Ottawa,.· Lt,' Hopkins .served for of"thepaper, She'Ct/rwater is more than prefer· their 'own Canadian.... rnadecigar... four and.a hal£- months in the Ehgineer- stat~on. an air It· is

HE WAY most school history books dians, the still-unbeaten French, and it Diana and to lead a small squadron T tell it, British rule in Canada was is possible to understand what General to assist the army in the reduction of established by the famous battle on the Murray and his men felt during that Montreal. Because by this time "Brit­ Plains of Abraham in September 1759. dreadful winter of 1759-60 and their annia ruled the waves", this squadron The Royal Navy played an important anxiety when their scout reported in the was small and unprotected: Diana, 32 role in this, one of the most notable spring that General Levis, with 11,000 guns; Penzance, 44; Porcupine, 16; Gas­ combined operations of history, but if troops, was approaching from Montreal. pee, 8; nine row-galleys with one gun the Navy had not intervened again a In April 1760 Canada might have each; 26 large rowboats, and 40 tran­ few months later (and this is the point become French again except for one sports. that students of naval history feel is thing: British sea power. Levis was By the autumn Captain Deane and too often overlooked), Quebec might within an ace of recapturing Quebec the Diana had completed the capture well have returned to French rule, when on April 15 "like angels' wings" of Canada. Nothing now remained ex­ leaving all to do again. the sails of a squadron from England cept the political acceptance of a mili­ When the French capitulated after under Commodore Swanton appeared tary fact, achieved mainly by sea power, the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, below Cape Diamond. and this occurred when the Treaty of the main French forces withdrew, leav­ One of the ships of the squadron was Paris in 1763 confirmed Britain's pos­ ing a garrison under General Murray HMS Diana, a frigate of 32 guns, which session of the "Province of Canada", to "hold the fort" over the cold Can­ had been at Louisburg and the fall of Cape Breton Island and St. John's (now adian winter. Some ships went to Hal­ Quebec City and which had returned Prince Edward) Island. ifax or Louisbourg but the majority to England for the winter. Something more should be said of returned to England. Now, in the spring of 1760, she and the frigate Diana, the second British Only northerners can understand the the frigate Lowestoft went up river to warship to bear the name. full meaning of the term "winter" as attack the small covering force of Built at Limehouse in 1757, she was applied to pioneering days in Canada­ French ships. By April 17 only one. of 668 tons, 124 ft: x 35 ft. x 12 ft., month after month of cold, snow, ice sloop had escaped and the French mounted 32 twelve-pounders and had and Arctic wind, the feeling that spring army, being enfiladed at Sillery, began a complement of 220. will never come, the long struggle to to retreat. The Greeks in their mythology gave keep alive, when giving in seems so On May 18 Lord Colville arrived with Diana, the twin sister of Apollo, thr.ee easy. Add to the distress arising from the Halifax squadron. He appointed 'separate spheres: the earth, where she the rigorous climate, hunger, fear, In- Captain Deane, RN, to command the was goddess of chastity and of hunt­ ing; the underworld, where she was called Hecate; the heavens, where, as goddess of the moon, she was called Phcebe. Her temple at Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the World in ancient times. The first Diana in the Royal Navy was a little 80-ton merchantman, with a crew of 40, hired by the City of Lon­ don to take part in the Battle of the Spanish Armada. In February, 1758 the second Diana (Capt. Alex. Schomberg), wearing the broad pendant of Commodore PhiliP. Durell, sailed from England to become part of Admiral Boscawen's expedition against Louisbourg and to share in the fall of the French fortress on July 25. In February 1759 she sailed from Spithead in Vice-Admiral Saunder's fleet which was destined to capture Quebec. The naval force was divided into three sections: the ships-of-the­ line (Rear-Admiral Durell) remained down river to prevent any interference from the Atlantic; the main body (Vice­ Admiral Saunders) covered the trans­ ports in the vicinity of Quebec it­ ,.. ~"'· ..i',.~, ~ -, . - ~ L... . self; a small squadron (Rear-Admiral c., Holmes) was sent up river to guard One of the ships which took port in the capture of Quebec was HMS Centurion, fourth to bear against any attack from that quarter the name. The model pictured here was made for Admiral Anson, whose flagship she was during his circumnavigation of the world. The Centurion began the journey in 1740. and to keep the defenders guessing. Page nine The Diana was in the third group. Here warships which sailed from Spithead were landed under the guns of the she not only aided in the British vic­ February 17 to commence the assault Centurion. tory but also gained experience which on New France. On June 26 Admiral Before she was broken up in 1769, was to stand her in good stead during Saunders, reinforced from Halifax and the Centurion (Captain Jas. Galbraith) the following year. Louisbourg by squadrons under Rear­ was in Admiral Pocock's fleet when Another interesting representative of Admiral Holmes and Rear - Admiral Havana was captured August 14, 1762. the larger ships that took part in the Durell and by troops commanded by Numerous warships and merchantmen Siege of Quebec during the summer of Major-General 'Wolfe, anchored near were taken and much money and loot 1759 was HMS Centurion. Quebec and commenced the long strug­ came to hand. How were the shares In the Roman army a centurion was gle which resulted in the Frenohcap­ all divided up? Read it and weep: an officer who commanded one hundred itulation on September 18. The troops, Admiral-£123,000; . captains-£1,600; men (later one sixtieth of a legion). which took part in the Battle of the petty officers-£ 17; seamen and mar­ Chosen by the tribunes, a centurion was Plains of Abraham, September 13, 1759, ines-£4.-C.H.L. of first or second grade with the duties of drill and supervision of work and with the power to award punishment for minor offences. The first Centurion in the Royal Navy NEWSPAPER with what the trade was a 250-ton merchantman with a calls "hundred per cent reader­ crew of 100, hired by the City of Lon­ ship"A has gone to press for the last don to prosecute the war against Spain time. School was out for Bergy Bits, in 1588. She played a good part in the the Labrador's own paper, by the time Battle of the Armada and in further the Arctic patrol vessel reached her actions against Spain, notably the cap­ home port of Halifax. Because of the ture of the Island of Lanzarote and of announcement that the "Nifty 50" would San Juan de Puerto Rico. be transferred next year to the Depart­ The second Centurion, of 531 tons, 48 ment of Transport, it was unlikely guns and a crew of 230, was launched Bergy Bits' presses would ever roll iIi 1650. She gained battle honours again. during the First and Second Dutch Through the pages of Canada's most Wars (Dover, Portland, North Fore­ northerly publication had cavorted a land, Lowestoft, St. Jame's Bay) and group of animal cartoon characters, for went on to do valuable work against the most part shamelessly borrowed the Algerines in the Mediterranean. from Walt Kelly's famous "Pogo" strip. . The third Centurion was a 614-ton But there was one rugged individualist frigate built at Deptford in 1690. She among the lot for whom the hauling was 126 feet iong and had a crew of down of the White Ensign meant the 240. Throughout her 36 years of ser­ end of a career. vice she saw action_ in several spheres, The last editor of Bergy Bits, Ldg. .~/~ her principal battles being Cape Bar­ Sea. John L. Hebgin, has described the fleur, La Hogue and Velez Malaga. last days on board of old Buzz Bear, And now we come to the ship that who, because of certain capers on the the "rabbit box" made for him by the helped to capture Canada. HMS Cen­ Baltic cruise last spring, had been shipwrights contained dozens of little turion, the fourth of her name, was a dipped from a PICA (cook's assistant) souvenirs of Labrador - touching little 60-gun ship of 1,095 tons whose prin­ to a LSQM, a change that meant the mementos - a ship's crest, a set of cipal dimensions were 144 ft. x 40 ft. x loss of both status and perquisites. screwdrivers, a box of chocolate bars, 14 ft. This is how Editor Hebgin tells it and a pound of butter, ten cartons of cig­ In 1740-44 she wore the broad pen­ how the staff cartoonist, Ldg. Sea. R. arettes and two large Grade A turkeys. dant of Commodore George Anson, RN, McIvor, pictures it: He told us he could stay on the ship when this great sailor completed his "For several days after the initial with the DOT, but pride of uniform circumnavigation of the world. announcement of the ship's destiny he meant too much. He'd miss the White The Centurion was cut down to a could not be found either with the Ensign, the extra rations, thepusser 50-gun ship in 1746 and as such led the other QMs in their bunks or in his old pipes, the crowd on the bridge. He van. the following year under Captain haunt, the galley. The off-duty com­ figured Stad (RC) could dispose of him Denis in Vice-Admiral Anson's action municators said they thought they in ten days and he'd head north, a against Admiral de la J onquiere off caught sight of him in the starboard civvy, to prowl the shores of Foxe Finisterre, May 3, when 13 warships, void space at church time Sunday, but Basin in search of Mitzi and those two six merchantmen and some £300,000 they couldn't be sure. On the list for husky cubs he left behind. in specie were taken. refit and for the Gulf cruise, his name "You know," he said, turning at the . In 1751, under Captain Augustus did not appear. With that as the final door, with a wistful smile, "if the Navy Keppel, the Centurion was sent to Al­ blow Buzz Bear was forced to admit ever gets another icebreaker - well, giers to settle som,e political matters that the end had come. His last draft news travels fast in the Arctic, and with the Dey and in 1754 she and HMS was in. I'll corrie aboard. I may be a little too Norwich escorted a large troop convoy So he made his decision. Wandering old by then but, if I am, I've got a fine to N'orth America. into the editorial offices of Bergy Bits son." In 1759, now under Captain Mantell, the other day he showed us his kit, The door closed and Buzz Bear was she formed part of Vice-Admiral Saun­ neatly packed in his attache case, how gone. C1er's fleet (flagship Neptune) of 49

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Part of the reason for revISIng the personnel structure of the Royal Canadian Navy lies in the new and complex weapons devised for warfare at sea. In this view a long the quarterdeck of HMCS Fraser can be seen electrically-operated, radar-controlled three-;nch-50 guns, capable of firing prox­ imity-fused shells, and anti-submarine mortars which received their firing instructions from the ship's sonar. THE NEW RCN PERSONNEL STRUCTURE PLAN Fleet Informed by Message from Chief of Naval Staff

HE FACT that a new personnel "The final report of this committee be formed. The majority of T structure will be established for has now been reviewed by the Naval officers will be borne on the the Royal Canadian Navy was an­ Board. Most of the changes recom­ General List, which will in­ nounced to the Fleet in a general mes­ mended therein have been approved or clude a restricted duty section sage from Vice-Admiral H. G. DeWolf, accepted in principle and the detailed for highly-specialized technical Chief of the Naval Staff, on Novem­ implementation of the report is now and administrative officers. The ber 5. The text of this message fol­ being studied. Special -List will comprise doc­ lows: "The recommendations contained in tors, chaplains, instructor officers the report are far reaching in their "In June 1956 the Naval Board agreed and others with special knowl­ effect. They include, for officers: edge. The Limited Duty List to the formation of a committee known "(a) The introduction of a new offi­ will contain commissioned offi­ as 'The Ad Hoc Committee on RCN cer structure which will provide cers or officers promoted from Personnel Structure'. opportunity for a broader and commissioned rank but not sel­ "The duties of this committee were more challenging career. Ex­ ected for the General or Special published in General Orders. Many isting branches will be abolished List. officers and men took advantage of the and three lists, which have been "(b) Other changes which affect ca­ opportunity offered and have made val­ referred to in the report as' the det training, visual standards, uable contributions to the work of the General List, the Special List specialist and advanced training committee. and the Limited Duty List will and promotion procedures.

Page eleven "For men: "(c). Common entry for men with classification into a trade dur­ ing new entry training. "(d) A new trade structure iIi which men will be trained to operate and maintain equipment, sup­ plemented by skilled technicians responsible for the difficult re­ pair work. "(e) Improved training methods where feasible, including train­ ing on the job for Trade Group l. "(f) .New promotion procedures, in­ cluding an improved 8507 as­ .sessment system. "(g) Other changes which affect re­ cruiting, terms of engagement, visual standards and improved testing classification and per­ sonnel selection procedure, and measures . designed to increase the responsibility of senior men. "The report also covers certain fields Technology has come a long way since Second World War days when the corvette was the backbone of the Fleet. affecting officers and men equally. These recommendations include fixed corpmission periods and the paying off of ships during r~fit. "The personnel changes recommended for the RCN will be reflected in the overall organization and structure of the RCN(R). "I do not believe in 'change for change's sake', but I am firmly con­ vinced that we are living in an era of radical and rapidly accelerating changes in technical matters, particularly as they affect the .fighting efficiency of our ships. "Therefore our personnel structure must be as flexible as possible and our personnel so trained that they can meet these developments. Extensive changes as outlined above cannot be brought into effect overnight. While we must not lag in our efforts, J do not consider undue haste desirable. The full effect of these changes will not be felt for some years. The principle is one of evolution and not revolution. "During the implementation of the report, I consider it to be of paramount importance that the rights and interests of the individual·officer and men be carefully guarded. I, therefore, intend that each of the major changes shall, after the views of the Flag Officers have been· obtained, be carefully re­ considered by the Naval Board before implementation. c' "By· the same token, however, if im­ plementation is to be successful, I shall expect the full support of every officer and man once the final decision has The rapid development of new weapons and electronic equipment during and since the Second been taken. World War meant that specially trained technicians had to be carried on board ship in oddition "The Fleet will be kept fully in­ to the men who operated the equipment. The neW personnel structure plan proposes to slow down this trend by training men both as operators and maintainers. Here CPO Erland Grant, gunnery ·formed at regular intervals of the pro­ instructor, and Ldg. Sea. Raymond Lalonde, armourer's mate, check electrical contacts on one of gress of implementation." the Ottawa's three-inch-50 guns. P·age twelve ~ .... arid an,swers in~ eX]Jlan,ation of the n,ew RCN 30 UESTIONS Person,nel Structure an.d its likely effect o}~ careers. HE ROYAL Canadian Navy in is unlikely to be felt for about five III T l'roven1bel" adopted a revised per­ years in the case of Inen, and possibly sonnel structure which will be intro­ not for ten years or more in the case Has it yet been dete?'1nined how the changes will affect individual officers duced progressively over the next few of officers, There will be 110 changes years. As the Chief of the Naval Staff made without considerable advance no­ and 1nen who are now. ser1)ing? said in a message to the ]'leet, its iln­ tice, All the appropriate regulations, All the existing rights and privileges plementation will be evolutionary rather manuals, etc., will have been alnended of serving personnel will be carefully than revolutionary. or produced well in advance of the im.... guarded. Much detail work has yet to' Revision of the personnel structure plementation of any particular change, be done before a specific answer to this has been made advisable by the in­ question could be given to any individ­ c;reasingly technical nature of naval ual. I'J0 changes will be retroactive, weapons and equipment. It is the out... I-Iow tIle Pl"ogl"alll and thus all officers and men will re-. COlne of a study begun in 1956 by a tain their present rank and trade quali­ Will Be 1UIIJlelllellted special cOlumittee established Hto ex­ fications. I:Iowever, there n1ay be al­ amine the present personnel structure A 1Jlanning group has heen terations in the qualifications for future of the."RCN, and to make recomlnenda­ established within the Naval Per... promotion and these will, of course, tions as to the most suitable officer and sonnel Branch at Naval Head­ have to be Inet. Once again, notice man structure which would be in the quarters for the inltple?nentation will be given well in advance so that· best interest of the service and the na­ of the report of tl,le ad hoc every officer and man in the fleet will tion, with emphasis on econOIUY, effi­ co?n?nittee on RCN 1JerSonnel have full and accurate knowledge of ciency and simplicity". structure. This group will be the requirements that he may have to Views were contributed by person­ 1'esponsible for planning and co ... meet in the future, and of the further nel ranging in rank from able seamen ordinating the p?'ocedures, pre­ opportunities which they present -to to admirals. The committee also ex... pa?'ation of regulations, training him. tended its studies to the other armed 7nanuals and publications re­ services, and to the Royal Navy, the quired for the i?nple?ilentation IV of the reco?n1nendations approved U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. H ow is it intended 1 that these changes by the Naval Board. Valuable'information was obtained froln be introduced? all these sources. Many of the '1'eco?n?nendations Each change will be considered care­ Some of the pro}Josals are: approved by the Naval Board are fully and in detail by the Naval Board 1. Common entry· for seamen. inte?'?'elated 01' dependent upon folloVving consultation with the Flag 2. IncreasedeInphasis on on... the-job each other. In addition,- these training. changes. will require the intro­ Officers. .Officers and men will then be 3. Wider adoption of the user-main:" duction of new ad?ninistrative sys­ informed in detail by means of lec­ tainer principle. ten~s and ?nethods. This ?neans tures, and other effective means, of 4. A greatly revised officer structure.. that the i1J1plenlentation of, the their place in the new structure. Where The personnel changes recommended various changes, and the ad?11ini­ there are alternatives available they for the RCN will be reflected in the strative syste?11S necessary, ?J1ust will be given the opportunity to ex­ overall organization and structure of be co-ordinated in an overall press their preferences. the RCN(R). progra?J1 so that the changes can be The effects of these and other recom­ effectively introduced and subse­ v mendations are discussed in the series quently controlled. This is an age of specialization. Will of thirty questions and answers .that The i?11plen~entation g?'oup will this progra?11, tend to 1Jroduce officers follow: first p?'epare an overall plan who are "Jacks-of-all-trades", or does which will indicate the target I it recogni.ze the need for a high degree dates for' CO?J1?nence?nent and of specialist capability? . Do the reconl?nendations which have c01npletion of each of the changes. been approved fOT i?nplernentation ac ... Subsequently, the group will work First, it is specifically 'designed to tually produce a clear-cut and i-111?ne­ with all departnlents in the Navy meet the requirements .of the age of diate plan_ for radical' changes which in order to p?'epare the necessary specialization. One of these is that all will affect all ofjicers and '1nen now regulations and rnanuals, etc. permanent regular force officers 'on -the serving? The inl1Jle?nentation group will general list should have a broad found­ not be responsibIe for the intro­ ation of knowledge of the various spe­ No. They provide a basis for a 'con­ cialties essential to the continuing pro­ tinuing and flexible program of grad­ duction of any cha,nge in the Navy. They will, however, en­ gress and effective' operation,' of the ual change, and as a whole will take fleet. '(General list -- General.. Duty a matter of years to implement. sure that all the detailed work, including the draft regulations officers) . A second requirement is -that the vast majority of officers should II which are necessary is co?npleted and then passed to the Chief of have a more advanced· knowledge of How soon will the effects be felt? Naval Personnel for review by at least one specialty (General list­ The effects will not be immediate, the Naval Board and subsequent General Duty officers-Sub-Specialist). though the .first changes will become irnple?11entation. The third requireluent is that some of­ noticeable during 1958. The full effect ficers, should have specialist capability Page thirteen developed to the very highest possible training, and thereafter will take their XI degree (General list-Restricted Duty place in the normal fashion on the officers). A fourth requirement is that general list following precisely the same What will be the qualifications and some officers should have a fully de­ path as those who entered through the career opportunities for officers of the List? veloped practical specialist capability, ROTP. Special but do not need to proceed beyond this The special list will contain medical point into the higher reaches of ad­ VIII officers, chaplains, instructor officers and vanced theoretical knowledge (Limited other officers who are now contained in Duty List). What is the purpose of the Limited the Special Branch whose special skills Duty List? are required. VI The principal purpose is to take ad­ The qualifications for entry into each H ow will these four requirements be vantage ,of the mature experience of category will vary and opportunities met? specialized practical knowledge pos­ for promotion will be limited to each category. The first will be met by ensuring that sessed by the present Branch Officer. all permanent regular force officers on The establishment of this list makes XII the general list are so trained as to possible the further promotion of such give them a broad general knowl­ officers, without placing them in com­ What are the main advantages of edge of all departments in a ship. petition with those on the general list the new officer structure? It is expected that this will be pro­ who will naturally be possessed of There are six main advantages as vided during the young officer's first higher academic education, and of follows: four years of service in the fleet, broader professional training and ex­ 1. The vast majority of officers will subsequent to his initial four years' perience. Promotion from the ranks have a common background of training. training as a naval cadet. Following to this list is of course open to 2. The structure will provide alarger this, a limited number of these officers all. Furthermore there will be pro­ field from which to select the senior who display particular aptitude and VISIon for the exceptional Limited officers of the future. Duty List officer to be transferred serious interest will proceed to highly 3. It will open the positions of higher specialized training, and their knowl­ to the General List and thereafter com­ command to a much larger group of edge will be advanced to what may be pete for promotion in this list. The officers by eliminating the relatively described broa¢lly as the standard of Limited Duty List will replace the pres­ rigid branch divisions that now exist. ent Branch Officer system of promotion a Master's degree at a university. At 4. Specialization will be maintained and is designed to recognize the value this point they will be transferred to at the full degree necessary to main­ the restricted section of the General of this type of officer. tain the fighting efficiency of ships, List. while waste of advanced specialist IX knowledge will, so far as humanly VII possible, be eliminated. What about other avenues of pro­ What prOV1,S1,on is made f01· officers 5. It will provide an increased flexi­ motion to commissioned rank from the in navCl,l aviation on the General List? bility in the employment and capa­ lower deck? bilities of personnel, and thus make it There will be, as at present, two easier to meet unforeseen changes in basic plans for entry. The first will It is intended that the opportunities for the future. apply to permanent regular force offi­ promotion from the lower deck be im­ cers entered through the Regular Offi... proved, as this is an obvious and ex­ 6. It will result in a greater economy in the use of manpower. cer Training Plan. The second will cellent source of good officers. Addi­ apply to short service officers who will tional selection methods will be intro­ enter as at present through HMCS duced, and every effort made to ensure XIII Venture. Both, following cadet train­ selection at an early stage in the man's What is the principal basic change ing, will proceed immediately to flying career for entry into Canadian Services in the structure as itafjects men now training, as at present, for a period of College, University or HMCS Ven.ture. serving? Educational facilities will be available about 18 months. They will then join At present there is a sharp distinc­ to those who show serious promise of squadrons for their first flying tour of tion between operators and maintain­ being able to take advantage of them. a duration of about two years. The ers of the weapons and equipment of The present system of providing addi­ former (ROTP) will then be required the fleet. tional education where it is needed will to qualify at sea as watchkeeping offi­ Experience has shown this to be be reinforced. cers,. both on. the bridge and in the much less necessary than was antici­ engine room. This will be followed by This should increase the numbers of pated, and it is therefore intended to a second flying tour of about two years, successful candidates from the lower combine the two functions in many in­ and following this their further train­ deck for entry to the Canadian Services stances. For example, under the new ing is comparable to that of the other Colleges,. to HMCS Venture or to a structure the guns will be· both main­ general list officers with flying tours university. tained and fired by men belonging to interspersed. The latter (ex-Venture), the gunnery trade. Similarly, the com­ unless selected for transfer to perma­ x municators (radio) will both' operate and maintain. In short, there will be nent stq.tus, will remain in naval avia­ Is it intended to retain the upper a merging of many of .the functions tion throughout the period of the short yardman system of promotion? service appointment. If selected 'for now carried out under the existing transfer; however, they will receive ad­ No. The two methods described branch system, resulting in a realloca­ vanced training, including academic above will render this unnecessary. tion of duties.

Page fourteen XIV trade is introduced at the Trade Group the final analysis, however, success will III level should· not come from anyone depend upon the man's own capability lin~ination Does this ?nean the e of of the allied trades, pl"ovided the ~an and application. This will be true of the skilled tech'1tician? has the aptitude and background neces­ all ranks up to and including Chief Certainly not. I-lis time, however, sary to pass the course. lIe might, for Petty Officer, First Class. will not be spent on wo:rk which does instance, previously have operated and not require th€ degree of technical maintained either sonar equipment, XXIII skill which he possesses, and which can radio equipment, radar sets, electronic How will the responsibilities of senior be carried out by others perfectly well. . equipment or fire control systems. It is 1nen be inc7'eased? The skilled technician will be employed equally possible, however, for most men This certainly cannot be done over­ in the more difficult repair, manufac­ in anyone of the weapon or contl"ol night. I-Iowever, there is good reason ture and diagllostic work, In other categories referred to above, and in to expect that, as the new structure words, the fullest possible advantage most other trades, to progress right becomes effective, it will be possible will be taken of his capability. through in their trade up to the Trade to reduce the number of officers in ships, Group IV level. XV and this will automatically provide scope XIX for the exercise of higher i~esponsibility Does this ?nean that the7'e will be by CPOs and POSt In addition there jewe?' trades iTt the navy than there Iiow will selection be 7na'de for ad­ are other duties in the recruiting and are at the present ti?ne? vance?nent in trade group status? divisional fields in which additional re... Yes. In general terms the new trade This selection will be made on the sponsibility can be provided. structure will pTovide for less than 30 basis of practical experience and the trades at the Trade Group I level. This passing of a qualifying examination. XXIV will increase through Trade Group II Will these changes irn7nediately affect to over 40 at the Trade Group III level, XX the new entry and the recruiting func­ and decrease again to under 35 at tion? How will this affect the t1'ade group Trade Group IV. standing of personnel now serving? Not immediately, as the specifications At present there are overall about for the trades have yet to be worked 70 trades. They will retain the trade level and out in detail, and the system necessary pay which they already possess, and for channelling the new entry into the XVI will be gradually channelled into the new structure must be established. Will this 'reduce the opportunities on pew trade structure as it evolves. The This will take some time to work out the lower deck to qualify for trade qualifications for advancement will un­ and bring into effect. g1'OUp status and pay? dergo some change, but the opportuni­ However, the new entry will find ties for advancement will remain about No. It will, if anything, give a better himself being channelled into the new the same as if the existing trade struc­ structure at a 'fairly early stage of his opportunity for this form of advance­ ture had remained. ment to those with the drive and ability career. At present he is entered into to take advantage of it. a branch and trade at the recruiting XXI centre. This is subject to revision at XVII Will there be changes in requiren~ents Cornwallis, and transfers do from time for p1'07notion to a higher rank, as well to time take place even after he has H ow is it that there will be different as the changes affecting advancenr,ent joined the fleet. nU?1~bers of trades at difje7'ent trade in trade group? . group levels? XXV Yes. A trade group qualification will This is made possible by the increased still be required, but it will also be This 1neans, then, the introduction of C01l11nOn Entry? flexibility of the structure. Since there necessary for an examination to be will be no branches operating, as it passed before the man can be promoted Yes. Eventually the system of com­ were, in "watertight compartments", it to higher rank. This examination will mon entry will be introduced, and the will be possible for those with the proper be necessary, regardless of trade, and new entry will not be channelled into aptitude to transfer from one trade to will cover such matters as administra­ a trade until his aptitudes (including another, providing the transfer is in the such matters as education, eyesight, tion, disciplinary regulations and pro­ best interest of the service and the man. etc.) have been determined and his cedures, personnel regulations, divisional The increase at the Trade Group II preferences stated. This will take place work, damage control and general ship level is caused by the introduction of relatively late in his new entry train­ knowledge. The standard required will some trades which do not exist at the ing period, which will be about 18 be set according to the rank to which Trade Group I level. A further in­ weeks, including two weeks' sea time. crease at the Trade Group III level the man may be promoted. As indicated above, the possibility of results from the introduction of a ('tech... further transfers is kept open. Such nician" category. The reduction at the XXII transfers will naturally only be effected Trade Group IV level is caused by the Does this ?nean that new courses will if they are in the combined interest of amalgamation of some trades into one be introduced leading to the exan~ina­ the service and the man himself. at this point. tion? XXVI XVIII No. Candidates for promotion will be expected to acquire the necessary Will this alter the present syste1n How does this trade transfer syste1n knowledge by experience and self-study. wherehy he goes back to school again apply to the skilled technician? Guides and manuals will be provided i1nrnediately after leaving Cornwallis? There is no reason why in future, for for the latter, and every encourage­ It will alter it materially. In the example, an electronic technician whose ment will be given to self-study. In majority of instances he will join a

Page fifteen ship_, and his Trade Group I training for his training, advancement, living 4. It will provide opportunity for a will be given him on the job at sea. spaces and general well-being. Further­ greater variety of experience, and more He will learn his trade, under. close more, it will estabUsh more firmly the rapid advancement to the man who supervision, in the school of experience, responsibility of CPOs and POs, and combines ability with effort. In short reinforced by a limited amount of class­ result in a much closer mutual under­ it will produce sailors better equipped room training as necessary. standing and sense of purpose through­ for the challenges of both the present out the personnel of the division, from and the future. XXVII ordinary seaman to divisional officer. Does this 1nean the abolition of the XXX present schools? XXIX What arrangements have been made What are the main reasons and ad­ Certainly not. The requirement for to implement the report? vantages of introduction of this type of the schools will be in no way reduced structure on the lower deck? A group has been formed within as they ~ will be needed to provide Naval Personnel to be responsible for courses for the higher trade groups. 1. The overwhelming reason is the planning and co-ordinating the pro­ They will also provide short courses to increasing amount of electrical and elec­ cedures, preparation and writing of reg­ reinforce the on-the-job training which tronic equipment in ships, which has ulations, training manuals, publications is being given in the ships wherever resulted in a steady increase in the and systems which will be necessary this may be necessary. numbers required to maintain, and a decrease in the numbers required to to implement any changes. XXVIII operate. It is expected that this in­ As many of the changes are inter­ crease in the amount and complexity dependent and are further dependent How will this on-the-job training be of equipment will continue, perhaps upon other -administrative changes, the carried out? with increasing rapidity. The required Implementation Group will first be re­ First, it will become the direct re­ skill must therefore be spread through quired to break down each change into sponsibility of each divisional .officer, a larger number of personnel, or there all its component parts, relate them to chief petty officer and petty officer in simply will not be room in the mess­ administrative changes, and finally to the division, and will be a constant deck for the growing nUlnbers. prepare a time...phased plan. process in which all concerned will be 2. A second reason is that it is a The group will work through the nor­ required to take an active part. This waste of effort and capability to em­ mal service channels in preparation of practice is, in fact, followed now in ploy men skilled to the repair manu­ the regulations and manuals required some branches; but it is perfectly pos­ facture level, where the level of techni­ to implement any change. They will sible to extend it very considerably. cal skill does not go beyond that re­ not be. responsible for the final imple­ Not only will it increase the interest quired to maintain. mentation of any recommendation but of the man who is learning because-he 3. A. sure advantage is that the inter­ will ensure that all the information ne­ sees immediately the results and pur­ est and capability of the man concerned cessary, including the amended regu­ pose of his work, but it will also will be considerably increased if he lations and draft manuals, is passed to strongly fortify the divisional system combines roles of operation and main­ the Chief of Naval Personnel who will itself, as it is envisaged that the man's tenance. Inevitably he becomes better obtain the comments of the Flag Offi­ diVIsional officer will be the officer for at both functions, to his own advantage cers and the approval of Naval Board whom he works and who is responsible as well as that of the service. as requisite.

The above _questionnaire deals in many instances with proposals which will not be put into effect ,for some time. It is suggested, therefore, that it be preserved tor future rete-renee. To facili­ tate this the questionnaire has been printed on the four centre pages of "The Crowsnest" tor easy removal.

Page sixteen AFLOAT AND ASHORE

PACIFIC COMMAND during the next two years. In October Fleet, Lt. Frank Fenn, officer in charge, 1941 an RCN Signal School was com­ offered this Confucianism as good ad­ Communication Training Centre missioned as HMCS St. Hyacinthe, in vice: During graduation ceremonies re­ St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. This establish­ "The essence of knowledge is, having ment was responsible for all communi­ cently held in N aden's Communication it, apply it; not having it, to confess cation training in the RCN throughout Training Centre for classes of visual your ignorance." its commission which ended in 1945. and radio communicators, Trade Group After the war the Communication Belmont Park I, Commodore P. D. Budge, command­ School was moved to Stadacona and re­ ing officer, brought to the attention of mained there until the present Com­ A profit of $25 was made on hot those in attendance the historical im­ munication School at Cornwallis was dogs and soft drinks at a Fire Preven­ plications of the occasion. established in 1952. tion Week program sponsored by the Before the commencement of hostili­ In March 1957, the Communication Pacific Command fire department in ties in September 1939, the training of Training Centre in HMCS Naden, com­ early November at Belmont Park, mar­ signalmen and telegraphists for the RCN menced training of CVs and CRs of the ried quarters near Esquimalt. The was accomplished by sending the men Esquimalt Port Division at the Trade money has been presented to the Cer­ to the Royal Naval Signal School in Group I level. On October 28, V1 and ebral Palsy Clinic at the Royal Jubilee Portsmouth, England. With the out­ R1 classes were the first RCN signal­ Hospital, Victoria. break of the war, this practice ceased men and telegraphists to qualify on the The cash donation was presented to and the RCN was faced with the prob­ West Coast since March 27, 1942. Mrs. Margaret McClung, managing sec­ lem of training its own communication Commodore Budge congratulated Ord. retary of the clinic, by Lt.-Cdr. (SB) personnel. In September 1939 the first Sea. Allan Pihowich, who topped his Neil Duval, base fire chief. course for signalmen and telegraphists class with an average of 95·6 per cent was commenced in signal training cen­ and Ord. Sea. James Waldron who had Navigation and Direction Training tres on both coasts. These courses were an average of 93·9 per cent to place him School of nine months' duration. first in V1 Class. A busy summer in the Navigation Available records show that a total In bidding farewell to the classes be­ Direction Training Centre at Naden of eight classes passed through Naden fore they left for various billets in the came to an end with the return to col­ lege of UNTD cadets. During the summer eight classes of UNTD cadets, totalling approximately 120, completed courses in action infor­ mation organization. Twelve RCN(R) wrens from inland divisions across Can­ ada successfully completed RP 2 and' RP 3 courses. One class of RCN(R) offoicers completed courses in meteor-' ology and navigation, parts I and II. RP 213 and RP 353 classes qualified early in the summer, with RP 214 and RP 354 and 355 qualifying late in Aug­ ust and the middle of September re­ spectively. Two new classes RP 215 and RP 356 commenced on August 19 to complete late in the fall. With work-ups of the AIO teams from two new DEs, HMCS Skeena and HMCS Fraser, it was a busy time.

ATLANTIC COMMAND HMCS Ottawa The "Eager Beaver" has enjoyed full employment in the fall cruise program, Commodore P. D. Budge, Commodore RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, delivers the principal address having crossed the Atlantic four times, during the commissioning of HMCS Miramichi, minesweeper, on Oelober 2\(. Also shown are Harold engaged in two major NATO exercises, Husband, president of the Victoria Machinery Depot Company, Limited, builders of the ship; Captain (El Erik Revfem, Principal Naval Overseer, West Coast, and It.·Cdr. M. A. Considine, commanding assisted HMCS Bonaventure in her officer of the Miramichi. (E-4380) work-up program off Northern Ireland, Page seventeen and, during the latter, carried out spe­ cial trials with a large RCAF helicopter embarked. At the beginning of October, with Commodore J. V. Brock, Senior Cana­ dian Naval Officer Afloat (Atlantic), embarked, and the Iroquois in company, the Ottawa returned to Halifax, leaving the remainder of the First and Third Escort Squadrons to the rigours and hardships of a Baltic cruise. On this return trip 109 cases of influenza were contended with, including one which had to be rushed into Ponta Delgada in the Azores. On departure from there, the ship witnessed a newly-born vol­ canic island in full eruption. On October 18, a helicopter and an air group were embarked to carry out various trials in North Atlantic con­ ditions. The air groups consisted of: Flight Lt. Lloyd Cummings and six airmen from 108 Helicopter Flight, RCAF Rockcliffe, Lt. - Cdr. (P) W. Frayn, Lt. (P) G. Clarke and seven men from HS 50 Squadron, Shearwater, and J. Graham from Canadian Pratt & Whitney Company. Newly-organized teen-age activities at Shannon Park got underway late in October with a With an energetic spring cruise just highly successful Hallowe'en Dance at the school auditorium. The event, one of several such around the corner, the ship is looking activities planned for the younger set during the coming months, was attended by approximately 75 youngsters. Ran Roberts, of Radio Station CJCH in Halifax, was master of ceremonies. Above, forward to fulfilling her, to date un­ a group of hungry dancers dig into the refreshments. (HS-50465) official, motto "Revreb Regre".-J.M.R. A booth was set up by the women's World War was unveiled at HMCS Shannon Park organization of the Church of the Re­ Tecumseh on November 10. On the night of November 1 witches, deemer for the sale of coffee and hot The ceremony was attended by'rela­ hobgoblins and all of their unearthly dogs during the dance and the profits tives of those who had died, with J. T. ilk were turned loose in the gymnasium will be used toward the purchase of Shelly who lost two sons at sea, and of the Shannon Park School where a a stained glass window for the church. Mrs. G. M. Evans who lost a son, per­ Hallowe'en dance was held forming the unveiling. A guard of petty This was the first dance for quite Eleventh Escort Squadron officers was in attendance. some time and was well attended both Completing duties which began when The service was conducted by Chap­ by people in and out of costume. the Squadron was formed on April 15, lain W. J. Collett. Tribute to the dead Ron Crawford, a dance committee 1955 the Algerine class coastal escorts was paid by Cdr. G. K. Whyton, com­ membe:r:, acted as master of ceremonies Sault Ste. Marie, Portage and Wallace~ manding officer of Tecumseh, and Cap­ and was aided by Mrs. Kenneth Mc­ burg were J?aid off at Sydney, N.S., dur­ tain Reginald Jackson, representing the Donald, also a member of. the com­ ing September. Naval Officers' Association of Calgary. mittee. Familiar sights on the Great Lakes, Funds for the plaque were raised by they were mainly engaged in the train­ The highlight of the evening was the the ship's company, with the help of ing of reserve personnel there during parade of the guests who came in cos­ several Calgary businesses. It will have the summer months. tume. One of the highlights was try­ a permanent place of honour on the When the squadron was originally ing to figure out who the man was that quarterdeck of the divisional headquar­ came dressed as a mummy. He en­ formed it was composed of the Wallace­ ters. tered the dance led by someone wear­ burg, Minas and Portage. However, on November 7, 1955, the Minas was paid ing a Frankenstein monster face mask HMCS Ccirleton and took a seat and did not move ex­ off into reserve at Esquimalt. The same cept to be led around from place to day, the Sault Ste. Marie, which had Lt. (MN) Margaret Godin, a nursing place by his partner. been taken out of the reserve fleet on sister from HMCS Carleton, was selec­ ted to represent the women's services The mummy was awarded the prize the West coast, was commissioned and for best original male costume and it took the place of the Minas in the during the ceremony at the national was then learned that he was Thomas Squadron. war memorial where Her Majesty laid Cowan from HMCS Granby and that it a wreath on Sunday October 13. had taken him and his helper approxi­ NAVAL DIVISIONS Lt. Godin joined the RCN (R) in mately three hours to get him into the April 1955 and has spent annual periods costume. HMCS Tecumseh of training at Cornwallis, Stadacona Other prizes were awarded to Mr. and A plaque bearing the names of 49 and Naden. She is employed with the Mrs. Bert Godding for funniest couple men from the Calgary naval division department of health of the city of and Mrs. Hazel Tracy, original female. who lost their lives during the Second Ottawa.

Page eighteen RCN BIDS FAREWELL TO WHALE ISLAND Lieutenants (G), Instructors to Train at Stadacona

N SEPTEMBER 9, 1957, a signifi­ O cant break with an established custom was made, when HMC Gunnery School, in Halifax, commenced courses to qualify lieute11ants (G) and gunnery instructors. Before this date, all spe­ cialist (G) officers, and a high per­ centage of gunnery instructors, qualified in HMS Excellent, the RN Gunnery School, better known as "Whale Island", "Whaley", or "The Island", in Ports­ mouth, England. This parting of the ways has resulted from the increasing differences in gun­ nery equipment and personnel struc­ ture between the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy; The two courses will be conducted on much the same lines as the RN counterparts have been. The lieuten­ ants (G) qualifying course is of 53 weeks' duration, and consists of four months' technical instruction in mathe­ matics, physics, mechanics and aero­ dynamics, six months' instruction in professional subjects, with two months allotted for tours of industry, and de­ fence establishments. With leave \n­ cluded the course should complete Oc­ tober 31, 1958. Siadacona has taken over from Whale Island and has launched the first RCN lieutenant (G) The gunnery instructors are qualified qualifying course. Aspirants for the "big G" gunnery qualifications are: Front row, left to right, in 42 weeks, and their instruction fol­ Lt. J. S. Hiltz, Lt.-Cdr. I. A. Macpherson (conducting officer) and Lt. W. R. Stebbings; back row, Lt. G. R. Ferguson, Insl. Lt. S. L. Morse, Lt. R. A. G. Coombes, Lt. J. C. Lamontagne and Lt. A. lows the same pattern. They spend the Dzioba. (HS-49836) first four months on technical subjects, with the remainder of the time spent in , IIII~ lr'_t professional instruction. They do not HL - 1 _•._i_ . have a program of visits and thus com­ .--J- -- - -l-'-~~,_ plete the course July 18, 1958. In both courses, greater emphasis has been placed on the practical aspects of gunnery. This is in line with the policy of the user assisting in the maintenance of his equipment. Over a month is spent in teaching testing, alignment and maintenance of equipment. For this reason some subjects must have less time allocated and in these courses such items as parade training and gun drill have been cut to the bare minimum considered necessary. Professional and technical instruction is given in HMC Gunnery School, Os­ borne Head Gunnery Range, HMC Elec­ trical School, the Naval Research Es­ tablishment, The Naval Aircraft Main­ tenance School, the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre, and in other specialist schools in the Halifax area. Lt. V. G. Brodeur, now on the retired list as a Rear-Admiral, was the first Members of the gunnery instructor qualifying course at Stadacona: Front row, left to right, RCN officer to qualify as lieutenant (G) PO W. R. Steele, PO R. A. Robertson, Lt. C. H. Humble, (conducting officer) PO P. Melanson and PO J. D. Bell; back row, Pelly Officers R. E. Campbell, J. Morgetroyd, W. G. Warner, H. R. Baron, when he completed the course in 1921. S. H. Bell, R. J. Waldwin and N. W. Chater. Page nineteen Since then 56 officers have qualified, Aldhelm-White; 1954, PO S. H. Shaw; including 13 of the RCNVR. Of serv­ 1955, CPO Peter Lecuyer and, 1955, PO DEPTH CHARGES ing officers, Rear-Admiral H. F. Pullen, Kenneth Jackson. PO Richard A. Bax­ USED IN SURVEY and Commodore E. P. Tisdall have been ter, who died in the Fraser in June 1940 gunnery officers the longest, having and PO Harry H. MacDonald (Lieuten­ qualified in 1932. EPTH CHARGES deep in Geor­ ant-Commander, RCN) tied with RN gia Strait preparatory to the RCN gunnery instructors qualified on D ratings for the prize, gunnery officers earthquake-like blast that expected the island from the late 1920s, although IS recall. to knock treacherous Ripple Rock out a few men transferred from -the RN had Since 1951, the "Captains J. E. W. of Seymour Narrows will be part of qualified there in earlier years. During and R. H. Oland Memorial Award" has the over-all International Geophysical the Second World War, the RCN quali­ been presented to the officer who has Year program to learn more about the fied its own gunnery instructors either placed highest among Canadians on the earth. in Stadacona or Cornwallis, and only long gunnery course in Excellent. This two took their course in Excellent. An RCN warship will explode depth award may be made whether the course -- A prize is awarded in the RN to the charges at intervals of ten kilometres is held in Canada or elsewhere. man who comes first in the Gunnery (5' 4 nautical miles), beginning 40 kil­ Instructors' course. This is the Llewel­ It has been won by the following ometres (21,5 nautical miles) north of lyn Prize, and it is hoped that a simi­ officers: 1951, Lt. D. F. Tutte; 1952, Lt. the Dominion Astrophysical Observa­ lar Canadian award may be instituted. J. H. Wilkes; 1953, Lt. J. A. Fulton; tory. RCN winners of the Llewellyn Prize 1954, Lt. A. P. Campbell; 1955, Lt. F. "These are joint experiments of the are as follows: 1938, Acting PO C. J. Copas, and, 1956, Lt. F. W. Crickard. observatory, the Royal Canadian Navy McDerby (Lieutenant RCN (retired»; Seven officers are on the course for and the Pacific Naval Laboratory and 1940 acting PO J. M. Paul (Lieutenant­ lieutenant (G), and eleven petty offi­ are a forerunner to Ripple Rock," said Commander RCN); 1949, PO James cers are qualifying for gunnery instruc­ W. G. Milne, chief seismologist. Luke, (Commissioned Gunner, RCN); tor. Lt.-Cdr. I. A. Macpherson, and "The depth charging is being carried 1951, PO Norman Anderson, (Commis­ Lt. C. H. Humble are the conducting out in co-operation with the fisheries sioned Gunner, RCN); 1952, CPO R. officers for the two courses. department. That is why they are be­ ing held at this time when fish are scarcest. "Also we are sending the charges to a depth greater than 300 feet and deton­ ating small-force charges before the main blast to scare the fish away." On the day for the big Ripple Rock blast, sometime between February and April, scientists expect demolition of the shipping hazard will provide an opportunity to study structure of the earth's crust in the area. The preliminary charges, dropped at prescribed times, will measure on seis­ mographs the time taken for waves to travel through the earth's crusts to the machines and this information will be valuable when time comes for the Rip­ ple Rock explosion. An article in the March 1956 issue of The Crowsnest outlined the plans for blasting Ripple Rock. These involved driving a half-mile tunnel from Maud Island, tunnelling upward into the rock and- cutting out shafts and chambers to be packed with about 750 tons of high explosives. Since 1875 about 14 large ships have been sunk or damaged by Ripple Rock and more than 100 small vessels have been sunk with a loss of at least 114 lives. Seymour Narrows, at the northern end of Vancouver Island" with its tidal currents of from ten to 15 knots during much of the year, is guarded at its southern end by the twin peaks of Rip­ ple Rock, just nine and 20 feet respec­ tively below low water. Ships wait for slack tide before attempting the pas­ sage.

Page twenty CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP TO FLYERS Shearwater Brings Maritinles First Football Title

LIMAXING ten years of Canadian C football buildup in the Maritimes the Shearwater Flyers brought the Can~ adian intermediate title to a league with only two years affiliation with the Can­ adian Rugby Ullion playoff schedules, when they defeated the Western cham­ pions, the Fort William Redsldns, 27-21 at the Wanderers Grounds in Halifax. As reported by George Hanson, of TIle Halifax He?'aLd, the Flyers "didn't flop in the clutches" and the game went like this: Flyers, who bad given and taken a brutal physical mauling in the previous week's scrap with defending champions Brantford, found it difficult to get "up" to the peak they had reached for that game. For three quarters they slugged it out with the talented and clean play­ ing Redskins. Each side staggered the other, each SpUD. reeling back and then dug into a hidden source of energy to power back. The new champions eased ahead in the first quarter, 6-1. They fell behind 8-6 in the second but barged ahead again by half time, 13-8. In the third quarter they were buffaloed by a couple of Redskin quickies and trailed 21-14; It was then the pride of the RCN showed their true colours. Smashing, crashing, buBing, gambling and slashing about on sheer determination, they soared to the heights they are capable of. In that last 15 minutes they crammed 13 un­ answered points and suddenly were champions of a nation. Who were the stars? Every man who dug his cleats into the Wanderers' turf Saturday had a spot in the galaxy. They all played their hearts out, they all gave everything they had. In the final sum­ mary, neither club lost anything. Red­ skins came out on the short end of the score, but that's all. They had nothing Reposing at HMCS Sheorwater is this handsome piece of silverware, the Perry E. Robinson but praise for their conquerors and the Memorial Trophy for the Intermediate East-West Canadian Championship. CPO Harvey "Moose" plaudits were returned with interest by Mills, coach of the Shearwater Flyers, receives the trophy from Don Clarke, president of the Lake­ the victors. head Football Union. (DNS-19595) All-time Nova Scotia Football League The third member of the B-line, Buck a pitchout around left from four out scoring champion Bob Hayes was the Taylor, adopted a Walker pass for a to score while Murray McKenzie booted high point man of he day and the bus­ six-pointer. Jim McCombie hoisted a two points and Mike McMahon one. iest of Sllearwater's "Busy B's" com­ couple of singles in the winning cause. bination. He had two touchdowns ­ Flyers added their fifth acquisition of one on a pass from Don Lilley - and Three Redskins split as many touch­ the season to their already sagging rocketed 182 yards in an amazing total downs on the losing side. Ray Malo trophy case. They added win number of 30 carries. Veteran Bruce Walker, was hit by Al Davey for a 34-yard pass 11 to their season's skein and No. 21 to an eight-year man in Flyers' colours, touchdown. Brian Hadeth, running like a string which goes all the way back went over twice. One was good for six a startled deer through a big gap off to last year. On the club you could points but a fumble turned the other" tackle, sizzled 73 yards for the game's name George Mayne, Gabe Desroacher, into a rouge when Redskins recovered. longest major. Larry Lychowyd took Dale Klassen, Ron Parker, Ed Reiger,

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Roy Carrier, Paul Gowan, Pete David­ son, Bill Harper, Bruce Thomas, Les Keyes, Gord MacLeod, Charlie Cox, Alf Nicholson, Torchy Smith, Joe Carver, Andy Swan, Al Caulier, Danny Mc:" Cowell, Foxy Reynard, Fuzz Grant, Tommy Graham and Ivor Axford as your stars. For a little extra effort, single out Parker for recovering a fum­ ble and intercepting a pass; Davidson for finding a bobble; Gowan for deflect­ ing a late-game pass out of hands of speed merchant Murray McKenzie. For Redskins, Hadeth whizzed 144 yards in 12 carries; McKenzie 48 in eight and Lychowyd 28 in three. Wis­ hart and Coffey were defensive stand­ outs. Sabourin and Stevenson were right on their heels. Wishart blocked a kick and Sabourin scooped it up to set up a major. Al Davey, the slickest ball handler ever seen in these parts, called a strong game at quarter and with his eye-popping ball handling was the most dangerous man for the visitors. Don Lilley, the little field general of An unconventional tackle by Fort William player Larry Lychowyd, stops Shearwater Flyer.' Flyers, gave nothing away to Davey. offensive halfback AB Bruce Thomas during the intermediate championship game at Halifax, (DNS­ He made the gambles and they worked. 19586) He called a great game and pitched three completions. He had the entire It was first down on the 'Skin six when deep and Mayne was caught by Durica backfield - Hayes, Walker, Taylor and the visitors lost the ball. Taylor went before he could get out. Thomas - passing to give Flyers a po­ for a loss ,but Hayes crashed over on On the third play of the second act, tent weapon in pass-run options. second down. 'Skins marced 89' yards Davey had the Flyers all jumping on an The game had hardly opened when on 14 plays to the Flyer 16 before los­ off-tackle fake before unloading a 34­ Flyers were in the lead to give the fans ing the ball on downs as they started yarder to Malo in the end zone. Mc­ a shorV-lasting idea of a runaway. to flash their power. They picked up Kenzie's conversion made it 8-6. Shear­ Parker jumped ,on a Redskin fumble. their first point when McKenzie kicked water came back from the kickoff. TOAST OF THE RCN AND MARITIMES ' HE,TOAST of the Royal Canadian for the Eastern Canadian Champion­ Hayes piled up 1,265 yards and Walker T Navy today, and no less of the ship against the Brantford Tiger-Cats, 1,129. In third place is Buck Taylor Maritimes, is the Shearwater Flyers, on November 16 they downed the Ti­ with 78 points. Taylor rushed 515 the football team from the RCN air Cats 12-7 in a hard-fought game at yards in 49 carries to average 10· 5 station that climaxed ten years of hopes Halifax. yards. Hayes carried 133 times to for Maritime football and in two short The long march was nearly ended, average 9· 5 yards and Walker 131 to years of affiliation with the Canadian and on November 23, while most Can­ average 8·6 yards. Rugby Union captured the national adian eyes were on the "big games" In team-scoring Shearwater was far crown. in Hamilton and Edmonton, Maritimers and away ahead with 59 touchdowns, I;, In one month,. November, the Flyers watched Halifax as the sailors battled 30 converts, three rouges and one single stretched their unbeaten streak to 21 their way to a 27-21 victory over the for 389 points. Their nearest rival, St. games and bulldozed their way to vir­ Western Intermediate champions, Fort Francis Xavier University, scored only tually all the silverware it is possible William Redskins for the Canadian In­ 17 touchdowns, 11 converts, two rouges, for one team to win. termediate title. for 115 points. During the season On November 2, with an eight-game On their way to the top the Flyers season's winning streak behind them, shattered some records. Shearwater had only 46 points sc;ored the naval airmen went into the Nova In NSFL play it was the first year against them. Scotia Football League finals and top­ since 1949. that three men from the Football in the Maritimes flourished pled the Dalhousie University Tigers same club had taken the top honours. during the war, but following demob­ 67-0 to advance to the Maritime Foot­ Bob Hayes, Flyers' captain and full­ ilization of the stars who had entered ball Union struggle against Mount Al­ back, shares with team-mate fullback the services it began to disintegrate lison University Mounties, holders of Bruce Walker, the scoring record of until 1946 when the NSFL was formed. the New Brunswick Football League 114 points, and the Mike Milovich Later they affiliated with the NBFL as title. Memorial Trophy. the Maritime Football Union, and two Defeating the Mounties on Novem­ In scoring these points they broke years ago they joined up with the Can­ ber 9 gave the Flyers the right to fight existing records for yardage rushing; adian Rugby Union.

Page twenty-two Walker made a 23-yard runback. Eight chewed up turf on the three. On third plays later, including Taylor to Thomas down, Lilley again called his play and and Lilley to Walker passes along with this time he found room over tackle. HOW TEAMS an eye-bulging fake field goal, they McCombie scored the last point in in­ were camped on the three. Walker termediate football for 1957 when he went over, fumbled but got a single as lofted a single from 25 yards out. LINED UP 'Skins recovered. They held Fort Wil­ Shearwater 6 7 1 13-27 liam on downs, took the punt on their Fort William 1 7 13 0-21 own 45 and rolled. From the five, Lil­ FOR GAME Sh. F.W. ley pitched to Walker who faded to First downs 24 17 his right and threw to an uncovered Yds. rushing 330 305 Taylor in the end zone. Yds, lost rush 28 36 Yds, penalties 35 60 Fort William The visitors still had a few tricks Pen. waived by 0 3 up their sleeves, They took the kick­ Avg. yd. ldcks 36,2 35·2 40-Jack Burnett (C) off on their OWl1 32 and on first down Yd, kicl{ runbacks 36 12 48-Jack Prout (G) Hadeth cut off tackle and found a clear Fwds. tried 15 12 50-Bruce Cameron (G) 73-yard path to a touchdown. Then Fwds. complete 8 5 54-Bob Cameron (G) Fwds. inter. by 1 0 52-Bob Mitchellson (G) came the blocked kick and Lychowyd Yards forwards 118 71 55-Sherry Wishart (C) dashed over from four yards out. Late (air) 97 61 56-George Zanutto (G) in the frame, with a comfortable 21-13 (ground) 21 10 57-Bob Loney (G) lead, Lychowyd conceded the point on Kicks blocked by 0 1 60-George Durica (T) Fumbles lost by 1 2 McCombie's kick. 64-Joe Baratta (T) 66-Al Smith (T) FIRST QUARTER With the crowd in a frenzy, Flyers 67-Ray Antonial{ (T) set to work in the fourth frame. With Shear. (td) Hayes 68-Brian Hadath (FB) Walker carrying most of the mail they Ft. William (rouge) McKenzie 69-Mike McMahon (T) 70-Ray Malo (E) battered from their 45 to the other side's SECOND QUARTER 72-Paul Sabourin (E) 12. In the middle of the march, Lilley Ft. William (td) Malo gambled for eight yards on third down 75-Ed Whatley (E) Ft, William (con) McKenzie 76-Harry Coffey (B) with Hayes picking it up by inches. Shear. (rouge) Walker 77-Pete Commisso (E) Shear. (td) Taylor From the 12, Hayes cracked to the 10 79-Bill Stevenson (T) 80-Larry Lychowyd (HB) and then took a loss. On third down THIRD QUARTER Lilley passed to Hayes who took the 8I-Roy Kadolph (HB) Ft. William (td) Hadeth 73-Bruno Grobelny (FB) pass off balance, tumbled over and was Ft. William (td) LychoWyd 83-Archie Langston (B) smothered by Redskins. When the pile Ft. William (con) McMahon 84-Murray McKenzie (HB) Shear. (rouge) McCombie was untangled, he had scored and Fly­ 88-Bob Armstrong (HB) ers led 21-2(\. A 32-yard Thomas to FOURTH QUARTER 86-Ron Fitzmaurice (HB) Harper play highlighted a drive to the 87-Ed Kruppa (FB) Shear. (td) Hayes 85-Jim Johnston (HB) six. Thomas was jarred loose from Shear. (td) Walker 89-Dick Siegrist (QB) Lilley's pass in the end zone. Walker Shear. (rouge) McCombie 92-Al Davey (QB) 99-AI Filipovic (QB) The winning touchdown that brought Shearwater Flyers the Intermediate Canadian Football 62-Wayne Docking (HB) Championship by a score of 27 to 21. PO Bruce Walker is pinned down - too late to save the game - by three Fort William Redskins. (DNS-19592) Shearwater

71-George Mayne (QB) 92-Don Lilley (QB) 9I-Bob Hayes (FE) 82-Bucl{ Taylor (FB) 83-Bruce Wall{er (FB) 85-Ron Parker (FB) 87-Gabe Desroacher (HE) 81~Paul Gowan (HB) 84-Jim McCombie (HB) 90-Bruce Thomas (HB) 51-Les Keyes (HB) 86-Gord MacLeod (HB) 88-Pete Davidson (HB) 42·-Ed Reiger (C) 40-Charlie Cox (C) 53-AU Nicholson (G) 50-Len Smith (G) 41-Joe Carver (G) 61-Dale Klassen (T) 60-Andy Swan (T) 62-Al Caulier (T) 74-Dan McCowell (T) 52-Foxy Reynard (T) 63-Roy Carrier (T) 70-Bill Harper (E) 73-Fuzz Grant (E) 80-Tom Graham (E) 72-Ivor Axford (E)

Page twenty-three Hon. George C. Nowlan, Minister of Notionol Mrs. R. E. S. Bidwell, sponsor of the ship, presents Cdr. J. C. Korning, commanding officer of the Revenue, speaks to guests and the ship's com­ Margaree, with a trophy upon the commissioning of the ship in the Halifax Shipyards. (HS-50221) pany during the commissioning ceremony of HMCS Margaree in the Halifax Shipyards, Oc­ tober 5. (HS-50219) . ARLY in October two ships joined TWO WARSHIPS the Atlantic Command of Her Majesty'sE Royal Canadian Navy. They were the new destroyer escort He said: "I am certain this ship is ship to a "shining sword" said: "The HMCS Margaree, commissioned Octo­ lithe, beautiful and powerful like the arm draws it only when necessary­ ber 15 at Halifax Shipyards, and the famous fish." and when it is drawn uses it effec­ modernized frigate, HMCS La Hulloise, Vice-president and general manager tively". commissioned in HMC Dockyard, Hali­ of Halifax Shipyards, R. J. R. Nelson Commanding officer of the ship, Cdr. fax, on October 9. paid tribute to the skill of the work~ J. E. Korning, told his ship's company Ideal weather conditions prevailed men who, he said, "share the satisfac­ that it was the duty of the officers and for the commissioning of the Mar­ tion of an achievement which marks men of the Margaree to match the high garee.Not so much could be said for another milestone in the company's standard which went into the making the weather which greeted the return history". This achievement was visible of the ship. of the La Hulloise to the Fleet. It evIdence of "the determination of the poured. Mrs. R. E. S. Bidwell, sponsor of the Hon. George C. Nowlan, Minister of Canadian people to safeguard through Margaree, presented a sports trophy to National Revenue, was guest of honour preparedness the freedom which marks Cdr. Karning, and in turn was pre­ at the Margaree ceremony. He noted our Canadian way of life". . sented with a replica of the ship's crest that the ship was named after a river Rear-Admiral H.F. Pullen, Flag Of­ and a bouquet of red roses on behalf in Cape Breton famous for its salmon. ficer Atlantic ·Coast, comparing the' of the officers and men of the ship.

NATO Chaplains While in Norfolk the chaplains visited reception was given' for the group at Hold Conference the dual headquarte~s of Admiral Jer­ SACLANT Staff Mess, with the Supreme auld Wright, USN, NATO Supreme AI;" Allied Commander, Atlantic, Admiral Thirty-eight naval chaplains, repre­ lied ~ommander, Atlantic, and Com­ Wright, as host. senting 14 NATO countries and five matiere-r'in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. major religious faiths, arrived in Nor­ The chaplains' visit was designed to They also toured the naval operating folk, Virginia, October 18 for a three­ give them. a chance to study first-hand day visit to naval installations in the base, Armed Forces Staff'College, de­ the Navy's program for religious-char­ area. The group was in the United stroyer-submarine piers and the naval acter training. The group also had op­ States to attend a NATO Naval Chap­ air station. The veteran battleship USS portunities to meet with community re­ lains' Conference in Quantico, Va. Iowa was one of the ships visited. ligious leaders and. to participate in Representing the RCN were the Prot­ On Saturday, October 19, the chap­ religious services at naval installations, estant and Roman Catholic Chaplains of .Tains attended the Oyster Bowl Game as well as in civilian churches. the Fleet, Rev. Dr. E. G. B. Foote and between Navy. and Georgia at Fore­ On. SUnday, October 20, many of the Rev. Ronald Maclean. man Field. That evening a luncheon- chaplains conducted religious services II Page twenty-four '/ I It.·Cdr. Robert Greene, right, commcmding officer of the La Hulloise, presented a replica of the The White Ensign is once again-slowly hoisted ship's crest to John Brock, Rothl!say, N.B., ex-lt.-Cdr. RCNVR, who was the ship's first commanding over the quarterdeck of HMCS La Hulloise as officer during the Second World War. the ship was commissioned for the fourth time in HMC Dockyard, Halifax, N.S., October 9, 1957.

the La Hulloise was one of the few JOIN TH"E FLEET ships in commission during the years between 1947 and 1950 and said that benefits from the training received on Services were conducted by Chaplain Guest of honour at the commlSSlOn­ board the frigate during that period are B. A. Pegler, Command Protestant ing was John Brock, of Rothesay, N.B., still being felt. Chaplain, and Chaplain J. E. Whelly, ex-Lt.-Cdr., RCNVR, and the first com­ Lt.-Cdr. Robert Greene, commanding Command Roman Catholic Chaplain. manding officer of the La Hulloise. Mr. officer of the La Hulloise, told the offi­ At the reception held later Hon. R. Brock was commanding officer of the cers and men "he looked to them to L. Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia, ship when she participated in the sink­ maintain maximum efficiency and up­ presented the flag of the province to ing of an enemy U-boat during the hold the highest traditions of the Royal Cdr. Korning. As the ship upon com­ latter part of the Second World War, Canadian Navy". pletion of trials would join the Pacific Mr. Brock was introduced by Com­ The name "La Hulloise" which means Command, Premier Stanfield hoped that modore Howard Quinn, Chief of Staff "Lady from Hull" holds particular in­ the flag would be "proudly displayed" to the Flag Officer Atlantic Coast, who terest for Lt.-Cdr. Greene as he lived to the people of British Columbia. recalled the part the La Hulloise played very close tn the city of Hull, Quebec, Not quite as lucky as the Margaree, in the sinking of the submarine. for many years. from the standpoint of weather, the Representing Rear - Admiral Pullen, The frigate will be attached to the La Hulloise was commissioned in a Commodore E. W. Finch-Noyes, Com­ Seventh Escort Squadron in the Atlan­ downpour of rain. modore RCN Barracks, observed that tic Command.

on board ships at the naval base piers ference was "There can be no freedom the event was Admiral Jerauld Wright. and in chapels at Norfolk naval instal­ without religion". Also in attendance were ambassadors lations. Others participated in local The first NATO Chaplains' Confer­ to the United Nations Assembly, repre­ civilian services. ence was held in the Hague, Nether­ sentatives from NATO countries and Before the Norfolk visit the group lands, in August 1956. the mayor of New York City, Robert spent several days in working sessions Wagner. at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico. On October 20 the chaplains left Nor­ Countries represented among .th e During their seminar the religious lead­ folk by air for San Francisco, Calif., NATO chaplains included: Belgium, ers, who are of the Roman Catholic, where they spent three days before re~ Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and Mos­ turning to New York and their depar­ Greece, Italy, Holland, Norway, Portu­ lem faiths, discussed professional sub­ ture for Europe later this month. In gal, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom jects of interest to all chaplains in an New York, on October 26, the chaplains and the United States. The co-ordinat­ effort to strengthen the moral and spir­ were honoured guests at a dinner given ing officer for the group's visit was Cap­ itual foundations in the navies of the by the New York City Committee at tain J. F. Dreith, CHC, USN, U.S. At­ NATO nations. The theme of their con- the Plaza Hotel. Principal speaker for lantic Fleet Chaplain. Page twentY-five THE NAVY PLAYS

Northern Sailors 3·Time Champions Navy's entry in the Fort Churchill Inter-Service Softball League retained the league trophy for the third straight year, finishing first in league standings with an 11-4 record in the six-team league. In 1956 HMCS ChurchiH fin­ ished with a 12-3 record. In the semi-finals they defeated U.S. Army 2-1 in games. In the finals, Navy hurlers, Mike Reddy and Joe Green, backed by terrific hitting power from the team, turned in two of the finest performances of the year, downing Camp Civilians 2-0 in games. The final game saw the first shut-out in league history as Joe Green chucked a seven-hitter and the remainder of the team helped with a real outburst of hitting. Final score 15-0.-R.B.

Hochelaga Takes Softball Honours For the third year in a row HMCS Churchill's softball team has won the "North of 58" inter· service softball championship. The champs are shown here with their trophy: Left to right, front HMCS Hochelaga, actively engaged row, AB "Chuck" Bruce, AB Jim Chase, PO Dick Barwis (coach), PO Sid Fowler, AB Mike Reddy, in summer sports, entered a represen­ AB Frank Short, AB Joe Green, and bat boy Dick Barwis, Jr.; back row, CPO "Tug" Wilson, AB tative softball team in both Tri-Service Vaughon Pogue. AB Dave Warmington, PO "Rocky" Gilson, AB Bob Barker and AB Ron White. and Ville LaSalle Industrial Leagues. (U.S. Army Photo.) It also played home-and-home series with Gloucester and D'IberviHe, and held a softball tournament, which in­ cluded Bytown, G.loucester, D'IberviHe and Donnacona. Hochelaga took top honours.

Naval Curlers Start Early The "Roarin' Game" started "roarin" in November in most navy curling cir­ cles, but out west in Victoria, where (it is said) little snoW falls, they have been going at it "wi' stane and besom" since mid-October. Headed by new president PO Bob Gray, the Navy Curling League (West Coast) commenced play with 56 rinks registered, and played at the Victoria Curling Club. They will have draws at 1930 and 2130 Sunday evenings and at 1630 Tuesday and Thursday after­ The RCN Curling Club of Ottawa opened its 1957·58 season with 96 members at the RCMP noons. Others in the new executive rink in "Rockcliffe, Vice·Admiral H. G. DeWolf, Chief of the Naval Staff, throwing the first rock. Above, twin pipers Glen and Garry Matthews lead members and important guests onto the ice, are: CPO W. G. Clarke, vice-president; brooms correctly at the "slope". Left to right are Admiral DeWolf, Commissioner l. H. Nicholson, CPO Stan North, secretary, and CPO RCMP, Inspector G. H. Prime, president of the RCMP Curling Club, and G. M. luther, vice·president Les Noon, treasurer. of the Navy curlers. They curl thrice.weekly at the Mountie rink. (0-10221) On the opposite side of the continent, the Royal Canadian Navy Curling Club bonspieI. Boasting an increase of 30 week and will curl from 0900 to 1700. (Stadacona) opened the season in late new members, up now to 94, the club The new executive of the Stadacona November at the Mayflower Curling has acquired the use of the Mayflower club includes: Surg. Captain F. G. Mac­ rink with a two-day single knock-out rink for a full day (Thursday) each Hattie, president; Cdr. (S) A. B. Rivers, Page twenty-six vice-president; Lt. (S) B. W. Swan, annual RCN Curling Association Bon­ The league this year is expanded from treasurer, and L. E. Grisdale, chairman spiel, which will be held in Ottawa this four to six teams, the new teams being curling committee. year. The first annual bonspiel, last from Stadacona and Shearwater. The The ReN Curling Club (Ottawa) got year, was held in lIamilton. other teams are 405 Squadron, RCAF, the season underway in mid-November The new executive for the Ottawa winners of the '56-'57 championship; when Vice - Admiral II. G. DeWolf club includes: Ordnance Commodore W. Maritime Air Command; Army, and the curled the first stone after the parade G. Ross, president; Gordon Luther,vice­ Cape B7·eton. behind the traditional piper. The Ot­ president; Cdr. (S) J. D. Forbes, sec­ The schedule, which will run for tawa club this year has been granted retary, and Cdr. (8) W. J. Floyd, three months, includes two games two rinks for four hours on Tuesday treasurer. played each league night, Tuesdays at nights, four rinks for two hours Satur... the Forum and Saturdays at the Dal­ day mornings and one Sunday after­ housie University rink. I JJ,terln,etliates 0lJen noons, at the palatial new RCMP Curl... At the annual meeting, held in Oc... ing Association rink near the RCMP 1lockey SeaSOlt tober, Major Tony Condy was returned Rockcliffe Training barracks. In I-Ialifax, the Intermediate Tri-Ser­ as president, F/L J. W. MacAleese, The Ottawa club has also increased vice Hockey League opened its schedule MAC, was elected vice-president, and its membership to 96 members in 24 in mid-November to become the first Lt.-Cdr. K. W. Salmon, Cape Breton, rinks and is planning for the second hockey league in the area on the ice. was re-elected as secretary-treasurer. SOUVENIR FROM FRIGATE PRESENTED SEAT made of teak from the fri­ The D-boat was U1209 which had run May 22 and the Canadian crew was A gate ex-HMCS Ribble, was pre­ aground and sunk off Wolf Rock that paid off. sented to HMCS Niobe at a ceremony day. The ships proceeded to Plymouth The vessel had two commanding offi­ held at the Canadian Joint Staff Head­ to land survivors and then resumed cers in her brief career: Lt.-Cdr. A. B. quarters in Ennismore Gardens on their patrol. Taylor, RCNR, who was in command October 17. The Ribble's entire opera­ From January 9 to 21, 1945, the from the date of commissioning until tional career during the Second World Ribble was again out with the Escort November 1944, and Lt.-Cdr. A. A. War was with the Royal Canadian Navy. Group patrolling the waters off Lizard Dykes, RCNR, who took over until Sir Charles Westlake, chairman of Head, and then proceeding to the Cher­ July 1945. Metal Industries Limited, which con­ bourg area to give protection to convoys. What happens to a warship such as trols the Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking She continued with these operational the Ribble when she is sent to the Company of Blyth, Northumberland, duties until the end of the war, her last breakers is described in a background handed over the seat to Commodore P. operational patrol taking place during note prepared by the Hughes Bolckow D. Taylor, Naval Member of the Cana­ the period April 24 to May 21. company. dian Joint Staff, who received it on The frigate proceeded to Shearness on A vessel arriving at the yard for behalf of Niobe. breaking up is fir.st of all cut down to The Ribble was manned by a Cana­ the level of the upper deck by removing dian crew during the war and served her "top-hamper", the'masts and super­ with the 26th Escort Group of the West­ SAILORS DONATE structure. The boilers and machinery ern Approaches Command. BLOOD IN HALIFAX are then taken out. The shipbreaking company had an When it is no longer possible to re­ added interest in the vessel they re­ Personnel from HMC ships and HM move any more material while the ves­ cently broke up, for during the war they submarines in port at Halifax responded sel is afloat, she enters a tidal dock. This turned from breaking to building and to the urgent demand for blood brought has a sloping bottom so that at high HMCS Ribble was one of a number of about by the cancellation of two sche­ water vessels can be floated into it but escort craft they fitted out. duled clinics. A total of 250 bottles at low water the ship remains aground~ The Ribble was one of seven River' were donated. The forward end is then broken up sec­ class frigates built in the United King­ Participating in this hurried appeal tion by section; as each section is cut dom and transferred to the RCN. She were personnel from the Sioux, Cru­ away the remains of the ship are gradu­ was commissioned on July 24, 1944, and sader, Algonquin, Amphion, Alcide, ally floated towards the top of the dock left Blyth in August to join the 26th Labrado7", Lanark, Lauzon and Granby. until the last section can be dealt with. Escort Group of the Western Ap­ "Since the start of the free blood Little or nothing is wasted in the proaches Command. transfusion service in Nova Scotia in breaking-up of a ship: the steel is railed After working up at Tobermory she 1948, the Royal Canadian Navy has to the steel mills (perhaps to find its arri.ved at Londonderry in September, been an excellent supporter of the ser­ way back to a shipyard to be used in the and immediately took 'over her duties vice. Regular clinics have' been held building of a new vessel); other metals on .anti-submarine patrols and providing at the various naval establishments -copper, brass, lead, zinc-are care­ protection to convoys. every year," said Robert A. Whyte, fully sorted and sent to the smelters. On an anti-submarine sweep with the Director of Donor Panels for the Red The timber is made into garden furni­ Group in December, the Ribble received Cross. ture and Hughes Bolckow have supplied orders to proceed to Wolf Rock to search In 1956 a total of 2,920 bottles of seats made from the teak of old ships for survivors from a U-boat. On arriv­ blood were donated by the naval per­ to the Houses of Parliament, to the ing at the position, the frigate sighted sonnel in the greater Halifax area. Royal Parks and to a number of'Ameri­ survivors in the water and picked up This is 27 per cent of the total 10,879 can universities; each seat carries a eleven, while the Montreal, another bottles contributed by the people in the small plaque giving the name of the ship frigate in company, picked up thirteen. metropolitan area of Halifax in 1956. from which the timber came. Page twenty-seven LOWER DECK PROMOTIONS

Following is a further list of promo­ HARTLEY, Howard B LSCS2 MARSHALL, David A LSCRI tions of men on the lower deck. The HASSALL, Ralph A. P2EF3 MOONEY, Kenneth J LSAAI list is arranged in alphabetical order, HATT, Ronald F. . LSEA3 MORGAN, Robert P LSTD2 with each man's new rating, branch and HAY, Stanley W C2SE3 MORRISON, Harold S. . PIRP3 HICKES, Robert D. . LSAM2 trade group shown opposite his name. MULHALL, Gordon L. . LSAAI HOCKLEY, Frederick C. . LSEA2 MURRAY, Wayne H LSRT2 ADAMSON, Edward M. . LSEMI HOLDSTOCK, Oliver G LSEA2 ANDERSON, Francis A LSNS2 HUDSON, William G PIPC4 NEIL, Wilson M. . LSEA2 HUNT, Br.ian L PITD3 BAGNELL, William T LSRPI O'SULLIVAN, Raymond L LSTD2 BALDWIN, Conrad W P2A02 JACOBSON, Verne H LSCK2 OWENS, Donald G LSRPI BEAULIEU, Eugene A LSEMI JANES, Thomas R. LSQMI BELL, John H. . C2A03 JONES, Gordon PIER4 PETTIGREW, Kenneth A P2NS2 BELLEVILLE, Roland J P2CS3 JONES, Gordon G P2RW3 PILON, Jean-Guy J LSQMI JOUDRY, Guy N P2EG3 BOHNERT, Gordon A PITD3 PIRIE, Edward D PlER4 BONDERUD, Harvey A. LSQRI BOUTILIER, Louis G PIQM3 KARLICK, John E PIER4 RANDLE, Ronald G P2AF2 KUNTZ, William LSAFI BRUNET, Albert H P2RN3 RICE, Douglas D CIRA4 BRUSH, Thomas F P2TA3 RITCHIE, William B PIER4 BUDGE, Daniel G LSQRI ROSE, Percy G. . PITD3 ROSKI, William J P2RN3 CARR, Daniel R. LSEMI CLARKE, David LSSEI SALMOND, John A LSAP2 CLARKE, William P20M3 SHAW, Samuel H. . C2GI4 CONNOLLY,' Kenneth D. . LSAP2 SHELDRICK, William R. LSTD2 COTE, Edwin J LSAF2 SHEPHERD, Robert W PISE3 CRAWSHAW, James R. LSAM2 SIMARD, Gabriel J LSAFI SMITH, Frank W PIAT4 DEL FABRO, George J LSAF2 SMITH, Ivan C P2EM2 DILLON, Daniel J. . LSRPI SMITH, John B. LSAR2 DOWNER, Thelbert L. . LSRP2 SNOW, Douglas S ...... •.PIRT4 DUGAL, Norman E. PIRT4 SPENCER, Bruce S. . LSTD2 DWYER, Laird G LSQMI SPIERS, Ernest L. . C2BD4 DZEOBA, Stephen LSRCI SPRINGER, Robert A LSCRI STEAD, Arthur V LSRPI FINDLAY; Alexander R. CIAT4 STEEL, John C ; P2EA3 FINDLAY, Robert J LSAP2 STEVENS, Roy E. . P2AR2 FISH, Charles G C2ET4 STEVENSON, William B LSEMI FISHER, Donald J LSQM2 ST. JOHN, Ross G LSRA3 FOHR, Joseph A. LSAFI STOREY, Francis G C2RA4 FORSTER, Donald W LSOM2 STRACHAN, Jack H C2ET4 FORSYTH, Lenley B. P2AF2 SUTHERN, Reginald G P2RD3 FOSTER, Maurice R. LSEMI FREEMAN,.. Roy A LSQMI THOMPSON, Charles N LSEMI FRY, George F. . C2ET4 TUCKER, Delson R. LSQMI GINLEY, Edward W PIAA3 GRAY, Lawrence A LSEMI UPCOTT, Edward J P2EM2 GRIFFEY, William E LSPWI LAKE, Keith J C2RT4 GUILLEMIN, William B. . LSEMI LAMPERD, Arthur LSAC2 VOSBURGH, Ernest E. . LSRT3 LAURENT, John P PIQM3 VOSS, Hans W P2EA3 HALLORAN, Lawrence R. LSAM2 LAVAL, Henry A. . LSRP2 HAMILTON, Harvey V P2RN3 LEE, Kenneth E P2RW3 WANNAMAKER, Donald G LSAF2 HARRIS, Joseph F PIEM4 LEGARE, Dominique J P2EM2 WATKINS, Percy D P2EF3 LIGHTFOOT, Ronald J LSOM2 WAY, Gordon W LSEMI LITTLE, Thomas M. . C2RT4 WEBSTER, Frederick C LSAAI LOVERING, Arnold R. P2AN3 WEIR, Neil J C2RA4 WEDDINGS LYNCH, Douglas A. . P2EF3 Commissioned Boatswain Gerald Halikow­ WILLIAMSON, James W C2GI4 ski, Ontario, to Miss Ellen Adeline Lang, of WILSON, Allen L. . LSCK2 Esquimalt, B.C. MacDONALD, Earl A LSEMI WRIGHT, Frederick E LST,DI Leading Seaman Ronald B. Laye, Bona­ MacDONALD, Robert L CIRT4 venture, to Miss Ruth Scott, of Sutton West, MacINTYRE, Ian A. . LSRA3 ant. MacKINNON, Colin N LSAF2 Lieutenant - Commander Ian MacPherson, Stadacona, to Miss Jill Hope Davidson, of MacKINTOSH, Russell M. . P2EM2 BIRTHS Toronto. MacRAE, Donald B. . P2EA3 To Leading Seaman Robert Bragg, Ottawa, Able Seaman Earle Rose, Ottawa, to Miss McCUE, Walter E. . LSTD2 and Mrs. Bragg, a son. Beryl Bryant; of Plymouth, England. McDONALD, Daniel J P2EM2 To Petty Officer Brian Cox, Ottawa, and Able Seaman John G. ·Watson, Stadacona, McGUIRE, John F ClBD4 Mrs. Cox, a son. to Miss Derrell Annette DeMone, of Lunen- To Leading Seaman Robert Huggins, Ot­ burg, N.S. . McINNIS, Lloyd H. . PIPC3 tawa, and Mrs. Huggins, a daughter. Able Seaman Lorne R. Wood, Shearwater, McIVER, Kenneth C LSRCI To Leading Seaman Ward Jackson, Ottawa, to Miss Sandra Ellen Sigston, Dartmouth, N.S. McLEAN, Lloyd ,J LSAM2 and Mrs. Jackson, a daughter. Page twenty-eight Naval Lore Number 53 "Ex-R.C.N." vessels Corner unde.. foreIS" floss

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