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Minutes of the May 21 Meeting The Newsletter of the Submariners Association of Canada (Central) May, 2021 Volume 26 Number 03 Central Executive President: Bob Bush 613-294-1958 V. President, Secretary Gord Burns 613-220-6729 Treasurer: Peter Bouchard 613-795-5890 Newsletter: Fred Schatz 613-600-6932 Meetings held at Newfoundland Pub Covid- Via Zoom West Coast Executive President: Wade Berglund 778-425-2936 Vice-President: Patrick Hunt 250-213-1358 Secretary: Lloyd Barnes 250-658-4746 HMCS Victoria going to Sea Feb 2021 Treasurer: Chris Parkes 250-658-2249 Meetings held 4th Tuesday of every Month @ 19:30 Covid- Via Zoom notice Except July, August and December East Coast Executive Chairman: Sylvain Rouillard 613- 209-1431 Vice Chairman James Northrup....902-469-3650 Secretary: Robbie Fraser... 902435-3288 Treasurer Ron Cooper......902-883-8489 Meetings held last Wednesday of each month except Nov/Dec at MOG5 @ 19:30 Sat in Dec is the AGM Central Association Mailing Address Submariners Association of Canada PO Box 44061 541 Montreal Rd Ottawa, ON K1K 4P8 Oberon class Jetty 8 Halifax, NS unk date E-mail: [email protected] Home page http://www.saoc-central.ca Next Meeting: Zoom Meeting EST link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9964213402?pwd=Mi9 yV3FrMUs4ZUMxY0hNSnVURDh5Zz09 Editors Corner Presidents Report – May 2021 This is the third Newsletter for the current Fellow submariners, I hope that this newsletter finds physical year. It has been a sad year as many of our you safe and well. Most of us have probably had at comrades have crossed the bar and a few not from least one jab so far, so we’re doing our part to natural causes, also the loss of the Indonesian combat Covid. With any luck, by the end of the submarine. Membership has been down this year Summer we’ll be back to a semblance of normal. just 118 paid up members, for current year of 2021. Our online monthly meetings are seeing about the It is very difficult to get members to send their dues same numbers as our in-person meetings used to. in no matter how hard my reminders go out. I will Unfortunately, we don’t have the pleasure of one try one more time in the next day or too to get another’s company face-to-face, and I’m missing members to send their dues in either by mail or the fish and chips, and pint(s). We do, however, electronically paid through our treasurer.,yet our see folks online that wouldn’t be able to make it to dues remain the same and membership is dropping. in-person meetings, so it’s a particularly good Most of our members are getting in advanced age compromise. and it is very difficult to recruit submariners that At the last meeting the discussion focused on the serve the current Victoria class submarine. If likelihood that this year’s AGM will be held online. anyone knows of a submariner that has or had Although we were going to make a go/no go served and might be interested drop me a line. The decision in July, we will probably make it at the same goes for material for the Newsletter, as always next meeting in June. If you have a strong opinion, still struggling for materiel from members. please be at the meeting. If conditions permit, we The amount is $20.00 and you can pay up to may be able to do a BBQ later in the year, so we’ll 5 years if convienient. The amount is payable by wait and see. cheque to the association address or to our In the attached minutes from the last meeting, you Treasurer by e-transfer contact Pete Bouchard for will see that last year’s financials and this year’s details [email protected] budget are up for vote, as well as proposed changes As of now the membership stands at 118 (2021), 67 to the Bylaws to formalize online business (2022), 43 (2023); 24 for (2024) and 15 for (2025) conducted during meetings. Voting is online, and We also have one member for 2030. Check the the minutes provide the link. Report of results of front of your envelope to see if you are due. Also the online vote, and formal acceptance of the I encourage articles from members, no mater how results, will occur at the next online meeting. A bit lengthy (I’ll edit) or how small. of a cumbersome process, but it will enable us to The opinion in the Newsletter is that of the Editor continue to do business while we’re reliant on and does not reflect the opinion of the Association. online meetings. Comments and articles are encouraged. Use the The call-out from Jerry Brown for volunteers to Association mailing address for correspondence help with a Spring work party for OJIBWA has met with some success, but he can use more help – In this Issue please consider it if you are able. Also, as always, I Cover………………………………..….Page 1 ask for volunteers for the nomination committee for President/Editor report……………….....Page 2 this year’s AGM, and for volunteers to fill HMS Affray Memorial………………….Page 3 Executive positions. I am not adverse to assigning a HMS Urge missing……………………...Page 3 committee if need be, but would prefer not to Deep Sea Challenger………………..…..Page 4 “press” anyone into service. HMCS Swansea…………………….…..Page 5 The “jungle drums” are speaking of a new WWII Shi plosses………………….……Page 6 submarine program – nothing official, but the word Battery Charger success………….….….Page 7 has been out in some public/industry fora. With any Obituary…………………………..…….Page 7 luck, the Submarine Capability Life Extension (the Minutes…………………………………Page 8 project that acquired the Victoria class), will live up to its name and keep the capability alive until a new platform is delivered. I hope to see you at the regular Zoom meetings. Stay safe, DBF Bob Bush The submarine was lost in a training exercise and not found for two months. States of Alderney Member and former submariner Kevin Gentle read a poem in tribute at the ceremony. Ships en-route to France on D-Day HMS Affray left Portsmouth on 16 April 1951 and submerged about 30 miles south of the Isle of Wight at 21:15 BST, but failed to resurface when it was due to at 08:30 BST. A search and rescue operation involving 26 ships and submarines and every available aircraft was launched, but the submarine remained missing for two months. It was found 7.5 miles north west of Alderney. An official inquiry by the Royal Navy concluded HMS Affray sank because the snort mast, the tube through which the diesel engine "breathed" while the submarine was at periscope depth, snapped because of metal fatigue. A memorial with the names of those who died was unveiled in a 2012 ceremony attended by more than 200 people, including relatives and friends of the victims. This was not possible this year because of coronavirus travel restrictions. HMS Urge: Missing WW2 submarine found off U-190 at St Johns NFLD May 1945 Malta A submarine that has been missing for almost 80 years has been found. HMS Affray memorial held in Alderney on 70th HMS Urge left Malta for the north coast of Egypt anniversary of sinking on 27 April 1942 and was never seen again. A memorial ceremony has been held in The vessel, which was adopted by the people of Alderney to remember the crew of a Royal Navy Bridgend during World War Two, was officially submarine that sank 70 years ago. Friends and reported missing in the Mediterranean on 29 April family of some of the 75 crew who died when HMS 1942. Affray sank in April 1951 have marked the 60th A marine archaeology survey team from the Anniversary of the disaster. University of Malta made the discovery. People gathered and wreathes were laid at a Professor Timmy Gambin said the wreck was "in memorial in Braye Harbour to honour the 75 sailors absolutely fantastic condition". who died aboard HMS Affray near the Hurd Deep in 1951. reach a depth of over 1,000 m (3,300 ft) was aborted after only an hour because of problems with cameras and life support systems.[29] On 23 February 2012, just off New Britain Island, Cameron successfully took the submersible to the ocean floor at 991 m (3,251 ft), where it made a rendezvous with a yellow remote operated vehicle operated from a ship above. On 28 February 2012, during a seven-hour dive, Cameron spent six hours in the submersible at a depth of 3,700 m (12,100 ft). Power system fluctuations and HMS Urge Malta 27 April 1942 unforeseen currents presented unexpected "It's sitting upright on the seabed, very proud, in the challenges. direction it was ordered to take on its way to Alexandria," he told BBC Breakfast. The university said its search results had "established beyond doubt that on 27 April 1942 HMS Urge struck a German mine when leaving the British submarine base at the height of the siege of Malta by German and Italian forces in WW2". There were no survivors. The university added that the wreck was "at a depth of 427ft (130m) on the sea bed, her deck gun facing forward". The Ministry of Defence said it recognised the Deepsea Challenger wreck site "as the last resting place of HMS Urge and those who lost their lives in service of their On 4 March 2012, a record-setting dive to more country".
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