/ / I I ,( I I' ., ! " I " " .1 ," . I 1AICROWSN EST 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 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Page one 1 r 1 l" -i, _.':10-" -j~ 1;-., , t' -, 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.