Vol. 10 No. 12

~CROWSNESTTHE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY'S MAGAZINE OCTOBER, 1958

CONTENTS

NavalfLore Corn,er .No. 64 Inside Back Cover

The Cover-Plotting the position of an "attacking warship"

and the hunted Henemy submarine" is PO Robert Chalmers, one

of the menlbers of the Royal Canadian Navy's nl0bile anti-sub­

marine training unit that brings ASW training to naval divisions

across Canada. (COND-4964)

RCN News Review .

A Study in, Seanlansh.iZJ

Stars by Moon1igh.t .

Officer's an,d Men '.' "

Weddillgs an,d Birt11s II Of' .. • " .

The RN's Won,der Radar

Passage of the Pickle

Afloat and Ashore : .

Sea Cadet Sul1l11ler· II ..

.Here an,d There irt the RCN

Books for tile Sailor

Tl,e Navy Plays .

Letters to the Editor .....

Lower Deck; Prom.otion,s

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LADY OF THE MONTHWhen the Ottawa, Assiniboine and Sioux

visited Quebec ports in June, high schoolstudents were heard to ren1ark that, whilethe Ottawa and Assiniboine, two of Can..ada's streamlined anti..submarine destroyerescorts, were fine...looking vessels, the Siouxlooked 4'nlorc like a warship",

And she has a right to look like a warshi,p,After her transfer to the RCN in March1944 she fought off the coast of Norwayand in the English Channel, engaging enemyunits in these and nlany other theatres ofoperation, After the war she underwentextensive modernization and became the,first Canadian warship to be fitted withbunks in place of hammocks..

·Ten days after the Korean war brokeout, the Sioux was on her way to the FarEast and she served three tours of opera...tion in the Korean conflict-one of the firstRCN ships in Korean waters and the last'to leave.

On the opposite page, the Sioux is pic...tured as she entered 81. John's, Newfound..land, last year. In the foreground 'is oldFort Amherst on Signal Hill. (NFD-4227)

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Nearly five years and 200,000 miles after she commissioned as a modernized frigate, HMCS Lauzon began destoring in September in preparationfor paying off on October 3 to a six-month refit at Pictou, N.S. This is a recent portrait. (DNS-18289)

Japanese FrigatesJ7isit West Coast

An exchange of national and navalc~urtesies marked the beginning of afour-day visit to Canada's West Coastearly in September by two frigates ofJapan's Maritime Self-Defence Force.

The two ships were part of a Japan­ese training squadron which was inthe eastern Pacific at the time. De­taching from the squadron to make thevisit to Canada, September 4-8, werethe Harukaze and the Uranami. Vice­Admiral Hidemi Yoshida, commanderof the squadron, was embarked in theHarukaze.

Nine headquarters officials of theJapanese Self - Defence Agency werewith the ships. Also embarked were11 Japanese journalists, including twomotion picture company cameramenand one television network" represen­tative.

The first two days of the visit werespent at Esquimalt,. after which thefrigates proceeded for a two-day visitto Vancouver.

On arrival, the Japanese ships fireda 21-gun national salute, which wasreturned by a Canadian battery. Nextcame a 15-gun naval salute to Vice­Admiral Yoshida which was returnedfrom his flagship the Harukaze.

Following berthing of the ships atthe Dockyard, Rear-Admiral H. S.Ray­ner, Flag Officer Pacific Coast, called

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on Vice-Admiral Yoshida, who returnedthe call shortly after.

The following day, Vice-Admiral Yo­shida made calls on the Lieutenant­Governor of B.C., the Premier of B.C.and the Mayor of Victoria.

During the Esquimalt visit there werereceptions given by both the Royal Can­adian Navy and the Japanese MaritimeSelf-Defence Force. There were alsobus tours for the officers, cadets andmen of the visiting ships.

Outremont BackFrom Arctic Trip

The frigate Outremont returned toHalifax September 4 to conclude a 28­day, 5,OOO-mile voyage to the easternCanadian Arctic.

House Flag?Nope­

Spouse FlagWhen ships of the Third Canadian

Escort Squadron had a forenoon de­pendents' cruise in Halifax harbour.August 28, the wives were intriguedby a four-breadth black on yellow flagflying from the top of the foremast ofHMCS Ottawa (Cdr. W. H. Willson).

Their mystification was short-lived.however, for one sailor. with tonguein cheek, couldn·t parry questionsfor long and allowed the flag wasonly worn when relatives, particu­larly wives, were embarked.

The flag? A black battle axe on ayellow background.

Commanding officer of the ship, Lt.­Cdr. M. O. Jones, said on arrival thatthe cruise "provided a great deal ofuseful information".

Surveys were made of a number ofout-of-the-way places and hydrogra­phic information compiled. The shipdiscovered, on August 21, an island twomiles offshore in Ungava Bay and, fivedays later, three uncharted offshoreislets en route to Cape Osborn in theResolution region. Application is be­ing made to have the first discoverynamed Outremont Island, after the ship,and the second, Kirby Islets, after Lt.R. H. Kirby, who first discovered themon a radar scope.

The major reason for the cruise wasto permit Flying Officer W. S. McKeg­ney, RCAF, of the Ground ObserverCorps, Air Defence Command, St. Hu­ber, Que., to make ,his annual visitto Ground Observer Posts scatteredthroughout north - eastern regions ofCanada. A total of 24 stops were madeto enable him to call on Eskimo, In­dian and white observers in the FarNorth.

The frigate left Halifax on August7, stayed over the next night at St.John's, Nfld., then proceeded slowlyup the Newfoundland-Labrador coast­line, making frequent stops to visitobserver personnel and to expand navi­gational information on remote inletsand anchorages.- After her call at St.John's, the Outremont was able to liealongside a jetty overnight only once,

A portrait of a famous Spanish explorer, Don Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra, whose name islinked with the early history of Canada's west coast, has been presented to the Royal Canadian Navyby the Spanish Naval Museum. The portrait, a contemporary painting of Quadra, will be hung inthe wardroom of HMCS Quadra at Comox. Defence Minister G. R. Pearkes is shown as he receivedthe portrait, on September in the House of Commons from His Excellency Juan de las Barcenas,Spanish Ambassador to Canada, while Rear-Admiral E. P. Tisdall, Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff,looks on. (0-10748)

at Goose Bay, Labrador. The rest ofthe time she had to anchor.

Among souvenirs of the northerncruise brought back by the ship's com­pany were soapstone carvings of Arc­tic animals which were traded fromEskimo visitors to the ship.

oSIJain l'resentsQumJra Portrait

A link with the early history andexploration of Canada's west coast wasforged at a presentation ceremony inthe House of Commons office of theMinister of National Defence on Sep­tember 3.

His Excellency Juan de las Barcenas,Spanish ambassador to Canada, pre­sented to Defence Minister George R.Pearkes, a portrait of Don Juan Fran­cisco Bodega y Quadra who exploredthe coast of British Columbia andAlaska.

The portrait, which is a copy of acontemporary painting of Quadra, waspresented by the Spanish ambassadoron behalf of the Spanish Minister ofMarine, Admiral Felipe de Abarzuza,as a gift from the Spanish NavalMuseum to the wardroom of HMCS

World'sLargcslSub Launcbed

The U.S. Navy's mammoth, three­decked atomic submarine. T1'iton-aworld-roving radar picket underseacraft - was launched August 19 atGroton, Conn.

The largest of 33 U.S. nuclear-pow­ered submarines under construction orauthorized for the USN, the 5.450-tontwin-reactor Triton is the most recentof five A-subs being fitted to join theNautilus, Seawolj and Skate in thefleet. The others being readied forcommissioning are the Swordfish,Sargo, Skipjack and Seadragon.

Almost double the tonnage of theNautilus (2,980 tons), the 447-foot-longTriton, with a beam of 37 feet, alsois the most expensive underwater ves­sel yet built, costing more than ~100

million.The .first submarine to have three

decks, to accommodate a maze of ad­vanced radar equipment, the new craftwill roam the seas to monitor the skiesfor enemy planes and to serve as aDistant Early Warning Station to thefleet units.

Although the Triton is the biggestatomic submarine In the U.S. Navy'sshipbuilding program, fleet ballisticsubs of slightly less tonnage are al­ready under construction to carry the1,500-mile, solid-fueled Polaris missile.

Skippered by Capt. Edward L. Beach,the Triton will carry a crew of almost150. the largest ever to man an under­water boat.

Several days earlier the 2,190-ton,Skate-class Seadragon slid down theways at the Portsmouth, N.H., NavalShipyard. She is slated for the fleetlate in 1959.-AFPS.

Quadra, Sea Cadet training establish­ment at Comox, Vancouver Island.

A photograph of the presentationceremony is being placed in the arch­ives of the Spanish Naval Museum.

The modern Spanish gesture of friend­ship recalls another of earlier days be­tween Quadra and the British explorer,Captain George Vancouver, who wereappointed by their respective govern­ments to negotiate the restoration ofBritish ships and property at Nootka.

Despite their official differences,Vancouver and Quadra became warmfriends. Quadra at one time expressedhis regret that there was no memorialto their friendship and, as a result,Vancouver named a body of land the"Island of Quadra and Vancouver".Sadly for this mark of mutual respect,the island later became Vancouver'sIsland" with the loss of Spanish influ­ence in the area after the Nootka Con­vention of 1795, and today is knownsimply as "Vancouver Island".

However, Quadra's name still liveson in B.C. in other memorials:

Quadra Island, the largest of thenorthern Valdes group, was so namedby the Geographic Board of Canada in1903.

Quadra Hill is a hill of 748 feet onGaliano Island.

Quadra Rocks, in the Houston Stew­art Channel, Queen Charlotte Islands,

were named after the Canadian Go.v­ernment Ship Quadra (in turn namedafter Captain Quadra) which struckthese then uncharted rocks in May1892.

Quadra Street is one of the mainthoroughfares in Victoria.

Training SquadronRelJlaces Cruiser

A cadet training squadron, composedof frigates, will be formed by the RoyalCanadian Navy on the Pacific Coast thisfall. The squadron's primary task willbe to provide sea training for navalcadets from the Canadian Services Col­leges, universities and HMCS Venture.

Acting Captain Harry A. Porter, hasbeen appointed in command of thesquadron. He holds the additional ap­pointment of Commander Fourth Cana­dian Escort Squadron and will makehis headquarters in HMCS Stettler.

The training squadron will replace, infunction, the' cruiser Ontario, which willbe paid off for disposal on completionof her current training program thisfall. However, while the Ontario hasbeen restricted to a training role, thefrigates will be capable of shiftingimmediately to operational duties, ifrequired.

The frigates possess the further ad­vantage of being more comparable in

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size and equipment to the anti-subma­rine destroyer escorts which form thebulk of the fleet and in which themajority of the naval cadets will serveon receiving their commissions in theRCN.

RCN Divers LaudedFor Work in North

A seven-man clearance diving teamfrom the Royal Canadian Navy's Op­erational Diving Unit in Dartmouth,N.S., has been singled out for warmpraise from a U.S. Navy admiral for ajob "well done" in the eastern Arctic.

Rear-Admiral D. T. Eller, commanderof the United States Navy's Task ForceSix, who is supervising this year'socean re-supply of DEW Line andother stations and bases in the easternArctic, and also Commander, MilitarySea Transportation Service, AtlanticArea, was the officer who praised theCanadian frogmen's "courage, deter­mination and outstanding initiative".

The Canadian team, all volunteers,is headed by Lt.-Cdr. Ross Dickinson.It left Halifax in May on board theUSN ice-breaker Edisto to operate innorthern Newfoundland, east Baffin andLabrador coastal areas.

Two members of the team, PettyOfficers Patrick O'Neill and Brian Dil­listone, 'previously worked in the Arc­tic while serving on board the Arcticpatrol ship Labrador. Other membersof the team are PO Keith Powers, Ldg.Sea. Leo Goneau, and Able SeamenBruce Downie and Alex Blancher. Theteam will return' to Halifax in N0­

vember:The divers select and blast out ap­

proaches to beaches on which supplyvessels land their material. They also

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Officer Cadets LoseWeight, Gain Height

Overweight?Not tall enough?If these are your problems, it seems

that joining the Navy as an officercadet will solve both problems.

At recent graduation ceremoniesheld for second-year cadets of HMCSVenture, the RCN's officer - trainingestablishment at EsquimaIt, B.C.. itwas noted that when the cadets joinedVenture their average weight was 166pounds. Their average height was fivefeet. ten inches.

Two years later~at graduation time-the average weight was down to 163pounds, and the average height wasfive feet, ten and a half inches.

prepare tidal information of the areasconcerned and are available during thelandings on a "trouble shooting" basis.

The praise from Admiral Eller stem­med from the part played by the Can­adian clearance divers in a second,successful attempt to re-supply a loranradio navigation station at Cape Chris­tian, the northernmost of the East Baf­fin Island sites. Ice concentrationsfrustrated the previous day's attemptby a combined task group of U.S. Army,Navy, Coast Guard and RCN frogmen.

A shallow sandbar, big ice floes and"bergy bits" threatened to forestalllanding operations a second time, butthe Canadian sailors cleared the wayby pushing and blasting ice from theobstructed approaches and beaches andcarefully reporting each shift of thetidally influenced sandbar. During thetwo days of operations, the frogmenused more than 3,000 pounds of ex­plosives.

In spite of the ever-present hazardsand adverse operating conditions, there

were no personnel or equipment casu­alties.

Their efforts earned the heartfeltthanks of the 190 U.S. Coast Guardpersonnel who man the loran station.

RCN Shares inPaller Exercise

Halifax headquarters of the CanadianAtlantic Sub Area, was one of threesubordinate NATO headquarters takingpart in a September simulated exerciseof naval control for shipping.

As in the past, merchant shipping ex­perts from the naval retired list werecalled in to play an active part in the.exercise which took place from Septem­ber 8 to 12.

The simulated exercise, held in theWestern Atlantic Area, had as itsscheduling and conducting officer Ad­miral Jerauld Wright, USN, NATO'sSupreme Allied Commander Atlantic,acting in his capacity of Commander-in­Chief Western Atlantic Area.

Called Trade Wind IV, this NATOcommand post exercise was designed totest control of Allied merchant shippingunder simulated wartime conditions.The exercise provided training for mili­tary and civilian organizations in theproblems of keeping the large volumeof shipping moving and protected in theevent of war.

The fourth in a series of "paper" ex­ercises; Trade Wind IV was designed topromote the general readiness of andco-ordination between national ship­ping control organizations and NATOnaval authorities of the United States,United Kingdom, the Netherlands andCanada for the protection of shippingoff the eastern coast of the U.S. and inthe Caribbean.

The smart, c1ipper.bowed Ja.panese Maritime Self Defence Force frigate Uranami arrives in Esquimalt in early September for a two·day visit. (E.46836)

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HMCS Niobe, Canada's second cruiser at anchor in Digby Basin, not for from the site of Cornwallis, in 1911. (OB.847.1)

A STUDY IN SEAMANSHIPW AS THERE an understanding

during the very early days of theCanadian naval service that Canadianwarships should not proceed outsideterritorial waters without permission ofthe Royal Navy?

"No written document to support anaffirmative answer to the foregoingquestion has been found, but there is acertain amount of evidence that thisrule was"in fact, followed. There was,for example, the sad case of the Gov­ernor-General, who wished to sail onboard HMCS Niobe, Canada's secondcruiser, on a training cruise to Bermuda-a cruise that was cancelled, appar­ently because Bermuda lay outside theNiobe's authorized operational area.

If indeed the Royal Navy imposed op­erational restrictions on Canadian men­of-war, its action could be supportedby a fine show of reason. Who wouldgo to the rescue if a Canadian warshipgot into trouble in distant waters? TheRoyal Navy!

And, only a few months after theNiobe was acquired by Canada, she didget into trouble-and a warship of theRoyal Navy did SlJeed to the rescue. HM

Ship landed in a spot of trouble, too,but it was the officers of the Canadianship who were court-martialled at Hali­fax, before a court composed of officersof the Royal Navy.

This case would appear to have abearing on the question asked above.If the Niobe, which went aground off thesouth shore of Nova Scotia on the nightof July 30, 1911, had been forbidden tosteam out of sight of Canadian shores.this fact could well have been pleadedby the defence at the subsequent courtmartial. It wasn't.

On the other hand, there is supportfor the view that the Royal Navy tooka very close interest in the operations ofCanada's first cruisers. The second sail­ing orders for the Royal Canadian Navy,then simply known as the Naval Serviceof Canada, were issued by Rear-Ad­miral C. E. Kingsmill, director of theservice, on September 15, 1910, and hesubmitted them to Admiralty for ap­proval. This was nine days after theold protected cruiser had commissionedas a Canadian warship at Devonport.Admiral Kingsmill wrote as follows toLord Strathcona, then High Commis­sioner for Canada in London:

My Lord,

I have the honour to request thatyou win forward to tlw Secretaryof the Admiralty copy of the at­tached sailing orders issued to tlwCommanding Officer" of the "Niobe"to be carried out when tlwt Sltip isat sea, and request the approval oftheir Lordsltips.

I have the lwnour to beMy Lord,

Your obedient Servant,

(Signed) C. E. KINGSMILL,

Rear Admiral, Director of NavalService of Canada.

The sailing orders were embodied ina memorandum to the CommandingOfficer, HMCS Niobe, on the same date:

"Being in all respects ready for sea,you are to proceed with steam for 11knots to Halifax, Nova Scotia, unlessyou receive contrary orders by cable.On arrival at Halifax you will find inposition off the Dockyard a flag buoy tomark the Niobe stem when middled asit is desirable you should moor. In allprobability the Fishery Protection ves­sels are on the Atlantic coast: some fourin number will meet you and precede

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The 1,100-ton "Au Class Ambush arrived in Halifax June 19 to replace HMS Amphion in theRoyal Navy's Sixth Submarine Squadron.' The. Ambush carries 65 officers and men under commandof It.-Cdr. Peter Roe. The Ambush thus begins her second tour of duty out of Halifax since forma­ti~n of the Sixth Squadron in March 1955. (HS-53298)

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Before the captain, the navigator andthe officer of the middle watch couldreach the bridge dense fog closed inaround the ship.

The captain ordered slow ahead onboth engines and the two watchkeep­ers together timed the whistle. Theyidentified it as the fog signal from CapeSable. Meanwhile the captain had de­cided that he was too close to land andhad gone to look at the chart beforeordering a change of course to seaward.

At 0019, July 30, 1911, while he wasstill in the chart house, the ship tookthe ground. The captain ordered fullspeed astern and the wheel hard a-star­board. Meanwhile, the ship's companywent to collision stations. All water­tight doors were closed. One watch,under the direction of the carpenters,was employed on damage control, shor­ing bulkheads, doOl:s and hatches, whilethe other lowered the boats to theupper deck and placed fresh water andprovisions in them.

The engines failing to move the ship,they were stopped and the sailinglaunch and pinnace were hoisted outby the main derrick-a major evolu­tion at the best of times-to layoutkedge-anchors. They were hardly inthe water when the ship slewedviolently to port through about 160 0

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The boats which had been in the lee ofthe ship, were now exposed to the fullforce of the wind which was quitestrong; they snapped the boat ropes andvanished astern taking seventeen menwith them. Quickly four hawsers werebent together and a whaler was veeredon the end of them to try to recover theother boats, but her crew saw nothingof them.

Just before the swing was complete,the captain ordered the starboardanchor slipped. When the strain cameon the cable, growing broad on thebeam, it bowsed down on the bows andraised the stern clear of the r~ef. Windand tide swung her again and heavingthe lead showed that she was draggingher anchor into deeper water.

Below decks the situation was undercontrol. The starboard engine roomhad been flooded, but the pumpsbrought the water down to the level ofthe deck plates. Other compartmentswere also leaking but not so badly.

At daylight, when the port enginewas moved, the Niobe had ten fathomsof water under her, the tide had turnedand she was now dragging to the south­east, so the port anchor was dropped aswell. At 0600 the first of the local fish­ermen',' who had come Qut in responseto radio requests for a search party tofind the boats', boarded the Niobe. Heand a man from Clark Harbour life

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The Naval Historical Section, doeshave quite full details of the circum­stances surrounding the grounding ofthe Niobe and they present an interest­ing page of Canadian naval history.What follows is the Naval HistoricalSection's narrative:

HMCS CO'rnwaHis came to AnnapolisBasin in 1943, but new-entry traininghad been carried on there for a whilelong before-in 1911. In those daysHMC Cruiser Niobe did duty as trainingship, RCN depot and mobile recruitingunit all in one.

In 1911 she made several coast-wisetraining cruises and in each maritimeport she collected recr~its just as shipsdid in Nelson's day, but without thepress gang. On May 9. she was lyingoff Digby when her commanding officer,

~ ~.ommander W. B. Macdonald, RN, re­ceived word of his appointment as

. Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Gover­nor'-General, Earl Grey.

In July she was in Yarmouth for OldHome Week, and sailed from there onthe evening of the 29th for Shelburne.She expected to be close to the SouthWest Ledge light and whistle buoy (thisis now called the Cape Sable Buoy) alittle before midnight. When the sig­nalman reported a red, flashing lightand the officer of the watch heard awhistle at 2352, both fine on the portbow, this was assumed to be the buoy.

the vessel into harbour. In communi-'cating with these vessels semaphore,not too fast, and they will be able tobegin. I am informing the Admiralty, ,through the High Commissioner, that I .have given you instructions to proceedwhen ready to Halifax at speed of 11knots."

The captain of the Niobe was Cdr.W. B. Macdonald, RN, a native ofBritish Columbia. He did not sail theship from Devonport until October 10and the cruiser reached Halifax Octo­ber 21, the 105th anniversary of the

.Battle of Trafalgar.Incidentally, permission to designate

·the new naval service "Royal CanadianNavy" was not received until August1911 and Canadian naval officers duringthose first few months were referred toin this manner: "Lt. John Doe, CNF".The terminal initials stood for "Cana­dian Naval Forces".

There was nothing unnatural aboutthe paternalistic relationship of theRoyal Navy to the early Canadian NavalService. The Royal Navy only a shorttime before had turned over the Dock­Yards at Halifax and Esquimalt toCanadian control. The first ships weresupplied by the Royal Navy and theywere largely officered and manned byRN personnel. The question, whichhistorical records do not answer fully,is: How extensive was this control?

boat, which arrived soon afterwards,were engaged as pilots. At 0800 thecrew of the launch also aboard, thepinnace returned under sail with theboat having been left anchored safelyat Horse Rip.

Both anchors were still dragging al~

though there were thirteen shackles ofcable out on the starboard and nine onthe port, so, feeling confident of hisship's buoyancy for the present, theCaptain decided to get under way.

By this time three tugs and all thefishing boats for miles around weregathered about the Niobe so about 330men and boys were transferred to themfor passage to reduce the number oflives at hazard in a crippled ship.

The difficulties of navigation weregreat for only the port engine could beused, the rudder was out of action, thefog was still thick and the tide was run­ning strongly. The only way the Niobecould make good anything like astraight course was by anchoring when­ever she yawed and waiting for the tideto swing her back on course again. Shegot way at 1220 and anchored in ClarkHarbour, about eight or ten miles away,at 1845.

Because of steering difficulties, theNiobe was towed to Clark's Harbour,

where she remained until on August 5HMS Comwall came to her aid. Feelingher way toward the Niobe in dense fog,the Cornwall also struck a rock andsuffered damage. She was, however,able to free herself and tow the Niobeto Halifax where both ships were re­paired. (See "The Naval Service ofCanada," Vol. 1, page 145-6).

For the court martial that followedCanada had to "borrow" a Britishcruiser squadron because there were notenough officers in Canada who werequalified to sit on it, and at least twoof HM or HMC Ships had to be present.Commander Macdonald was honourablyacquitted, but the navigator and theofficer of the first watch were foundguilty; the former was dismissed theship and the latter was reprimanded.

A court martial has liberty to com­mend as well as to fix blame, and thepresident wrote to the Rear-Admiral theFourth Cruiser Squadron:

HMCS Niobe at Halifax, N.S.18 November, 1911

Sir,

I 'wve the honour to report onbehalf of the members of the courtsmartial sitting for the trials of offi­cers of HMCS Niobe from 15th to 18November, we wish to draw the at-

tention of the Canadian NavalAdministration to the exemplarybehaviour of tlte ship's company inHMCS Niobe on the occasion of 'terstranding, both on deck and in theengine l'ooln, under most tryingcircumstances.

It is noticeable especia.lly that noless than 180 recruits were on board- all were boys or youths - andtheir conduct on this occasion ap­pears to be most creditable.

The court are also of the opinionthat the seamanship displayed byCommander Macdonald, his officers,and men, in lnoving the disabledship under trying circumstancesinto Clark's Harbour is worthy ofall praise.

I, have the honour to beSir

Your obedient Servant

(Signed) L. Clinton-Baker,Captain HMS Berwick,

President of Court Martial.

This letter was forwarded to Ottawaand the department ordered it read tothe assembled ships' companies of HMCShips Niobe and Rainbow and to thecadets of the Royal Naval College ofCanada at Halifax.-Naval HistoricalSection

HMS Cornwall hurried to the re$cue, and went aground in doing so, when HMCS Niobe grounded heavily off Nova Scotia's south. shore. TheCornwall, shown here, freed herself and towed the Niobe back to Halifax where both ships underwent repairs. (CN·3455)

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Stars by Moon light

"WELL, I'll be!" ejaculated theyoung Gunnery Officer, "Did

you see this article on 'Sights UsingMoonlit Horizon' in the ND Bulletin forDecember? Guy's wacky - any foolknows they're not worth wasting timeon ... Yes, thanks, Flags - withwater."

"Yes," agreed Flags, "wacky. Pilothas a pretty soft touch these days any­way, what with Loran, Decca and allthe other gadgets . . . no more sightsin a few years."

The Ancient Mariner stirred uneasilyin his deep chair before the fire, puffedon his pip~ a little more vigorously, j

then reapplied himself to his contem­plation of the wartime Navy List hehad unearthed.

"Oh! sir,". said Guns, apparentlynoticing the Ancient Mariner for thefirst time, "don't you think stars bymoonlight are a lot of bunk? Oh! willyou have the other half, sir?"

"Thanks-no ice," replied the AM,knocking his pipe out.

"Y'know," said the AM as he took theproffered glass from Guns, "there'ssomething' awfully permanent aboutstars;. the best electronic gadgets in theworld may go on the fritz - but thestars are there for keeps ... Now, asto stars by moonlight, well, I'll tell youa story.

"It was 1942 - October," continuedthe AM as he refilled his pipe. "I hadmy own corvette, and had to be my ownnavigating officer, too. ON 137 had hadthe usual spot of bother-weather andU~Boats-and one grey dawn, I foundmyself the sole escort for the survivor­filled rescue ship, the SS Bury, andHeaven alone knew where the convoywas! And it didn't help to know thatI was in a very familiar condition-"­getting short 'of fuel, and no replenish­ment tanker in the convoy even sup­posing I'd known where it was."

The AM dragged thoughtfully on his. pipe, "I well remember the cryptic sig­

nal from my senior officer in the St.Croix/' he went on. "Poor chap waslost the following year in the firstacoustic-torpedo attack of the war 0 ••

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A true story of navigationin the days of the

convoys

'IF IN COMPANY WITH BURY RE­MAIN TO PRUDENT LIMIT ENDUR­ANCE THEN PROCEED AZORES ORST. JOHN'S'.

"Bury's DR and my own were littlebetter than guesstimates, what withgales, scattered convoy, magnetic com­passes, and no sights for days .. '. Westayed with Bury as long as we could,and finally got him to within HIT 'talk­ing distance' of the convoy-pure jossthat-then headed for where I hopedlay St. John's. It was then that myrotund and perspiring Chief ERA puffedup to the bridge, his usually cheerfulcountenance a mask of concern."

The AM paused to relight his pipe."There had been a slight error in the

'dips' taken on the preceding two days-can't blame 'em, pretty heavy wea­ther. We had quite a 'few tons less fuelnow than we thought we had . . .

"A check and double check failed toproduce even half a ton more, and asimple calculation revealed the unpleas­ant fact that, even if we were as farto the westward as we hoped we were,and even if the weather held, we'd end'up with dry tanks about a hundredmiles from St. John's.

"There was only one thing for it­ask for a tow. But where the devilwere we? I had no option but to passa rendezvous position based On our verydubious DR.

"In the meantime, the Chief ERAhad organized bucket brigades, and thedregs of the tanks were being baledout with loving care and deposited in­to a tank where best they could beused.

"We pressed on to the westward ateconomical speed, under leaden skies,with visibility not better than twomiles. Then at last-two fu~zy andfleeting -sun sights during the ~iternoon.

These suggested that we were about 15miles to the northward and a bit to thewestward of our DR. While it was en­couraging to find that we might beslightly to the westward, the sights hadbeen pretty shaky. It's at times likethis that the Atlantic seems a verylarge place . . . However, there wasnothing to do but trust the sights, headfor the rendezvous, and hope for somestars. But dusk came, and no break inthe sky although the fog cleared.

"Then suddenly at about 2200, themoon burst forth, and stars appearedfitfully between the scudding clouds.In the few fleeting moments before theywere again obscured, I managed to getArcturus, Mizar and Polaris. They gaveme a cocked hat of about six miles, thecentre of which placed us about 20miles to the nor'-westward of our DR,and only about 18 miles eastwardof our rendezvous position. This wereached with fuel remaining for notmore than about three or four hours'steaming.

"We stopped and lay there, the as­die team - sorry, sonar - straining forany sound which might announce theaproach of aU-Boat . . . Our only ra­dar, an SW2C, was in its habitual con­dition, UIS, as was our MFIDF. Thehours dragged on, and the time of ren­dezvous approached . . . Then-distant.'HE!' Was it a U-Boat? ... or couldit be .0.1 Suddenly we were bathedin moonlight again~and there were thetug and escort steaming right for us.They'd found us on the button. Theyhad no rada,r, either."

The AM contemplated his pink ginfor a long moment in the silence thatfollowed. "Yes," he mused, "Stars bymoonlight ... I like 'em."-D.G.K".

OFFICERS AND MEN

I.-t.·Cdr. BOIl,rke,VC Winner, Dies

Lt.-Cdr. Rowland R. L. Bourke,holder of the Victoria Cross, died athis home in Victoria on August 29. Hewas 72.

Described by the late Lord Keyes,Admiral of Fleet, as "the bravest ofall holders of the Victoria Cross", Lt.­Cdr. Bourke was awarded the Dis­tinguished Service Order in April, 1918,and the following month he won theVictoria Cross. The awards were forvalour in attacks on Zeebrugge andOstend on the Belgian coast while incommand of a motor launch.

Lt.-Cdr. Bourke was born in London,England, on November 28, 1885. He waseducated in London and came to Canadain 1902, where he engaged in mining illthe Klondike and fruit growing in B.C.

He entered the Royal Naval Volun­teer Reserve as a sub-lieutenant inNovember, 1916, and took courses atGreenwich and Southampton, England,after which he was appointed in com­mand of ML 276, and volunteered forrescue work at Ostend.

Along with another ML, Lt.-Cdr.Bourke followed the Vindictive intoOstend, engaging enemy machine gunson both piers with Lewis guns. Afterthe other ML had withdrawn, Lt.-Cdr.Bourke laid his ship alongside the Vin­dictive for a last search and when aboutto withdraw heard cries in the waterand detected six men clinging to a skiff.Under heavy fire, he rescued them, sus­taining 55 hits to the ML, one by a six­inch shell.

Although the ML was severely dam­aged and speed reduced, he managedto bring her out and was taken in towby a monitor.

The episode "displayed daring andskill of a very high order and un­doubtedly saved the lives of the sixmen, one of whom was Lieut. Sir JohnAlleyne."

Lt.-Cdr. Bourke was gazetted onAugust 28, 1918, for his valour. Theprevious month he won the DSO. Hewas promoted to the rank of lieutenant­commander for his services in actionand was also made a Chevalier of theLegion of Honour.

Lt.-Cdr. Bourke entered the formerRoyal Canadian Naval Volunteer Re­serve in September, 1939, and served onadministrative work in Canada dur-

LT.-CDR. ROWLAND BOURKE, YC, DSO

ing the Second World War, latterlywith the acting rank of commander.

He entered the Federal Civil Servicein 1932 and retired in 1950 at Esquimalt.

Lt.-Cdr. Bourke was buried with fullnaval honours from Our Lady of PeaceChurch, Esquimalt, on September 2, and

I requiem mass was sung by Rev. LewisMacLellan.

He is survived by his wife, Linda, andtwo sisters, Mrs. W. Lewis and Mrs. R.V. Venables, both of Victoria.

Prizes AUJardedUNTD Trainees

More than 350 University NavalTraining Division cadets paraded be­fore the Flag Officer Atlantic CoastFriday afternoon, July 11, at HMCSStadacona.

Rear-Admiral H. F. Pullen inspectedthe cadets, who are in the midst ofsummer training with the RCN, andawarded prizes to outstanding trainees.

Cadet Captain H. L. Davies, Toronto,a student at the University of Toronto,received a sword as the most outstand­ing third-year cadet. Cadet CaptainD. E. Wakefield, also of the Universtiyof Toronto, received a telescope as therunner-up.

Cadet J. S. Elliott, of Victoria, astudent at the University of BritishColumbia, received a plaque as themost outstanding first-year cadet.

Dirks were presented to the follow­ing top cadets in first-year divisions:

R. K. Norris, D. P. Armitage and C. A.Gunn, all of Toronto, A. C. Frost, ofMontreal, and J. A. Beatty, of Agin­court, Ontario.

Blood Given inChild's Memory

In Vancouver recently, 80 officersand men from lIMCS Athabaskan gaveblood in memory of a little girl whodied of leukemia.

The ship's company learned of theplight of Sandra Dougall, 3, throngh afriend of the family, AB K. R. Speer,but she died before they had a chanceto help.

Seven CompleteLong "C" Cou.rse

After 11 months of concentrated study,seven officers have graduated as com­munications specialists from lIMC Com­munication School at Cornwallis.

The course ended on Saturday, July19, with the presentation of certificatesto the newly-qualified "C" officers,Lieutenants J. A. C. Beauregard, J. D.Cairney, J. M. Campbell, D. Carmichael,W. H. Evans, C. M. Seymour and H. R.Wilcox.

The presentations were made by Cap­tain M. J. A. T. Jette, commandingofficer of Cornwallis, at ceremonialdivisions. The Mackay Award for thehighest marks in the Long "C" coursewent to Lt. Evans. This award, a tele­scope, was initiated by RCN communi­cations officers in memory of Lt.-Cdr.T. C. Mackay, DSC, RCN, whose dis­tinguished career in naval communica­tions, was tragically ended when hewas killed in an automobile accidentin 1951 while on his way to a WestCoast appointment.

Rust PreventionIllea Rewarded

A suggestion by Able Seaman DonaldV. Watson, 21, of Kimberley and Kelso,B.C., has won him a cash award anda letter of commendation from NavalHeadquarters.

AB Watson, an engineering mechanic,suggested a method for keeping certaindeck plates in ships' engine and boilerrooms from rusting. The suggestionwas submitted to the Suggestion AwardBoard of the Public Service of Canadafor study and trial by technical ex-

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First winner of the King's College Naval Bursary is Miss Sandra Manning, centre, flanked byproud parents, CPO F. C. Manning, a storesman at Stadacona, and Mrs. Manning. A 17·year-oldgraduate of Queen Elizabeth High School in Halifax, Miss Manning intends to complete her artsdegree at the University of King's College, then take nursing science and, finally, administrativenursing. The bursary, to cover fees and books throughout her course at King's, went to Miss Man­ning on the basis of her academic achievement and promise, purpose, industry and character.(HS-541 08)

perts and has been adopted for use bythe Royal Canadian Navy.

AB Watson was born in Kimberleyon January 26, 1937, and entered theNavy in February, 1954.

He took his early training at Corn­wams and has since served ashore onboth coasts and at sea in the Sault Ste.Marie, Ste. The1'ese, Ontario and Mag­nificent. He is now serving at Naden.

Two Promoted toCommodore Rank

Two senior technical officers of theRoyal Canadian Navy have been pro­moted to the rank of Commodore (L).

They are Commodore (L) John Deaneand Commodore (L) Herbert G. Bur­chell.

Commodore Deane, who recentlycompleted the course at the NationalDefence College, Kingston, Ont., tookup the dual appointment of Commo­dore Superintendent, Pacific Coast, andSuperintendent, HMC Dockyard, Esqui­malt, on August 18.

Commodore Burchell has been DeputyChief of Naval Technical Services atNaval Headquarters, Ottawa, since Aug­ust 1956. While in the appointment heheld the acting rank of Commodore (L).

In October Commodore Burchell willexchange appointments with Commo­dore (E) John MacGillivray, who hasbeen Commodore Superintendent, At­lantic Coast, and Superintendent, HMCDockyard, Halifax, since January 1956.

Bursary Goes toCPO's Daughter

The Rev. Canon H. L. Puxley, MA,DD, announced in August that at ameeting of the Executive Committee ofthe King's College Naval Bursary Fund,Miss Sandra Manning, of Halifax,daughter of CPO F. C. Manning, ofHMCS Stadacona, and Mrs. F. C. Man­ning, had been awarded the King'sCollege Naval Bursary. Canon Puxleyacted as temporary chairman of themeeting, which convened in order toweigh the merits of the various appli­cants for the bursary.

In order for applicants to be consid­ered it was necessary that they be chil­dren of an officer or a man serving inthe Royal Canadian Navy or retiredfrom the Royal Canadian Navy on pen­sion. The candidates had also to be ac­ceptable to or registered in the Univer­sity of King's College. While academicachievement and promise was the firstprinciple upon which the candidates'applications were considered, purpose,in d u s try and character were alsoweighed carefully in the selection ofMiss Manning over the other candidates.

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While the bursary is awarded an­nually it is intended that it shall betenable by the same student until com­pletion of his degree at the universityprovided that he makes acceptableprogress. The bursary will be in anamount sufficient to cover tuition fees ofthe successful candidate while he re­mains in his course at King's, and willat the same time provide him with asum sufficient to purchase his booksnecessary for his course.

In making this announcement on be­half of the committee, Canon Puxleyexpressed the gratitude and deep ap­preciation of the university for thisgesture by the officers and men of shipsand establishments on the Atlanticcoast who had made this bursary pos­sible.

The bursary was established in orderto commemorate the unique and valu­able relationship between the Universityof King's College and the Royal Cana­dian Navy during the Second WorldWar, during which the Universityturned over its buildings entirely to theDepartment of National Defence for useas an officers' training establishment.Many messes and welfare funds of es­tablishments on the Atlantic coast havemade contributions to the capital sum,interest from which will provide thebursary.

The recipient, Miss Manning, intendsto complete her arts degree at the Uni­versity of King's College, after whichshe intends to enter nursing science andfinally will enter the field of administra­tive nursing. She is 17 years of age,and a graduate of Queen Elizabeth highschool in Halifax.

CommissionedRank for CPO

A former Chief Petty Officer of theRoyal Canadian Navy, Murray K. Bron­son has been promoted to the rank ofActing Commissioned Engineer (AE).

In September Cd. Eng. Bronson wasto go to the United Kingdom for anaero - engineer officers' course, afterwhich he will take an officers' divi­sional course at Cornwams.

Cd. Eng. Bronson was born in PortStanley, Ontario, on May 7, 1921, andentered the navy at Hamilton in No­vember 1943 as an engine room artifi­cer. He served ashore on the EastCoast and at sea in a frigate and aminesweeper until December 1945 whenhe went to the Uganda (cruiser) fortwo years. He transferred to the regu­lar force in August 1947.

Following specialist courses in aero­engineering in the United Kingdom, Cd.Eng. Bronson returned to Canada in1949 and served with naval air squad-

rons and air groups at Shea71WQ,ter andin the Magnificent. In March, 1957, hetook up instructional duties in I-IMCSCape B1'eton" until recently apprenticetraining ship at Halifax.

~1a'"(~ll,Vril1,g

Hoarel Desigll,edA suggestion by 'Lt. Allan C. Gorse­

line, has brought him a cash award anda letter of commendation froln NavalIleadquarters.

Lt. Gorseline, a navigation specialistnow serving in Niobe, suggested anidea for an internally illuminatedn1anreuvring board which has an ap­plication in fleet work.

Lt. Gorseline was serving in lIMCSAssiniboine when he hit on the ideafor his manreuvring board, and onewas produced in the ship. It has sincehad considerable practical use made ofit during several NATO fleet exercisesin the Atlantic.

Lt. Gorseline was born in Schenec­tady, N.Y., but was living in Colling­vvood, Ontario, when he entered thenavy in October 1940 as an ordinaryseaman.

He served during the Second WorldWar in HMCS Halifax (corvette) andHMCS Uganda (cruiser) and ashore onthe East Coast and at HMCS St. Hya­cinthe, wartime signal school at St.Hyacinthe, P .Q. He transferred to theregular force in May 1944.

Following the war he served ashoreon the East Coast and in the UnitedKingdom, where he specialized in radarplotting and in HMCS Magnificent (air­craft carrier).

Promoted to commissioned rank inMarch 1951, Lt. Gorseline has sincetaken advanced courses in the UnitedI<::ingdon1 and has held appointments atsea in the destroyer escorts Crescentand Assiniboine and in the coastalminesweepers Chaleur and Gaspe.

Se,,,ior PostsA,,,nolLllced

Four senior officers of the Royal Can­adian Navy take up new appointmentsthis fall.

Captain Robert W. Timbrell, who hasbeen executive officer of HMCS Shear­watwt, RCN air station near Dartmouth,N.S., since February, 1957, was ap­pointed Director of Undersea Warfareon the staff of the Assistant Chief ofthe Naval Staff (Air and Warfare) atNaval Headquarters, effective Septem...bel' 18.

Succeeding Captain Timbrell· on Sep­tember 10 was Cdr. John P. T. Dawsonwho has been commanding officer ofHMCS Skeena (destroyer escort) sincethe ship comn1issioned in March 1957.

Cdr. William M. I{idd took commandof the Skeena on August 20.

Cdr. Andrew L. Collier succeededCdr. I{idd as executive officer of Ven...ture on August 19.

ColJ1,llJ,ll,ll,icatio II,S

COll,rse ConJ,/JletedFive comluunicators successfully COIn ...

pleted a Comlnunicator Visual, TradeGroup I, course at lIMC CommunicationSchool, Cornwallis, on August 1.

The graduates of the 19...week coursewere Ordinary Seamen R. B. Clarke,S. R. Femia, R. P. Gilmore and G. W.Snooks, and AB E. A. LeClair.

Cdr. E. J. Semmens, officer in chargeof the Communication School, pre...sented a combination cigarette lighterand case to Ord. Sea. Snooks who ledthe class throughout the co~rse. Allgraduates received certificates.

Ca/Jtai,,, ~I. II. EllisRetires from Navy

In pre-war days the Headmaster ofa Victoria Island private school, Instr.Captain Martin H. Ellis, has retiredfrOln the Royal Canadian Navy after20 years' service in the regular forceand reserve and in both the executiveand instructor branches. He proceededon retirement leave on August 26.

WEDDINGSLieutenant (E) Douglas H. Benn. Naval

Headquarters, to Miss Sus a n ChristinaMoffatt" of ottawa.

Lieutenant Terrance Brennan, RCN (R) ,Ca'rleton, to Miss Claudette Belair, of East­view, Onto

Sub-Lieutenant Patrick D. Crofton, Niobe,to Miss Patricia Judith, Mary Williams, ofWargrave, Berks., England.

Leading Sean1an Alvin R. Hoover, Mi1'irna­chi, to Miss Elizabeth-Ann McGrath, of Vic­toria.

Ordinary Seaman Robert I<:ranstz, C01'n­wallis, to Miss Donna Vantassel, of Digby,N.S.

Able Seaman Gerald A. Leacock, Stada­cona, to Miss Beverly Anne Dauphinee, ofDartmouth, N.S.

Able Sealnan John B. Morris, Cayuga, toMiss Carol Loraine Sheilds, of Victoria.

Sub-Lieutenant Jmnes G. Morrison, ottawa,to Miss Ruth Mary Cross, of Arnherstburg,N.~.

Sub-Lieutenant Melville W. D. Rochleau,Stadacona, to Miss Hilda Thorpe, of Victoria.

Lieutenant David A. Winter, Royal MilitaryCollege, to Miss Judith Merrimn Wilson, of'Truro, N.S.

BIRTHSTo Cornlnander J. R. Coulter, Assiniboine,

and Mrs. Coulter, a daughter.To Leading Seaman W. T. Evans, C7'escent,

and Mrs. Evans, a son.To Instructor Lieutenant-Commander J. A.

Johnson, Stadacona, and 1\1:rs. Johnson; adaughter.

To Lieutenant-Colnlnander (SB) CharIesT.McNair, Patriot, and Mrs. McNair, a daughter.

To Able Seaman Robert Polin, Marga1'ee,and Mrs. Poulin, a son.

Born in Exbury, Halnpshire, England,on October 15, 1900, Captain Ellis cameto Canada in April 1926.

I-Ie entered the Royal Canadian NavalVolunteer Reserve (Supplementary Re­serve) in 1938, at which titue he washeadluaster of Brentwood CollegeSchool, near Victoria. I-Ie went on ac­tb:re service as a lieutenant in October1939 and served in patrol vessels onthe West Coast until May 194,0 whenhe was appointed to Stadacona, Halifax,as a new entry divisional officer.

The following January he went tothe United I{ingdolu for a specializedanti-subInarine course, on completionof which he was appointed to the cor­vette Collingwood as anti-submarineofficer for a convoy escort group.'

Later he went ashore in I-Ialifax asanti-subn1arine sea training officer, thenbecalue officer-in...charge of the Anti­Sublnarine School, on the staff of Cap­tain (D) Halifax. During this periodhe was promoted to lieutenant-cOm­mander.

In July 1943, he joined the frigateNene as group anti-submarine officerof the escort group EG 6, transferringnine months later to the frigate Waske­siu. During the year in which he waswith EG 6, Captain Ellis experiencedtwo glider bomb attacks and was in­volved, as group anti-sublnarine officerin two sublnarine sinkings. '

Captain Ellis later served at head­quarters and as officer-in-charge of theanti-submarine school at Cornwallis.In August 1945 he went to the navalcollege at Royal Roads as instructor inEnglish and in January of the follow­ing year transferred to the RCN.

After tvV'o years at Royal Roads, In­structor Captain Ellis was appointed toheadquarters as Director of Naval Ed­ucation.

In 'August 1949 he went to the air­craft carrier Magnificent as Senior In­structional Officer, and remained thereuntil appointed to headqllarters as Di-:rector of Naval Training in Dec~~-­bel" 1950.

Captain Ellis was appointed to thestaff of the Assistant Chief of NavalIntelligence in Septeluber 1954.

On September 1, 1956, he was ap­pointed on attachment to the Joint Staffas Military Adviser to the CanadianDelegation on the UN DisarmamentCommission and held this post untilhis retirement.

Air Conlm,odoreCostello Retires

On the occasion of the retirementJuly 11, of Air Commodore Martin Cos­tello as AOC, Maritime Air CommandRear-Admiral H. F. Pullen, Flag Offi~

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eel' Atlantic Coast, sent him the fol­lowing message:

"On turning over the position of AirOfficer Commanding, Maritime Air Com­mand to your successor, the officers andmen of the Atlantic Command expresstheir appreciation of your leadershipand wise counsel over the past four

. years."The very close and happy relation­

ship of the two services in the command,is in a great measure, the result of yourpersonal example. Our very best wishesgo with you on your retirement."

Air Commodore Costello has beensucceeded by Air Commodore William1. Clements, who is also Deputy Com­mander Canadian Atlantic Sub - Areaunder Admiral Pullen in the CanadianNATO command.

Officer to ServeAt USN Base

Lt.-Cdr. (S) Robert N. G. Smith,on September 22 took up an appoint­ment on exchange duty with the UnitedStates Navy at the Naval Supply De­pot, San Diego, California.

Lt. - Cdr. Smith has been DeputyNaval Secretary (Staff) and Secretaryto the Vice-Chief of the Naval Staffat Naval Headquarters, Ottawa, sinceJanuary 1956.

Accident·FreeShops Recognized

Commodore (E) JOhn, ·MacGillivray,Commodore ·Sup~rintendent AtlanticCoast, in July presented certificates ofmerit to four departments under hisadministration fOt" li~'ving worked forthe whole of the year 1957 without alost-time accident.

Eligible for the awards are 80 shops,etc., employing groups of more than 20people. The number of people involvedin the safety competition, embracingthe dockyard, Naval Armament Depotand the Bedford Magazine, totals 4,100.

Certificate holders include the PlantEngineering Department, ElectricalMaintenance, Fire Control Shop NAD,and the Precision Shop in the yard.

It was a rare sight and it must have brought back yearning memories to ancient Maritimersattending Navy Day celebrations in Halifax on August 27. In honour of the occasion the U.S. CoastGuard auxiliary barque Eagle sent her cadet complement aloft to man the yards-a gesture thatbrought a message from Rear-Admiral H. F. Pullen, Flag Officer Atlantic Coast: "Many thanks foryour assistance in our Navy Day program. It is many years since a ship with .yards manned hasbeen seen in Halifax harbour. It was a stirring sight." The photograph was taken by Tom Martin,dockyard employee and free-lance photographer. It is printed here with his kind permission.

New CommandingOfficer at Nonsltch

The appointment cf Cdr. LeonardJ. D. Garrett as commanding officer ofHMCS Nonsuch, the Edmonton naval

:division, was announced in early Sep­tember.

He succeeds Cdr. (E) (AE) NormanS. Cameron, who had been in commandof the division since 1955 and who wasthe first non-executive branch officer tocommand a naval division.

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Cdr. Garrett joined the RCNVR atEdmonton in 1941 and has served in thereserve ever since. He held a numberof sea appointments during the SecondWorld War, including that of gunnery

officer of HMCS Iroquois in Europeanwaters. In 1955 he was commandingofficer of the Brockville when he car­ried out a summer training cruise toSan Francisco.

THE ROYAL NAVY'S WONDER RADARA REMARKABLE tribute to the sci~

entists, designers, and those of theradio industry in the United Kingdomwho have supported them in develop~

ing modern electronic equipment forwarships, was paid by the First SeaLord (Admiral of the Fleet the EarlMountbatten of Burma, K.G., etc.) ata dinner given by the British Instituteof Radio Engineers to celebrate the 33rdanniversary of its foundation.

In recent years, said Admiral Mount­batten, equipment had been producedwhich revolutionized the operationaleffectiveness of the modern warship andgave to the captain and his officerspowers undreamed of in the past.

He singled out for special commentthe combination of Type 984 radar andits comprehensive display system whichis essentially the eyes, brain and cen­tral nervous system of the ships, suchas HMS Victorious, Britain's new air­craft carrier, in which it is installed.

"Integrated with the directing intel­lect of the human staff, it constitutesa device of almost fabulous perform­ance without which modern warshipswould be highly vulnerable to long­range attack from the air," said theFirst Sea Lord.

Lord Mountbatten went on: "The un­initiated, looking at this ship or seeingpictures of her, may wonder why shecarries an enormous 'searchlight' on theisland superstructure. Some may won­der if this contains some new form ofblack light or possibly even a magiceye. It is indeed a form of magic eyewhich, in conjunction with its electronic'brain' between decks, not only givesthe captain phenomenal far sight butalso provides him with infinitely greaterpowers of calculation and judgmentthan his own eyes and brain could pro­duce unaided.

"The eye part of this system is arevolving stabilized structure whichweighs 27 tons and incorporates manynew ideas. Like the human eye it usesa radio lens instead of a reflector, andfor much the same reason. If a reflec­tor were used the various scannerswould obstruct the actual radar beams.Also by using the lens, greater flexi­bility in aerial design is achieved.

"The radio lens is made up of hun­dreds of short sections of different­length wave - guides stacked togetherlike a honeycomb. It has an 'F' valueof 1, which gives greater collectingpower than the best camera lens. Thereis one way, however, in which this

'eye' copies the bat rather than thehuman being. It sends out its ownsort of illumination in the form of anumbel' of narrow pencil beams, allsharing the same lens. One of theseis fixed in elevation and provides thelong-range warning, while the othersmake a co-ordinated scan of varioussections of the target area as the ro­tating structure revolves.

"Like the human eye again, this ra­dar antenna unit sends a hotchpotchof impulses to the 'brain', in this casean elaborate electronic computor sys-

The 'magic eye' of Britain's new aircraftcarrier, HMS Victorious.

tem in the superstructure of the ship.These impulses, though quite meaning­less in themselves, contain all the in­formation on airborne targets which isneeded by the operational staff. Toenable them to make full use of thisinformation, there is a very complexdisplay system which processes, storesand filters it so that it can be displayedin an easily intelligible up - to - dateform. Range, height, bearing; speedand course are all provided and pre­sented for easy use by a novel systemof electronic writing.

"All the numbers and symbols re­quired for identifying targets and forother purposes are written electronic­ally on the display tubes themselves.This is achieved by a suitable combina­tion of different wave-forms to produceLissajous' characters of the requiredshape. Even for the most complicatedcharacters not more than four of thesewave-forms is needed. As if this werenot enough, a section of the 'brain',

known as the intercept computor, worksout for the control officer a future pre­sentation of which of his fighters willintercept or miss their targets and whenif they continue on his present direc­tions. These directions have also beencomputed for him.

"Even with all this elaborate and ef­fective aid the operational staff of awarship, trying to compete with a massair attack at modern high speeds andgreat altitudes, is faced with enormousdifficulties. Almost instantaneous de­cisions have to be made of how bestto use all the rapidly changing inform­ation. This brings me to perhaps themost important and most interesting as­pect of these new developments, andthat is the integration of man's intellectwith his creation. For this system can­not, of course, be used and directed ormaintained without the human intellect.

"The term 'electronic brain' has oftenbeen criticized on the grounds that thesemachines are not capable of originalthought and have, in fact, no intellect.This is, of course, perfectly true andthe comparison between these machinesand the human brain applies only tothe semi-automatic part which controlsthe routine functions of tl,e body asnecessary to carry out the directions ofthe intellect.

"This is precisely the case with anelaborate electronic system such as Ihave described. I repeat that by itselfit can achieve nothing. Its sole pur­pose is to provide for the human ele­ment much more information than theirown eyes and brains can handle un­aided, and to help carry out the direc­tions produced by the combination ofman and machine. If equipment ascomplex as this radar and display sys­tem is to serve its purpose and not be­come a liability it must be maintainedat its designed performance. Moreoverthis must continue as the equipmentbecomes older and therefore inherentlyless reliable.

"The system is, therefore, fitted witha comprehensive monitoring system.This is extremely important becausethe mounting cannot be worked onwhile it is in operation and the lengthof time when the system can be putout of action for maintenance must bekept to the bare minimum. It is, there­fore, only by continuous and carefulmonitoring that the system can be effi­ciently serviced during the short periodswhen it can be shut down. For thesame reason the units and components

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industry from top management to theworkers at the 'bench.

"There is, of course, a price to payfor all such tremendous achievementsand the financial cost is probably thegreatest of these. I wonder if yourealize the difference in costs betweenradio and electronic equipment in shipsof the 1938 era and those of the presentday. So staggering are these differencesthat I will quote a few.

of the system must possess a very highstandard of reliability.

"When Type 984 Radar was firstplanned serious doubts were expressedwhether the valves and other compon­ents would be sufficiently reliable forthem all to be kept in working orderat once. This equipment uses about10,000' valves and 100,000 components,to say nothing of a quarter of a 'millionsoldered joints, with 275 slip rings tothe revolving structure. However, I.am g,lad' to say that this and othersimilar systems are now being operatedand maintained at a very good standardof over-all reliability, and this mustrefle~t the greatest credit on all in the

Frigate orDestroyer

CruiserAircraft Carrier

1938 1958£ £

4,000 120-150,00020,000 500,00012,000 over 1,000,000

"To this must be added, of course,the huge expenditure on research anddevelopment. The other price is thatcomplicated systems call for a 'higherdegree of skill and personal qualitiesin our sailors than ever before. Themen concerned with equipment of thissort need the ability to think quickly,they need mental endurance and theyneed sound judgment both in operat­ing the equipment and maintaining it.

"I am very glad to say that we aregetting a sufficiently high standard ofrecruits coming into the Navy to meetthis formidable but fascinating task,"Admiral lVIountbatten concluded.-(Ad­'miralty News SU'!1tmary)

... On 'Throwing Pebbles into the Sea ;'

F OR THOSE who wish to get away from it all, withoutgoing so far as to preclude a rapid return to it, all,

there is nothing quite so soothing as throwing stones fromthe beach into the sea. Any beach on any sea will do, forboulders from Bali, nodules from Nova Scotia, pebblesfrom Panama, or stones from Stavanger will all fall intotheir respective oceans with equally satisfactory results.Many a man has taken his troubles to the strand and therealleviated them by an hour or two of carefree throwingand. detached thinking, soothed by the unceasing whisper­ing of the waves and refreshed by the wash of uncon­taminated air from the uninhabited ocean.

Mind you, that is not to say that it is enough to juststart throwing chunks of rock into salt water; theevolution must be correctly carried out, with the properatmosphere ~nd the proper respect for the mysteries. Tostart with. there must be a reason for the operation, foryour purposeless thrower is a menace to society, a clut­terer of the beach, and a waster of one of Nature's mostbountiful gifts-the throwable pebbles of the world's seashores. .The benefits of the' clinic of the beach are notthus td' be squandered by' meaningless meander-mindedmorons'who have just time to kill.

The time of day must be considered, for hot noon andclear thinking are ill-matched fellows. When the sun hasdipped from zenith .to just above wavetop height and thecool- breezes of evening are' wafting, then is the time toessay the medicine of pebble casting.

There should" ideally, be a floating target and yourexperienced pebblecaste~ will invariably be able to pro­vide one .from among the litter of cans and bottles lefton the beach by the untidy human race. The bobbing ofthe target provides an extra element of difficulty, a soup­~on of competition, to add further spice to relaxation, andto provide an upsurge' of ·the ego" when a bull's-eye isscored.

The site of the casting must be chosen with care sothat an inexhaustible supply of ammunition is within reachof the hands" of a sitting devotee, who can then grab,throw and think all at the same time without ever beingaware of what he is doing or even where he is.

A comfortable seat is a prime requisite, preferablyon a slight upslope, or on a dry rock or log if it is that

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sort of a beach, where adjustments of position may bemade without prejudice to the accuracy of aim or thecontinuity of thought.

It is a mark of the competent pebble thrower that asmooth ballistic stream of missiles flows toward the targetwith a regular concatenation of movement of hands andarms without loss of time or train of thought in intervalsdevoted to the gathering of ammunition. When turningpoints in logical development, or steps in reasonable argu­ment are reached, the ever changing, infinitely variableassortment of the sea shore's surface will provide pointsof immediate interest to occupy the mind's breathingspace.

There is fascination in the very stuff of the stones­the colours, the glints, the patterns and textures and patinaof each pebble provide mute evidences of the incredibleage and vastness of our earth and the minuscule propor­tions of our own human trollbles and times. Here theamateur geologist will find a treasure-trove of all he de­sires in the way of specimens-igneous, sedimentary andmetamorphic, all under hand, waiting to be examined,tossed in speculative contemplation, pocketed for collec­tive retention, or flung, without a· glance, into the engulfingsea, to be further pounded and polished, ground, anderoded by the inexorable forces' driving the restless waves,to be finally cast up again, perhaps to engage the attentionor muscle-power of a future seeker after peace of mind.-G.A.D.

Passage ofAGAIN THIS YEAR, HMCS Shear­

wate1"s 58-foot yawl PicIde wasloaned to the Royal Canadian NavalSailing Association for entry in theocean yacht race of the year, Newport,Rhode Island, to Bermuda.

The Pickle sailed from Shearwater at1800 June 3, with a crew of 12: Cdr. J.C. Reed, skipper; Lt.-Cdr. Bill Wheeler,navigator; Lt. Keith Lewis, first mate;Lt.-Cdr. Pat Baldwin, second mate; Ldg.Sea. John MacMillan, cook, and watch­keepers Lt. Mike Thompson, CPOHowie Oliver, PO Bill Greenwood, POTed Eisenor, Ldg. Sea. Ken Baker, ABJim MacLeod, and Ord Sea. Cliff. Sim­monds.

Sail was made in light rain and afresh northeast breeze. Supper firstnight out was, naturally, pork chops.As is usual at the beginning of such avoyage, due no doubt to the combina­tion of fatigue, pork chops, and the seastate, and in spite of the fine sailingconditions, a slight drop in enthusiasm,even a slight air of gloom, began tocreep over and through the boat. Thiswas only to be expected and wore off asthe crew settled in.

The northeast wind held until 2000the second evening, when Cape Sablehad been well rounded, and courseshaped for Cape Cod. It then droppedcompletely, and it became necessary tolower the sails, and continue underpower.

Thursday, June 5, was bright andwarm in the Gulf of Maine, but withonly light airs until about 1500, whenthe wind came in from the southwest,and steadily freshened until by mid­night it was blowing 25 knots, and thegenoa had to be replaced by a workingjib.

The wind moderated during the night,so that by the forenoon watch, therewas just a good breeze to sail on. TheCrusader came over the horizon at aboutthe same time Cape Cod Light wasraised. Pleasantries were exchanged asshe overhauled the Pickle and dis­appeared in the direction of Boston.

During the next few hours, whilebeating round Cape Cod, strange diffi­culties arose in connection with thenavigational fixes. While obviouslywell off shore, and in safe water, thefixes, based mainly on Cape Cod Light­house, simply would not "fix". Finally,to the confusion and embarrassment ofthe navigator "Cape Cod Lighthouse"turned out to be a handsome monumentto the Pilgrims. This monument ap­peared to be transmitting DIF signals,

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This little problem solved, and thewind having dropped, course wasshaped to cross the bay under power tomake entrance of the Cape Cod Canal.The few hours required to cross CapeCod Bay were the most pleasant, untilthen, of the passage. The sea was flatand the sun hot. Opportunity wastaken to dry bedding, mattresses, andclothes and to lay the foundations ofthe expected suntans.

T HE PICKLE secured at Sandwichwharf, just inside the entrance to

the Canal, at 1800 Friday, June 6.Greetings from the Coast Guard wereaccompanied by orders for Howie Oliverto return immediately to Halifax onduty. Fortunately, he was able to re­join the Pickle before the race. Hisloss from the crew would have beenserious.

After topping up with water, fuel, andfresh provisions, advantage was takenof the hospitality of the U.S. Coast

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Guard at Sandwich, for, showers, andfor some of the crew, beds for the night.

Mike Thompson, having carried out ashort reconnaissance of the beach,offered to guide some of his shipmatesashore for some light entertainment. Ingood faith, his shipmates followed inhis footsteps over some miles of sandy,moonlit, Cape Cod roads, being con­tinually assured "Just over the nextrise." Sure enough, after a while, justover the next rise, appeared the startingpoint-the Coast Guard station.

Refreshed by the previous evening'sexercise, the crew was ready for anearly start through the Canal. ThePickle slipped at 0530 to pass throughthe Cape Cod Canal into Buzzard's Bay,and thence through Rhode Island Soundinto Newport Harbour.

The boat entered Newport Harboursecured to a buoy at the Ida LewisYacht Club, just in time to see the12-metre yacht Vim, one of the poten­tial defenders of the America Cup, re­turn to her mooring from work-ups.

Contact was soon made with theUSN, and arrangements made for thePickle to shift to a berth at Goat IslandNavy Yard. For the duration of thestay in Newport, the Pickle had agood berth alongside, comfortable bil­lets ashore for the crew, and a greatdeal of assistance from the USN.

During the afternoon and evening ofSunday, the Highland Light, Royonoand six smaller yawls from the An­apolis Naval Academy arrived, andsecured near the Pickle.

The good berth was not occupied fulltime; replenishment in Newport wasnecessary, the sides were cleaned andpainted; a full compass swing was car­ried out and, after the delivery of anew suit of sails, a day was spent atsea for sail drill.

During the passage from Halifax, thestalwart cook, John MacMillan,had de­cided that, by temperament, he wasbetter suited to the salty breezes ofthe deck than to the propane breezesof the galley. Therefore, his resigna­tion was accepted, and Bill Greenwoodwas "volunteered" into this vital posi­tion. He kept everyone strong and wellfed during his term of office.

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START DAY arrived all too soon.The Pickle reached the vicinity of

the starting line at 1200, with an hourto spare for planning. There was aspanking westerly wind, which, by 1300,built up to 35 knots. The yachts wereto start in four classes, each start sepa­rated by five minutes. As starting timefor A Class drew nearer, the spectaclebecame more thrilling. Twenty-sevenbig boats were thrashing about in anarea of less than half a square mile,all gun'ls under and all trying to strikethe line at the gun. After half an hourof such manceuvring, the afterguard,whose 'main strength lay in HowieOliver, Ken Baker, Jim MacLeod andJohn MacMillan,knew they had hada full workout.

The Pickle crossed the line only 40seconds late and in a good position.The wind began to drop, and all boatsset spinnakers. From analysis of theweather charts, and for other consider­ations, the Pickle's plan was to pointimmediately somewhat to the south­ward of the rhumb-line course to Ber­muda.

It became evident early in the racethat the mates had agreed on a foulplot to ensure that neither of the nor­mally exhausted occupants of the aftercabin - skipper and navigator - shouldever had more than 45 minutes unin­terrupted rest. Apparently, neithermate could bear to stand an hour ofhis watch without stamping into theafter cabin to seek the skipper's opinionof a proposed change of sail.

Possibly some of these interruptionswere justifiable, for by noon on the17th the boat had averaged better thanseven knots, had sailed 505 miles-80per cent of the distance to Bermuda­and was 25 miles to the southward ofthe rhumb-line, with the wind expectedto back a most ,favourable position in­deed. These calculations included anestimated loss of two hours due to ajammed spiimaker halyard, and a partedgenoa, halyard during the night of the16th/17th. '

The best laid plans of mice and men,etc. The wind did not back-it fell.During the next 24 hours, the boatmade only 70 miles. The same condi­tions held until about 1600 Wednesday,the 18th. During this time, there werenearly always other yachts in sight­at one time, 17 of them. Another in­teresting sight during this time wasthat fine seaman Clifford Simmondsrectifying a defect in the rigging, whilestanding in the belly of the main inhis bare feet.

At 1600 Wednesday, the wind camein from the southwest, and hardenedrapidly. The Pickle was soon driving

through the big lop like a champion,and from this time to the finish, at halfafter midnight, she sailed beautifully.

North East Breaker Buoy was foundto be in its proper position, dead ahead,and the remaining buoys were rapidlyleft to starboard.

CONDITIONS at the finish lineclosely resembled those at the

start, except that it was pitch black,relieved by hundreds of searchlights,beacons, lighted buoys, and the lightsof a few dozen other boats-all theClass B, C, and D, which had creptpast in the light airs.

After crossing the line, the Pickleproceeded into St. George's underpower, was welcomed by the RCN liai­son officer, Lt.-Cdr. J. M. J. Burns, andanchored for the few hours remainingof the night. At this stage of the game,most of the crew could have sleptfolded over the main truck.

To ensure that nobody would fallinto lazy habits, the anchor was weighedat 0615 Thursday, and the boat mo­tored through the Narrows and SouthChannel to Hamilton, anchoring in thelee of White's Island at 1030.

Naturally, the question uppermost ineverybody's mind was how the boathad placed. It was found that, in spiteof having crossed the line only fivehours after the first boat over, we haddropped to 22nd in class, and 97th over­all, of 117 starters. In such manner dowinds and handicaps work.

A consolation was beating the Roy­ono, a 71-foot yawl from the U.S. NavalAcademy, which had bet her U.S. En­sign against our Blue Ensign on the re­sults of the race.

The five-day layover in Bermuda wasmost enjoyable. Many fine boats werevisited, and new acquaintances made.The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club af­forded every possible facility to crewsof the visiting boats. The Bermudahighlight was the presentation of prizes,by the Governor, in the grounds of thePrincess Hotel.

The Pickle departed Hamilton at 1015Tuesday, June 24, sailed swiftly undergenoa and mizzen through the SouthChannel and Narrows to St. George's,

and berthed on HMCS Buckingham,which was to be escort for the home­ward leg.

By departure time, 1430, the windwas quite strong, the boat, therefore,sailed under small genoa, single-reefedmain and mizzen. Three hours later,having cleared the outlying reefs andsettled down on the course for Hali­fax, the Buckingham clocked the Pickleat nine knots, and indeed seemed hardpressed to keep up. However, the winddropped somewhat, the Buckinghamslowly overhauled, and disappeared overthe northern horizon to locate the Fair­wyn, the other Halifax entry in therace, which had sailed from Bermudathe day before.

On the 700-odd mile run to Halifax,the boat was plagued by light airs and I

calms for much of the distance, as inthe last two days of the race.

Events of interest during this legwere Ted Eisenor's performance again

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of apparent miracles with the machi­nery (by the time the boat reachedhome, most of the crew were preparedto wager that he could build a newauxiliary power unit from an old bootand a tomato can), a swim in the GulfStream while becalmed, the sight of aschool of monstrous basking sharks andthe close passage under the bow of asmall whale-estimated clearance, sixinches.

Even though everYOne knows thatbasking sharks have no appetite forman, there was no clamour for anotherswimming party while they were insight.

After many hours under power, andafter the suspicion had arisen that thePickle possessed unlimited enduranceeven with no wind, Sambro Island Lightwas raised at 0045 Monday, June 30.

As is to be expected at this timeof year, shortly after altering courseto come up harbour, the boat en­tered pea-soup fog, and had to buoy­jump all the way to the first sight ofland, Imperoyal. The Pickle securedalongside at Shearwater at 0540, aftera total run of more than 2,000 milesduring Hi days at sea.

The 12 gentlemen who disembarkedwere shaggy and weather-beaten, butwell satisfied, and considerably wiserin the ways of the sea with a boat thanthey had been 30 days before.-W.C.W.

From John Bostock, of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, comes this picture of what he calls "The daddy of all destroyers". Perhaps heshould have called it "The mummy of all destroyers", but, in any event it's the first British torpedo boat, HMS Lightning, later called Torpedo BoatNo. 1. The picture shows her in 1B77 during pre-commissioning trials. When she was fitted out she was armed with two of the new-fangled 14-inchWhitehead torpedoes, carried one on each side in the vicinity of the huge ventilating cowl on quick-release dropping gear. Twenty-two years latershe was equipped with a single, 14-inch trainable torpedo tube which fired over the bows. The Lightning was built at Thornycroft's Chiswick yardand was launched in 1B77. Length: 84 feet, six inches. Beam: 10 feet, nine inches. Draft: five feet. Displacement: 27 tons. Hull: Galvanizedsteel. Engine: 460 horsepower, steam. Coal: seven tons. Single screw, speed 19 knots. Complement: twelve. No guns. To counter the torpedoboat, the torpedo boat destroyer was designed, was herself equipped with torpedoes, became so generally useful that the "torpedo boat" prefix wasdropped and she was called simply a "destroyer".

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AFLOAT AND ASHORE

PO Richard Grant is shown recelvong the Torpedo Anti·Submarine Proficiency Award from Cdr.William Bremner, officer.in.charge of HMC Torpedo Anti·Submarlne School, Stadacona. The awardis presented to the candidate obtaining the highest standard in the TAS1 qualifying course. POGrant, whose five· month course ended June 20, has been drafted to the Iroquois. (HS·53380)

PACIFIC COMMAND

HMCS Margaree

"We were there" is the happy boastof the Marga1'ee. The Royal Review,B.C. Centennial Celebrations and NavyWeek formed the highlights of the sum­mer's cruising. Vancouver, Nanaimo,Ladysmith, Ocean Falls, even RennelSound, threw open their gates to wel­come officers and men ashore.

Sports played an important part inrecreational entertainment, especially inOcean Falls. Aside from the water ski­ing, enjoyed by some, beer barrel polowas the most popular attraction. Thesquadron accepted the challenge of theOcean Falls fire department to a sud­den death game in the town square.Fire hoses at full pressure were usedto push a beer barrel over the oppon­ent's goal line. Needless to say thewhole idea was wet.

Everyone seemed very close to thewater this season- witness the warcanoe crew who swam the last quar­ter mile to the jetty during the regatta.

Perhaps the closest associate of KingNeptune was Able Seaman Wood. Dur­ing the rigging of the outline illumina­tion in preparation for the Royal FleetReview he tumbled from the boat intothe drink with a box of lamps. As hewas going down for the third time hewas heard to gurgle: "Let go of me,Chief, and take the lamps. They'restill dry." It looked like the Lady ofthe Lake passing the sword to KingArthur.

The fish ran for cover this summerand, although Cdr. J. E. Korning andCPO H. E. Neaves landed a couple ofsalmon, generally the catches ran torock cod and dogfish.-----:W.B.W.

School of Music

A large scale Military Tattoo, a visitfrom the Band of HM Royal Marines,the Calgary Stampede and Her RoyalHighness Princess Margaret's visit toVictoria were the highlights of a veryfull month of July in the busy summerschedule of the band of HMCS Nadenunder its bandmaster, Cd. Off. (SB) W.J. Gordon.

The Tattoo, held in Vancouver June23 to July 1 found Naden bandsmen re­newing acquaintance with the bands ofthe Royal Canadian Engineers and Tac­tical Air Command RCAF. Completing

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the spectacular and colourful displaywere the bands of the United StatesMarine Corps (San Francisco) and HMRoyal Marines from Deal, England.

Preparation for the display was con­centrated into one extremely busy weekof rehearsals under the guidance ofBrigadier A. G. L. MacLean, an officerwith many years experience organizingMilitary Tattoos in England and Scot­land. Music was under the direction ofLt.-Col. V. Dunn, of the Royal Marines,who was the senior musical director.Excellent progress was achieved and thepresentation was splendidly received byover 100,000 people, earning great ova­tion and high praise for all concerned.

On returning to Victoria on July 2the Naden band was host to the Marineband whose members were staying inNaden for a few days rest before flyingback to England. A smoker was laidon and was honoured by the presenceof Commodore H. V. W. Gross and Cdr.D. L. Macknight. This proved a mostenjoyable evening, especially for the ex­Marines now serving in the RCN. Otherarrangements included picnic, beach

and sightseeing parties (a bus was atthe band's disposal each day); a soccermatch and a game of softball, in whichLt. Col. Dunn's cricket experience heldhim in good stead and enabled him tohit a home run on the first pitch. Need­less to say, the Marines won the soccergame and Naden band came out on topin the softball.

The Marines had high praise for theiraccommodation in Nelles Block. Duringtheir short stay a good many friendswere made and it was agreed that itcame to an end all too soon.

July 6 found the Naden band on theroad again en route to Calgary where ittook part in the Stampede Parade. Re­turning to Victoria on July 8 the bands­men plunged headlong into preparationsfor the Royal Visit. At this point therewere as many as 160 musicians workingout of the Naden band house. These in­cluded members of both the Engineersand the Air Force bands who were alsoin town for the Royal Visit.

Units of the visiting Navies beganarriving on July 9 and with them camefive more bands-the Navy band on

A couple of westerners, AB Paul Robson and Ord. Sea. Jim Morrice, both of HMCS Chippawa,Winnipeg, were presented with silver bosun's calls by Commodore E. W. Finch-Noyes, CommandingOfficer Naval Divisions, for heading their classes at the Great Lakes Training Centre, Hamilton. Theytook their two weeks' initial sea training in HMCS Portage on Lake Huron. (COND·4840)

Top men in the largest training class of new, entry reserve seamen ever to be trained on theGreat Lakes, Ordinary Seamen Fred Holland and John Wall, both of HMCS Prevost, London, Ontario,were presented with silver bosun's calls by Lt.-Cdr. A. M. Hunter, executive officer at the Great LakesTraining Centre, Hamilton. The 54 men in the class were divided into two divisions. Ordinary Sea­men Holland and Wall achieved the highest marks in their respective sections. They received theirtwo weeks' training in HMCS Sault Ste. Marie on Lake Superior. (COND-4827)

lard of Victoria, who began the con­struction in August 1956. The settingup of machinery, the installation oftelephones and the furnishing of therooms, etc., are still in progress.

ectrical, ordnance and shipwright train­ing facilities as well as the administra­tive staff; the other houses apprentices'training facilities.

The main contractor was J. A. Pol-

Naval Technical School

Personnel of the engineering, electri­cal, ordnance and shipwright brancheshave moved into the newly-completedNaval Technical School at Esquimalt,to begin combined training under thedirection of Ord. Cdr. G. B. MacLeod,assisted by Cdr. (E) W. C. Patterson,technical training; Lt.-Cdr. (E) A. L.Chandler, administration; 1nst. Lt.-Cdr.D. P. Sabiston, planning, and Lt.-Cdr.(E) J. D. Newton, apprentices' train­ing.

The school designed by McCarter,Mairne and Partners, architects andengineers of Vancouver, is built on asix-acre slope between Moresby House,the wrens' barracks on Esquimalt Road,and Lang Cove. It has a total floorarea of 140,500 square feet and com­prises two main buildings built oneight levels.

One building houses engineering, el-

board HMCS Ontario, two U.S. Navybands, a U.S. Marine band from San Di­ego and a Royal Marine band on boardHMS Newcastle. Each' had a part toplay during the week-end of PrincessMargaret's visit, and the job of co-or­dinating this vast array of bandsmenfell upon Lt. (SB) S. Sunderland, offi­cer-in-charge of the School of Music.

Climax of the month came Saturday,July 12, when, accompanied by thefamed 100-man guard from Naden, theband met HRH the Princess Margaretas she landed at Patricia Bay airportfor the start of the Royal Tour. Forthe next three days the band played aleading part in the various parades,ceremonies and social functions con­nected with her visit. Two of the moreimportant events were the LieutenantGovernor's garden party and the StateDinner at Royal Roads.

Much to everyone's satisfaction therehas been a steady flow of very favour­able comments reaching the Bandhouse.It would appear that throughout thismost important period the band hasmore than lived up to the good name ithas earned in the past.-K.B.

OUCH!Even the Navy has caught the para­

phrase craze on the television "goodguy" Paladin's famous slogan "Havegun. Will travel."

Ships of the Third Canadian EscortSquadron (Captain H. L. Quinn) car­ried out an anti-aircraft gunnery shootSeptember 9 on their way from Hali­fax to New York. Apparently it wasa success, because a message to Shem'­'Wute,. to thank them for providing air­craft and sleeve targets ended exuber­antly with:

"Have gunar. Will traverse."

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SEA CADET SUMMER

The school is part of ·Naden and RCNtrainees including apprentices are bil­letted in Nelles Block.

The Naval Technical School is thefirst attempt in the RCN to providecombined technical training. It is onemore step toward the concept of util­ization of common facilities wheneverpossible.

ATLANTIC COMMAND

HMCS RestigoucheRecently, the RestigotLche completed

an operational visit to the USN sub­marine ·base at New London, Conn. Thetime alongside was only too short butit did_ afford time for the usual visitsto .the ship's service store for the sou­venir and gift hunters and an oppor­tunity to enjoy the wonderful American

,hospitality.The USN' authorities were most im­

pressed with the general lay-out, equip­ment and capabilities of the new ship,and were lavish in adjectives in de­scribing her smartness and clean-cutdesign. While proceeding up harbourto the submarine base the ship's com­pany had a splendid view of the latestnuclear - powered submarine, Triton,which was on the slips of the builders,the Electric Boat Company, and readyfor launching~ The immense size ofthis boat brought the realization of howbig a task one faces in an anti-sub­marine navy.

On leaving New London an anti-air­craft shoot was carried out and it wasrewarding to see the drogue' broughtdown on the second burst from the3-inch 70.

During a few days in Halifax theship was visited by the assistant editorof the magazine Popular M"echanics whohad heard in Chicago that "the Cana­dians had the hottest thing in anti-sub­marine ships" so had obtained permis­sion to write an article. An increasein sales of the magazine can be ex­pected shortly!

The ship's company was looking for­ward to. the more extensive cruise inthe Caribbean area, involving furthertrials and evaluations of new equip­ment and systems, following which theship will join her squadron for opera­tional service.

Leadership SchoolFriday, August 22, saw the departure

of the sixth and final class ofUNTDcadets on successful conclusion of thesummer cadet training program in theLeadership School at Cornwallis.

From early May through August, 209UNTD cadets in six classes completedtheir two-week divisional course in the

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school, as required by their first yearsyllabus. This is the first year theUNTDs have been trained in Co'rnwal­lis, the divisional course being previ­ously offered in Stadacona. However,it was felt that this type of trainingcould be better carried out in ','Thecradle of the Navy" where divisionalwork is such a prominent feature.

The experiment has undoubtedlyproved .to be -an outstanding success;if the opinion of the cadets can be usedas a yardstick. Their comments allcompletion ,of the course were withoutexception favourable. The chief attrac­tions were the atmosphere of trainingwhich pervades Cornwallis and the ab­sence of outside distractions.

In addition to the reserve program,a three-week divisional course was

T· HE END of the Slunmer holidays,1958, will be remembered by some

4,000 young men of the Royal Can­adian Sea Cadets from allover Canadaas marking the conclusion of the mostflourishing training season they haveever experienced.

On both coasts and in other partsof the land and at sea the lads whowear the navy uniform with theRCSCC tally on their caps participatedin a variety of events and receivedsound and interesting training.

Described by TeA officials as thelargest airlift ever undertaken by acommercial airlift in Canada, 2,000cadets were flown from Ontario andQuebec to HMCS Acadia, Sydney, N.S.,their training camp on the East Coast,for two months of naval life. Acadia,commanded by Lt.-Cdr. D. S. Menzies,ttCN, and staffed by RCN and RCSCCofficers, provided the youngsters witha curriculum of basic naval trainingleavened with a solid program of sportsand recreation.

On the West Coast, 1,000 Sea Cadetsflocked to HMCS Qnadra, Comox, B.C.,where a similar prograln was givenunder the command of Lt.-Cdr. D. H.Tye, RCN.

In addition to the general trainingscheme, 452 cadets received a seven­week trades training course duringwhich they could actually qualify toRCN standards in various naval trades.

Sea .cruises gave 236 Sea Cadets anexciting opportunity to learn and train\vith the fleet. Sailing from both coastsin such ships as the Ontario, Algon­quin and WallacebtLrg, th~ cadets voy­aged to Hudson Straits in the Atlanticand to Hawaii, Fiji, Australia and Ne'wZealand in the Pacific. Sea Cadets

held in August for preparatory yearROTP cadets. After completing atwo - week course in seamanship atCornwallis, followed by two weekspractical application at sea in the B,tLc1c­ingha111, 27 of the young men returnedto Cornwallis and the Leadership Schoolto complete their first year of summertraining. The course included instruc­tion in leadership, divisional work,parade training, general naval knowl­edge, and physical training.

August also saw several changes instaff. Lt.-Cdr. J. F. MaGkintosh, re­turned from Cardiff, Wales, where hehas been managing the Canadian box­ing entry to the Empire and Common­wealth Games.

Lt. L. Forrest, who had been actingas course officer for cadets during the

from Toronto and Niagara Peninsulaarea joined with new entry seamen ofthe RCN (R) on many of the GreatLakes cruises in the Sault Ste. Marieand Portage, where they visited Am­erican and Canadian lake ports.

Two bands of the RCSCC receivedspecial training and participated innaval command functions and cere­monies. The RCSCC New Waterfordband from New Waterford, N.S., spentthe summer at HMCS Stadacona, whilethe band of RCSCC J Oh1'L Travis Corn­well, VC~ Winnipeg, trained for twoInonths at I-Iamilton, where they per­formed at COND and Great LakesTraining ceremonies.

The visit of HRH the Princess Mar­garet saw hundreds of Sea Cadets turn­ing out to line the streets along theroyal vlay, and on August 10, at Hali­fax, Princess Margaret presented theDuke of Edinburgh Trophy to the rifleteam from RCSCC Westmount, Syd­ney, N.S.

Another ceremony to which sea cadetswere invited was the commissioning ofHMCS Restigouche at Canadian Vick­ers, Montreal. Six cadets from RCSCCRestigoucheJ Campbellton, N.B., travel­led to Montreal to join with cadetsfrom the Montreal area in witnessingthe commissioning.

The whole Sea Cadet training pro­gram was co-ordinated by the Com­manding Officer Naval Divisions and wasunder the direction of Cdr. G. J. Manson,command sea cadet officer. In describ­ing 1958 as "the biggest year, yet,"Cdr. Manson paid tribute to all, theofficers and men of both the Navy andthe Sea Cadets who worked to makethe effort and the accomplishment sosuccessful.

summer months left to take up hisappointment in HMCS Resolute.

PO G. A. Broster assumed the dutiesof course instructor for petty officers'classes and PO G. T. Wallace relievedCPO H. DowIe as officers' class andgunnery instructor, P .RJ-I.

HMCS CornwallisAugust 10, 1958, is a day long to be

remembered by all members of IiMCSCornwall.is. Her Royal Highness thePrincess Margaret arrived in C01'nwal­lis froln a reception in Digby in theevening of the 9th and stayed overnightin her royal carriage on the siding inC01'nwallis.

On Sunday morning I-Ier !{oyal I-ligh­ness took a motor tour around the base.A special thrill for the children oc­curred when the Princess waved to agroup of Brownies lining the edge ofthe parade square.

At 1100 Her Royal Highness leftC01'nwctllis to continue her tour throughN ova Scotia before flying back to Eng­land.

HMC Electrical SchoolCPO D. M. Bishop led those qualify­

ing for promotion to chief petty officer,first class, in an electrical technicianqualifying class completing in June atthe Electrical School. PO H. B. Grant,also in the trade group four course,qualified for promotion to CPO, sec­ond class. In a similar class for radiotechnicians, CPO J. F. Dykes won tophonours for those trying for CPO 1stclass and PO J. E. Riva had best marksfor those advancing to C2.

Classes for radio technicians (air),vere also completed in June, nine menqualifying as P2RA4 with PO W. J.McDermott obtaining highest marks. Atthe trade group two level, AB A. H.Neil headed a class of four.

In May, PO C. L. Fauieaux led eightEA4 graduates and PO F. M. Taylorhad higI:est marks of five men quali­fying as detection specialists. PO E. R.Porter topped three other graduatingfitters and PO R. B. Norris became afire control specialist.

At the trade group II-III level, ABB. C. Loughman was first of five firecontrol grads, AB W. L. Wavryk headedeight other detection specialists and ABA. R. Martin was head of a fitter course.

NAVAL DIVISIONS

HMCS HunterWindsor's chief inter - service social

event of the year, the annual ArmisticeDay dinner and dance on November 7\\fill have as its host this year HMeSHunte?', the Windsor naval division and

the division has been further honouredby having CPO I<':eri Lewis, I{CN (R),appointed as chairlnan. The appoint­Ulent was made by the entire districtgarrison, which includes units in Wind­sor, Chatham, and Detroit, Michigan.In previous years the chair has beenoccupied by regimental sergeant majors.

Participating units are I-Iunte1', theEssex and !{ent Scottish, the WindsorRegiment, RCEMEs, Windsor, andRCAF, Windsor, with representationfrom the National Guard, Detroit. Com...manding officers of' Provost, the Lon­don naval division, and Sta1~, Hamilton,have been invited to attend, along withthe commanders of the units mentioned.Non-commissioned officers of all theunits will be present, as will a num­ber of retired officers, headed by Rear­Admiral Walter Hose.

Because of the expected attendancefigure 600, the dinner and dance willbe held in the Caboto Hall, Windsor.

The host committee includes CPOLewis, Petty Officers Cyril Hranka andE. W. J. Griffith and two senior NCOsrepresenting the Army and RCAF.

HMCS Tecumseh

On the' evening of September 5, adinner \vas held in the drill deck atTecu?1~seh, the Calgary naval division,in honour of CPO V. Dovey 011 his re­tirement fron1 the Royal CanadianNavy.

At the conclusion of the dinner apresentation was made by CPO Wil­liam Hibbert, mess president to CPODovey of a gold watch on behalf ofthe officers, ship's staff and membersof the chief and petty officers' mess.

After the presentation Cdr. G. K.Whynot spoke his appreciation of theefficient way in which CllO Dovey hadcarried out his duties during his termof service in Tecu1nseh. CPO Doveyreplied.

HMCS York

An ilnpressive change of commandceremony took place at HMCS York,Toronto naval division, on Wednesday,July 2, when Captain John Goodchildtook over command from CaptainLeonard D. Stupart.

Melnbers of the ships' company weredrawn up as for ceremonial divisions onthe drill deck and were inspected byCaptain Stupart. This was followed bya march past with York's band leadingand Captain Stupart taking the salute.The retiring captain expressed histhanks for the support he had receivedfrom the ships company and said thathe would be looking forward to return­ing as a visitor. Captain Goodchild wasthen given comlnand and he expressedregret that Captain Stupart had foundit necessary to retire. Captain Good­child also said his main aim for the shipwas that improvement be continueduntil HMCS Y01'k was the best navaldivision in Canada.

Captain Goodchild has spent hisentire naval career in the SupplyBranch. With few exceptions, com­manding officers have in the past beenappointed from the executive branch ofthe Navy.

Captain Stupart was York's com­manding officer from July 8, 1955, andwhile in command the ship ,von the tophonours with Winnipeg in 1956 as thelnost efficient naval division in Canada,and was runner-up in 1957 and 1958.The Efficiency Trophy is awarded eachyear to one of the 21 naval divisionsacross the country.

Captain Stupart joined the RCNVR in1940 and was transferred immediatelyfor service with the Royal Navy, serv­ing in the anti-aircraft guard for mer­chant shipping until January 1941. Hewas then appointed first lieutenant ofHMS Hollyhock, a "Flower" class cor­vette and was later in command of anLST.

Captain Goodchild joined the RCNVRin April 1941 as a probationary writerin Ottawa and after taking a writer'scourse was commissioned in 1942. Hehad several appointments and was sup­ply officer of HMCS Montreal (frigate)\vhen war ended.

While on the retired list of the Navy,he obtained a law degree and is now apractising lawyer and a partner of alegal firm in Toronto. Captain Good­child rejoined the Navy as a reservist in1951, was appointed a Reserve supplyofficer at York in 1952 and was pro­moted to commander in 1954. Hispresent promotion to captain came ashe took command of York.

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HERE AND THERE IN THE RCN

Captain C. P. Nixon, RCN, Assistant Chief ofStaff, Personnel and Administration, on theSACLANT staff at Norfolk, Virginia, presentsthe Canadian Red Ensign to the U.S. Morinecolour g~ard for hoisting with the flags ofother NATO 'nations on July 1-Canada's 91stbirthday. With Captain Nixon is Vice-AdmiralL. S. Sabin, USN, Chief of Staff and Aide toSACLANT. (Official SACLA NT photo.)

T;""o hundred youngsters attending the annualYMCA summer camp in Haltfax got a taste ofsea life as guests of the Navy 'on a two-hourtour of the harbour approaches. Arthur N.Grace, skipper of the harbour craft, gives afew pointers to young David Griffith, as BruceFinlay awaits his turn. (HS-53553) ,.-,

The wrens from HMCS York were adjudged to be the smertest unit in the annual GarrisonChurch Parade in Toronto this summer. That is why you see Sub-Lt. Jane Weld receiving a plaque,donated by the Toronto Sergeants' Association, from Sergeant Major Geddes. (COND-4795)

Civilian shipwright apprentice C. A. Noseworthy receives graduation diploma and special prizeas class leader from Commodore John MacGillivray, Commodore Superintendent Atlantic Coast, dur­ing graduation ceremonies at HMC Dockyard. Looking on are R. Cochrane, director of apprentices,Provincial Department of Labour, and J. J. Breen, assistant superintendent administration, COM­SUPTLANT. (HS-53220)

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WHY HITLER CALLED OFF INVASIONT I-IERE WERE two Ina,in factors tha,t

caused the Germans in 1940 toabandon Operation Sealion, the plannedinvasion of Britain, and neither of thesevv-as the Royal Air Force. That is thethesis offered in HThe Silent Victory", byDuncan Grinnel-Milne. A former RAFofficer, Grinnel-Milne devotes himself,in this book, to shooting down a high­flying sacred cow which, according tohis line of argument, was inflated outof all proportion.

The first and foremost factor, saysthe author, was the Royal Navy. Thesecond was the stubborn determinationof the British people.

Drawing heavily from the Gern1annaval archives, Mr. Grinnel-Milne des ...cribes in SaIne details the plans andbuild-up for Operation Sealion. Madegiddy by the success of the campaigns,from Warsaw through to Paris, theGerman High Command, in general, atfirst looked on invasion of Britain as aneasy operation. But as the glow ofvictory began to wear off and the navalstaff took a more studied look at thesituation, the prospects did not look sopromising.

A prerequisite was control of thestretch of the English Channel across\vhich it was planned to mount and sup­port the attack. The Luftwaffe by\veight of nUlnbers, had establishedsufficient superiority over the RAF toassure reasonable control of the airabove, but some way had to be foundto prevent the Royal Navy's surfaceforces from falling on and annihilatingthe invasion force's transports andbarges. Gerlnany did not have theships for the job, so it was decided torely on coastal batteries of heavy gunsand thick minefields on either flank.But the big guns proved relatively in­effectual and mine barriers were uncer­tain shields, to say the least.

The position of Grand-AdmiralRaeder, Commander-in-Chief of theGerman Navy, was most difficult. Onthe one hand he had to obey orders andsee that the navy carried out its as­signed share of the Sealion prepara­tions; on the other hand, convinced theventure could only end in disaster, hesomehow had to persuade Hitler at leastto postpone it.

It was Raeder's hope, and Goering's'promise, that a cross-channel attackwould become unnecessary. Harkingback to Warsaw and 'Rotterdam, they

BOOKS for theSAILOR

foresaw the concentrated night bOlnb­ing raids on London, and other cities,bringing a disintegration of the Britishwill to resist and a public outcry fOl" aquick surrender. Instead of an invastionforce, the Sealion transports would taketo Britain a victorious occupation army.

But British l11.orale did not break, andwhile the people on the home frontgrimly stuck it out, the Royal Navy notonly stood guard in the narrow seas, butboldly struck at the invasion ports.

S-Day was set for September 20-21.On September 14, Hitler ordered a post­ponement, with the 27th the indicateddate. On the 17th he postponed Sealionindefinitely, and on October 11 Hitlercalled off the invasion plan.-R.C.H.

THE SILENT VICTORY, by Duncan Grin...nel-Milne; British Book Service (Canada)Ltd., Kingswood House, 1068 Broadview Ave.,Toronto 6; 206 pages; price $4.50.

DUEL AT SEA150 YEARS AGO

T HAT TENSE STORY of a duel be­tween a destroyer and a U-boat,

'';The Enemy Below," by D. A. Raynerhas been followed by another suspense­filled yarn of the sea by the sameauthor, almost a sequel except that itconcerns a single-ship action 150 yearsago.

"The Long Fight" is based on an his­torical happening-the meeting of twodesperate enemies in the Indian Oceanin the year 1808. The antagonists werethe British frigate San Fioren:zo, old,storm-dalnaged and undermanned byreason of sickness, and the French fri­gate Pie11l0ntaise, which should havebeen able to outsail the British ship,but which had been too long at sea andhad become sluggish and hard toInanage.

The San Fiorenzo was custodian ofthree India merchantmen, homewardbound for England. On the raiderPiernontaise rested the hopes of thestarving colony of Mauritius (thenknown as lIe de France).

The enemies lnet off the coast ofCeylon, just as the PiCl1tont:aise thoughtshe had three unprotected merchantlnenvvithin her grasp. The sails of the SanFioren:zo appeared on the horizon andthe stage was set for a bitter fight that,vent on day and night for three days.In the end, the ingenuity of the Britishcaptain and; his men's stubborn will to\vin decided the fight, at heavy cost.

Diagralns and descriptive passagespresent a detailed study of the man­reuvres and decisions involved in asingle-ship action in the days of sail.

-C.

THE LONG FIGliT, by D. A. Rayner; pub­lished in Canada by Collins, 10 Dyas Road,Don Mills, Ont.; 256 pages; $3.00.

SHARKS ANDLITTLE FISH

ONE OF THE MAIN features whichelevates Wolfgang ott's novel

"Sharks and Little Fish", above manyother novels written about U-boats andthe \¥ar at sea generally, is the authen­tic transference of the autho:::"s reactionsto submarine warfare, as it affectedU -boat crews, to the pages of this, hisfirst book.

It is written in part with a pen whichcasts many blots of vulgarity on itspages. Instead of detracting from thebasic Inaterial, however, this style isappropriate to a book which has onemain object-to describe the innermostfeelings of a section of humanity rubbedra\¥ by doubt, fear and the ever-presentimage of death. While it will undoubt­edly have a special appeal to those in­terested in the submarine phases ofnaval warfare, because its conceptionand styIe alone are refreshing, ifbrutally frank at times, every readervvill find much to interest him withinits pages.

Author ott was barely 17 when he\vas called into the naval service. Heserved, initially, as a seaman on alninesweeper and, later, as an officer ina sublnarine. It is this background\vhich he inscribes on the pages of hisnovel, in which the central character,Teichmann, relives the experienceswhich, it is presumed, the author him­self experienced and which he so dra­matically describes.

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The author has taken a long look atwar and his novel is an indictment ofit. Focussing only on its end result, thedestruction of man by man, he does notallow his vision to be clouded by thespectres of glory or righteousness which,in other books dealing with the wartimeoperations of the Kriegsmarine, fre­quently make their appearance as thepsychological scapegoats for the not in­frequent cold-blooded destruction per­petrated by the undersea killer.

War at sea is brutal but it can alsobe looked upon as a business trans­action, author Ott explains in one partof his book where he describes Teich­mann during a depth-charge attack onhis U-boat:

"The men up there on the surfacewere hunters with spyglasses, pursuinga blind deer. They needed only to

stand by and wait. All this passedthrough Teichmann's head as he sat inpanic fear on the deck plates of the con­trol room, waiting for the bombs. Andthen came hate. There was nothing hecould do to dispel it. It was a loathsomeanimal that sat down beside him andgrew steadily bigger. He didn't wantit. He was a sailor and a fighting man;he had never hated the enemy. No oneon board ever expressed the feelings ofhatred.

"They were sailors and those men upabove were sailors, and if they had tokill they did a good professional jobof it, because it was their trade."

He goes on later the describe the samemen in a subsequent attack: "Thenerves of some of the crew were shat­tered. The machinists were in the worst

state. They jumped at the slightest un­expected sound, swore at each other,wept hysterically, and made mistakes inperforming the simplest operations.Their condition showed in their eyes,which protruded enormously, and theirpupils flickered restlessy like candles inthe wind."

To those who fought in the Battle ofthe Atlantic, this book may supply cer­tain answers to some of the questionswhich, in the silence of long, sleeplessnights, they must have pondered.

To everyone, the title will surely pro­voke one thought: which were thesharks, and which were the fishes?­A.C.T.

SHARKS AND LITTLE FISH, by Wolf­gang Ott, published in Canada by McClellandand Stewart Ltd., Toronto; 432 pages; $5.50.

Among new features of the Royal Canadian Navy's new anti-submarine destroyer-escorts is the method by which the ships' anchors are housedwithin the .hulls. These sequence pictures, of the bow of HMCS Margaree at Esquimalt, show how an anchor is haisted and housed within thebow of the warship. The entire automatic operation takes only a few minutes. (E-445631)

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THE NAVY PLAYS

CNS is Caruulcl's'1'01' Senior Golfer

Vice-Admiral H. G. DeWolf, Chiefof the Naval Staff, defeated more than200 entries in 36 holes of medal playto capture the Canadian Seniors GolfChampionship. The week-long tourna­ment was played at the Royal Ottawaand Rivermead Golf Clubs in SouthHull, Quebec.

Playing in his first Seniors competi­tion with a ten handicap, Admiral De­Wolf won his first title and the Shaugh­nessy Cup with a total of 154.

He also helped take the team prizefor the Royal Ottawa for the four low­est nets for anyone club in 36 holes.His score was 134 out of the 571 total.

With the title, in addition to the cup,goes a berth on the Canadian team forthe matches against the United States.

In the first day of play he hung upa three-over-par 75 at the Rivermead,sharing the lead with Hugh Jacques, ofBeaconfield. In the next play he ledthe field by t.hree strokes with a 79at the Royal Ottawa.

Admiral DeWolf also tied with twoothers with a 75 for the best l8-holegross but since anyone contestant cantake only one prize he was ineligible.

RCN Hands TwoDefeats to Cru.iser

A Halifax navy soccer team defeateda representative team from the Italiancruiser Montecu.ccoli twice during thevisit of the cruiser to Halifax.

The RCN took the first game 4-2.The second game 3-1, was scoreless inthe first half and Knox opened it inthe second half with a hot drive. Det­twiler increased the lead with a penaltykick and Wheaton completed the Can­adian scoring when he broke throughthe Italian defence. The visitors scoredtheir lone goal with a beautiful 15­yard drive from the boot of Passante.

RCN's left back, Collier, made twokicks just less than half the length ofthe field and each one' hit the cross­bar.

Arl1ulale Clu,bJf/ins Regatta

Armdale Yacht Club, for the thirdstraight year, won the Royal CanadianNavy Sailing Association Trophy regat­ta during a week-end of racing at the

CPO Pat Moffat, of Belmont Park, (left) andhis civilian friend Ken Jackson, of Victoria,weren't expecting anything like this when 1heydangled an eight-pound test line in only fourfeet of water in Esquimalt Lagoon on July 23.The 11 Q.pound skate put up a· real fight, butwas landed with the help of a strong gaff.(E·46233)

Armdale Yacht Club. Five teams com­peted: RCNSA (Halifax Squadron) ,Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron,Halifax Garrison Sailing Association,Bedford Basin Yacht Club, and theArmdale Yacht Club.

Five classes of boats, Roue 20, Blue­nose, Handicap, Snipe and dinghy, racedon a Saturday, and the RCNSA Trophyregatta was run off on Sunday.

Armdale totalled 5,860 points, BBYC-5,721, RCNSA-4,894, Halifax Gar­rison-4,699, and RNSYS-1,024.

Beacon HillTalws Trophy

The frigate Beacon Hill scored anunprecedented series of victories in theannual Pacific Command Fleet Regat­ta to take the Cock - 0' - the - FleetTrophy, the High Aggregate Trophywith 103, 504 points, and no less thaneight other trophies.

In sailing, the Beacoli Hill took boththe cutter and whaler races, while theFraser captured the dinghy race andRCAF Station, Comox, won with sail­orettes.

In whaler pulling, the Beacon Himwas awarded the engineroom leadingseamen and below; wardroom officers'half-mile; seaman leading seamen andbelow; miscellaneous, and chief andpetty officers' half-mile. They alsotook the war canoe race.

HMCS Naden took the young sea­men's whaler; boys' and Sea Cadets'whaler half-mile; junior officers' whalerand veterans' half-mile, while the NewGlasgow pulled ahead in the supplyleading seamen and below and theFmser took the open whaler. HMCSOntario was awarded the best-dressedwar canoe prize.

The standings were as follows:1 Beacon Hill 9 Caminron II2 FTaser 10 Marga?'ee3 New Glasgow 11 Cayu.ga4 OntaTio 12 Jonqu.ie?'e5 SteWeT 13 UNTD's6 Nad.en 14 Cimflagpac7 Skeena 15 Comsuptpac8 CTescent 16 Sea Cadets

The two-day program of sailing andpulling events, in which nearly 940naval personnel participated, concludedwith the presentation of awards byRear-Admiral H. S, Rayner, FOPC, onthe quarterdeck of the Ontario.

Su.bmarin.ersJVi;t Soccer: Title

In a deciding game for the MaritimeSoccer Championships, the Sixth Sub­marine Squadron took the crown 3-1from a Summerside, P.E.I., squad.

The submariners now advance to theEastern Canada semi-finals.

During the game the Squadron, justreturned from a five-:day training cruise,showed no sign of fatigue.

They held a wide offensive marginand when they showed signs of laggingthe goalie rose to the occasion.

Electrical SchoolKeeps Sports Lead

The Electrical School retained Stad­acona's Cock-o'-the-Barracks for thewinter term, thus winning it for thefourth consecutive time. To keep thetrophy, the electricals ran up 4,320points while their closest rival, TASSchool, obtained 4,050.

A later success, on June 26, was thewinning of the interpart track and fieldmeet where Electrical School gained 37points, trailed by Supply with 33.

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CAMPBELLS: JxxH: AQJD:AJxxC:.xxx

16 YEARS ON BOTTOMSUB RAISED AT MALTA

The track triumph was a feather inthe cap of the new' sports officer of the~chool, Lt. (L) Pat Barnhouse, who ap­pears to be easily following in the· wakeof his predecessor, Lt. (L) John Allan.

Supply DelJotLadies To IJ League

Naval Supply Depot took first placein the Tri- Service Ladies' SoftballLeague when it triumphed 17-6 overRCASC in Halifax. Previously the de­pot had been running neck and neckwith Beaverbank for the top slot.

Navy SoftballTeam in Finals

In the Big Six Softball League atRegina, Navy arid Telephones swept thefield in the best-of-three semi-finals tomeet in the best-of-five finals.

Wren,'s Defeat~4rmy Team

Stadacona VVrens scraped out an 18­17 victory over Eastern Command Armyin the Tri-Service Ladies' SoftballLeague in July.

The VVrens out-hit their rivals 28-25..

Player Picl~s Up'Pianola' Hand

During July, while the Algonquinwas visiting. Canadian gulf ports. con..siderable off-watch time was devotedby the ship's bridge enthusiasts toimproving their game.

For one such rubber, PO D. J. Dunnand PO R. P. Campbell paired offagainst PO C. L. Walker and PO G. H.Rushton for a game that resulted ina memorable experience for Dunnwhen he held a hand that gave himno trouble at all in bidding and luak­ing seven spades.

A layout of the hand. dealt byWalke~. follows:

RUSHTON(no points)

DUNNS: AKQ 10 xxxH: KxD:xC: AKQ

WALKER's: xxH:xxxxD: KQxxC:Jxx:

PO Walker opened with a pass,Campbell followed with one heart,Rushton passed and Dunn, followingthe Blackwood convention, bid four­no-trump. Again Walker passed,Campbell answered with five hearts.Rushton passed and Dunn closed thebidding with seven spades. The stagewas set.

Walker led a dianl0nd and Dunn laiddown his cards-a perfect hand.

(Kibitizer's voice in the backg'round:"Look he're, Petty Officer Dunn, if youhad stayed in no trump you could havepicked up another ten points.")

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J.4rniy DOWllS l'VllVyFor Softbllll Title

In softball Army Headquarters~ B.C.Area, defeated Naden Wardroom 4-3to capture the "coveted" Bucket Trophy.

The Army also took top honors atthe Tri-Service Track and Field Meetheld at Chilliwack, B.C. Air Forceplaced ,second and Navy trailed thefield.

S',. IXTEEN YEARS, after she was sunkin an 'air raid in Lazaretto Creek,

Malta, 11M Submarine P36 has beenbrought to the s~rface. The work ·ofraising her 650-ton hull, which lay ona narrow shelf between 70 and 80 feetbeneath the surface, has been under thesupervision of P. F. Flett, GBE, SeniorSalvage Officer in Malta, who was re­sponsible for clearing the ,wrecks leftby the Egyptians in the Port· Said ap­proaches of the Suez Canal in 1956.

The possibility of salvaging the P36was investigated soon after her loss inApril 1942 but it was then realized thatthi~ would be a full-scale operation,which was impossible at that time. Formany years afterwards her position wasmarked by a faint slick of diesel oilescaping from her fuel tanks and anoccasional stream of air bubbles.

The raising of the submarine hasbeen accomplished with the aid of spe­cial lifting craft, which normally usethe ebb and flow of the tide to assisttheir task. VVith the absence of anytidal movement in the Mediterraneanhowever, the lift of theP36 was broughtabout by the taking on and dischargeof ballast by the two craft.

Work started at the beginning of Julywith the wreck slung in a cradle ofheavy wires between two lifting craftand by' the end of that month nineteenseparate lifts had been undertaken inthe course of the operation. She is no,,yon the surface.

It was in January 1942 that the P36joined the 10th Submarine Flotilla, alTIonth or so after her completion atVickers Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in­Furness. Under the command of Lt.H. N. Edmonds, RN, she carried' outpatrols during January,' February andMarch. On one of· these she damagedan Italian destroyer, one of several es­corting two cruisers south of the Mes­sina Straits. In the subsequent coun­ter-attack, the company of the P36

Orllnance TeamRelJrese,tts Naden

Naden will be represented in thePacific Command Softball Champion­ships by the Ordnance School. Ord­nance topped a field of 11 teams inthree weeks of play to \vin the honour.In addition they won the monthlyMake and Mend for August with 24points.

counted 225 depth charges explodingaround her. On April 1, 1942, she waslying at her berth close to the Lazar­etto, during one of the heavy air raidsof that time, when a bomb falling near­by holed her ballast tanks and hull inmany piaces. As the crew had beenordered to take shelter ashore therewere fortunately no casualties.

Every effort was made to try to keepher afloat and wires were even passedto the piers of the Lazaretto arches tostop her from peeling over, but theyhad to be cut when it was seen thatthe weight of the submarine wouldcause the arches to collapse. It wasthen that the P36's commanding officer,Lt. Edmonds, was heard to say that itwas bad enough losing one submarinewithout being sued for destroying anancient monument as well. Shortlyafter the wires were removed the P36rolled over and sank.-Adlll,iralty NewsSurnma.ry.

Sailors Stand FastDespite Hot B\lZZ

Naval discipline was sorely triedduring the royal cerenl0nies at Dig­by during the visit of Her Royal High­ness the Princess Margaret but thestalwart sons of the "silent service"upheld their old tradition, the Hali­fax -Chronic~e-Heraldreported on Aug­ust 11.

"When Princess Margaret planted atree a t the Admiral Digby well, adetachment of sailors from HMeSCornwallis was set to ring the area,"the story continued.

"Suddenly a situation for whichtheir training- had not prepared themoccurred. But in spite of wl::1at musthave been extreme consternation, dis­cipline was maintained and only a"wild waving of a few heads betrayedthe urge to get as far away aspossible.

"What happened? Son1.e of the sail­ors had stepped into a bees' nest­and the bees didn't like it a bit,buzzing angrily about to prove theirdispleasure."

Letters to tIle Editor

BATTLESHIP MYSTERYDear Sir:

Since I have been a regular sub­scriber to The C1·owsnest for some yearsI have had the pleasure of reading Iuanyarticles on naval questions, for which Ithank you. The iten1 which has causedthis letter is Naval Lore Corner No. 54in the issue for December 1957.

First, about the German "Fiedrich del'Grosse" Class, a peculiar feature wasthat they were to have been dieseldriven, the biggest ships ever to havebeen constructed in that way. Theywere to have 12 MAN-9-cylinderdouble-acting motors, totally developing165,000 SHP. That means that theGermans must have done some very fineresearch in the field, since I have foundno warships bigger than a frigate ofabout 1,500 tons diesel driven in anyother navy (except for auxiliaries).They were planl1ed to have quite alarge radius of action, about 16,000nautical miles at 19 knots, comparedwith 9,000 miles at 20 knots for the U.S.Iowa class. One other interesting thingabout those ships are their names. Ac­cording to Mr. Erich Groener's book"Die Schiffe del" Deutschen Kriegs,­marine and Luftwaffe 1939-45", thenames Grossdeutschland and Friedrichder Gross were only imaginary. Itwould be interesting to hear your opin­ion about the question.

Now to another country, Russia.SOlne years ago in 1952-1954, there werea lot of articles in many newspapers,both in Sweden and other Europeancountries, about Russian battleship con­struction. Below you will find a list ofdata, compiled from different sourcesabout those "presumed Dreadnoughts".

(1) Sovietskaya Bjelorussia: Built atNikolajev, 52,500 tons; dimensions 275 x370 x 11.0 meters; speed 30 knots at165,000 SHP; guns (in millimetres,6-406; 20-130 DP; 65-45 AA or 435 AA;three planes V\7ith one catapult; tworocket launchers were also said to be in­cluded in the armament; armour (inMM) Deck 170, waterline 400, big gunbarrels 365, CT 390 mm.

(2) Sovietskij Soyul, Strana Sov­ieto'L': Both built at Leningrad, andSovietskaya Bj elorussia, SovietskayaUkraina, (both at Nikolajco); 42,000­45,000 tons; Dim 785 x 115 x 36 feet;364,000 SHP (that figure must be wrong,164,000 SHP seems more probable);guns (in MM): 6 or 9-406; 24-130 DP;24-45 AA; 40-37 AA or 20 AA; 6-533tubes (submerged); some of these ships

said to have big rocket launchers in­stead of "B" turret; a1'?nOu'r: (in MM);Deck II, waterline 457-280 MM.

(3) Sovietskij SoyuZ (ex-Ttretij 111,­te1'national) , Stalinskaya Konstituija"Strana Sovietov (all three at Lenin­grad) ; Sovietskaya Bjel,orussia andI{?'asnaya Besa,rabia (two at Nikolaiev) .This group of ships is credited with twogroups of data:

1st-35,000 tons; din1. 8591'~ x 131~~: x323:}~ feet; no inforlnation about speedand SI-IP is available; guns: (in MM)6 Or 9....406; 20-130 DP; unknownnumber of 45 AA or 37 AA.

NIOBE'S FIRSTRECRUIT DIES

Dear Sir:

It is with regret that I advise youof the death of n1Y father, Charles R.Hall, veteran of the Royal Navy andof the Royal Canadian Navy. His deathoccurred in Richmond, California, onthe 19th of July, at the age of 89 years.

I have in a previous letter given youan outline of his services in both navies,and in the Royal Canadian Navy he wasamong the first to offer his serviceswhen it was formed in 1910. He wasthe, first man to join the old cruiserNiobe on the 26th day of July 1910, ex­actly 48 years ago. At the time heoffered his services the ship had beenplaced in drydock and was in the handsof the dockyard workers. His first dutywas to recruit the ship's company.

Dad joined the Royal Navy on the31st day of December 1884, and on the6th of January 1885 was posted to theold training ship Boscawan. He wasretired on pension on February 14, 1909.

After the arrival of the Niobe at Hali­fax, N.S., he joined the newly estab­lished Royal Naval College of Canada,which opened in January 1911, remain­ing on the staff until it closed down in1922 at Esquimalt, B.C.

Since 1925 he has been residing inCalifornia, and his funeral was con­ducted under the auspices of the Mas­onic Order, of ,vhich he had been amember for 56 years.

The above information may be of in'­terest to other old timers of the Navy,who ll1ay remember my father.

Yours trUly,FRANI( HALL

255 Arnot Ave.,Victoria, B.C.

2nd-35,000-37,000 tons; dim. 7927{~ X

119 x 29~~ feet; 264,000 SHP; no in­fOI'luation about speed given; guns (inMIW): 6 or 9-381 or 406,12-130; 12-100AA; 65-45 AA; no inforluation abnutarmour.

In addition to all data Inentionedabove I can refer to following quota­tion from an article, which appeared inthe ((Sveriges Flotta":

When Nikolaiev was occupied by theGerman FOl'ces in 1942, they found onebattleship and one heavy cruiser on thebuilding slips. The battleship was COIn­pleted (up to the launching stage) bythe Gerluans and subsequently launchedlate in 1943. Shortly afterwards it wastowed to Varna in Bulgaria, where it re­luained in an incomplete status until itwas blown up by the Gerluans whenthey were forced to withdraw theirtroops in Septelnbel" 1944. Displacen1entis given as 45,000 or 48,000 tons with12-16 inch guns in four triple turretsas main armalnent.

As you can imagine it is very difficultto find out what is correct among suchcontroversial data. No doubt, at leasttwo battleships have existed in incom­plete state. My own, opinion is that,apart from the ship, taken over by theGermans in Nikolajev (and given thename Sovietskaya, Ukraina) at least oneship was completed up to launchingstage in Leningrad. It could have beendestroyed during the German siege in1941-42. The other units mentioned wereeither never laid down or scrappedvvhile under construction. I am awaitingyour reply with great interest and re­main.

Yours faithfully,

LENNART OHLSSON.

P.S. If you can put me in contact withpeople interested in naval affairs, 1­should be most grateful.

P.O. Box No. 424Gevle 1Sweden

PHILATELIST

Dear Sir:

I would appreciate it very much ifyou would be kind enough to publish inThe Crowsnest that I V\70uld like to con­tact your readers who are stamp col­lectors-especially those who are inter-:­ested in collecting Canadian militarycancellations from RCN ships, RCAFstations, CAPOs, CFPOs, etc.

Yours very truly,

H. FENIGSTEIN, MD301A Markham Street,Toronto 3, Ontario.

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LOWER DECK PROMOTIONS

"I figure this will take 2,000 years to develop."

Following is a further list of promo­tions of lower deck personnel. The listis arranged in alphabetical order, witheach new rating, branch and tradegroup shown opposite the name.

ANDERSON, Claude N LSRT2ANTHONY, Earl F P2RP2

BARRETTE, Armand J. . P2AA2BERUBE, Gaston J PlED4BISHOP, Boyd B. . PIEA4BROOKER, Jerome C PIEA4BUTLER, Martin J P2EM2BUTTRIDGE, Brian D. . LSCVI

CANN, Kenneth D , P2RS3CARISSE, Joseph J CIPT4CARTER, Kenneth J LSQMICHASE, Harvey A. . PITD3CHENELL, James 1. LSAF2CHUBAK, Edward P. . LSCRICLOUTIER, Ronald J LSCRICORBIN, Clarence E LSPW2CUNNINGHAM, Kenneth L LSTD2CUTHBERT, Paul R. LSTDI

DONNELLY, Robert E. . PIAA3DONOGHUE, Bruce L. . LSEMI

EARLE, Donald E LSEM2

FAUTEUX, Cyr-Louis J PIEA4FIANDER, Aubrey C. . LSLR2FLETCHER, Kenneth A LSEMIFRASER, Joyce WLWPI

GAFFNEY, Leonard M. . P2EM2

GAUDET, Joseph A PITA4GIBSON, Alfred E LSLR2GOULD, Sidney C C2PI4GOUTHRO, John B LSAAIGUINCHARD, Rendell H P2TD2

HAMILTON, Robert E LSEMIHARRIS, Ronald D. . LSRP2HAWTHORNE, James S. . LSCS2HIGGINS, Alfred R. LSRCIHILL, Peter E. PIGA4HOGAN, Gordon J. . P2RP2HOWE, Roger K. LSAP2HUNTER, Peter P. . C2QR3HUTTON, Robert K. LSCVI

JOUDREY, William O PlEM4

KING, Baxter P2RP2KIRCOFF, John R. LSSW2KRUPA, Antonio LSRT2

LAPIERRE, Ernest A. . LSRC2LAWLEY, William E. . PIQR2LEITOLD, Michael A. . LSCRILIPSCOMBE, George J PIEA4

MacKAY, Alfred P2PR3MacNALE, Grant A. P2BD3McISAAC, Edward S. . PlEA4McKEE, George B. . P2QR2McKINNELL, William G LSED2McMURTRY, Mervyn LSCRIMcNULTY, Ronald J LSAAIMASON, John E P2TA3MIEREAU, Ernest H LSAW2MIRON, Paul A LSPWIMITHELL, Derek LSQMIMITCHELL, Donald S. . PIAA2

Back in service after a summer-long refit ­HMCS Bonaventure.

MORIARITY, James J P2QM2MORTIMER, William J. . LSTDI

PALMER, James B. PlED4PERIOGA, George M CIGI4PETRONY, Edward C PIQM3PHEBY, Gerald S. . P2BD3POLLINGTON, Elizabeth R. " WLNP2POPLE, Gale P .. ; LSEF2POWELL, John R. : LSEMI

RAE, Kenneth R. CIQI4REAUME, Wayne J LSOM2ROBERT, Edward J. . P2PR3

SAGER, Gary W. . LSEMISANFTLEBEN, Melvin E LSCRISHEPHERD, Gilbert J PIAT4SMITH, David A LSCRISMITH, Edward E.. PIER4SPENCE, Kenneth PlRP3SPENCER, Sidney G PIEA4STAFFORD, Frank PITD3STEELE, William D. . C2GE4STEEPE, Harold W LSEMISTEPHENSON, Francis J. . CSEM4STOKES, Richard M. . LSAR2STUNDON, Thomas A. LSAA2SUNDERLAND, Neil J P2QM2

TARRANT, Vance L P2EM2TAYLOR, John D PIEA4THORNE, James T LSED2

VANZIELEGHEM, Andre O PIQR3

WEBBER, Clarence A. LSEMIWESTBURY, Leslie V. . PITD3WHITING, William E. C2MR4WILSON, Howard A. LSRA2WILSON, Thomas LSCRIWINTERS, David R. LSBD2WOOD, Charles H P2RP2WOOD, Norman G LSEMIWOODS, Robert D LSCRI

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Naval LoreCorner

Number 64NAVAL EXPLOITS

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PESTROYER IN DISGUISE ~--~

THE BRmSH OESTRO'lEP. 'CAMP6ELTOWN(ONE OF THE 50 EX-AMERICANFLUS\U)ECKERS GIVEN TO 6RIT"\N IN 1940) WAS DISGUISE}) TO LooKLIKE A GERMAN TORPEDO 80AT BV REMOVING 2 FUNNELS ANl> CHANGINGTHE APPEARANCE Of THE REMAINING TWO. THIS EMA&LEI) HER TO SAILUNRECOGNIZEO(UNT\L THE LAST MOMENT) INTO ST. N{>.ZAlR.E HARBOUR

ON MARCH 28,1942. WHERE SHE R.AMMED THE IMMENsE 'NORMANIl\E'1>RYOOC.K IN A'PAR''''G RA\D. A CHARGE PLACED IN HER 60'1015 LATEREllPLOI)E1) "DESTROYING 114E GATES Of THE DOCK ANO PUllING IT OUTOF COMMISSION FoR MAN'l MONT\\'3 THUS DESTROYING ANV GERMANlII1TENTI0"'5 Of R.EFITTING- Tl\1: 'TIRPITZ.' IN FRANCE.----- ~

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