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and dc.title, keywords, description, dc.creator, dc.date.created, dc.date.modified, dc.contributor --> 102 ...</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> <b>II</b> is an Iroquois/Tribal Update class vessel launched in 1971 that is still in active service today. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> Huron <b>II</b> is an Iroquois/Tribal Update class vessel decommissioned in 2005. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> Haida was a Tribal class Destroyer that served until 1963.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.cadets.net /pac/102sea/crest_e.htm</font> (235 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Navy">Canadian Forces Maritime Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The investigation focused on two hatches that were left open during repairs, thus allowing seawater inside while the submarine was on the surface in a period of rough weather, as well as faulty insulation for wires and a panel near the commanding officer's cabin. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The remaining two supply ships, <b>HMCS</b> Preserver and <b>HMCS</b> Protecteur, were showing their age, and MARCOM began studies into designing a new class of underway-replenishment and naval sealift-capable vessels. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In addition to supporting naval operations, the new ships will be able to transport an army battle group--a capability Canada's navy has lacked since the departure of the light carrier <b>HMCS</b> Magnificent in the late 1950s when she was used as a transport during the Suez Crisis.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Navy</font> (1830 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.navy.dnd.ca/algonquin/news/ship_news_e.asp?x=1&id=338">Canada's Navy: HMCS ALGONQUIN - News and Events</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Ottawa, Ontario - On Monday, June 7, 2004, staff and students at <b>Algonquin</b> College gathered at the base of the College flagpole to pay tribute to the tens of thousands of Canadians, but especially the men of the HMSC <b>Algonquin</b>, who participated in the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy 60 years earlier. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The special ceremony was organized in recognition of the bond between the <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> and her namesake institution <b>Algonquin</b> College forged when the first <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> was de-commissioned in 1971. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> At that time, several artifacts from the ship including her flag, ensign, photograph, and history, were entrusted to the College, a gesture of goodwill between two institutions with a common historical inspiration.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.navy.dnd.ca /algonquin/news/ship_news_e.asp?x=1&id=338</font> (475 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><div id="ad2" style="display: none"></div><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/squadrons/423chapter7.htm">423 Squadron - Chapter 7</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Capt Kurt E.D. Theoret, of the <b>HMCS</b> FRASER Detachment, was the first aircrew member to act as a witnessing officer during a fisheries inspection at sea. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>ALGONQUIN</b> came to emergency flying stations, readying her helicopter for an immediate launch to effect the rescue of the stricken aircraft's crew. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On 17 September, <b>HMCS</b> ATHABASKAN arrived in Key West to embark the detachment and the entire project team for further technical evaluation of the sonar at the Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre facilities near Andros Island, Bahamas.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca /squadrons/423chapter7.htm</font> (4044 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.proxygasp.com/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9EZXN0cm95ZXI=">Destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Before World War <b>II</b> destroyers were light vessels without the endurance for unattended ocean operations; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Modern destroyers are equivalent in tonnage but drastically superior in firepower to cruisers of the World War <b>II</b> era, capable of carrying nuclear missiles able to destroy cities.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.proxygasp.com /index.php?q=aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9EZXN0cm95ZXI=</font> (4644 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.greatcanadianplaces.com/ON/Haida/index.html">Great Canadian Places</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In a world of casual superlatives, <b>HMCS</b> Haida is indeed one-of-a-kind. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Twenty-seven were built for the Canadian, British and Australian navies during World War <b>II</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Previously moored in Toronto, the Haida has been in St. Catherines to be refitted and polished up for a Summer 2003 permanent exhibition as a National Historic Site in Hamilton.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.greatcanadianplaces.com /ON/Haida/index.html</font> (263 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.cooldictionary.com/words/Navy.wikipedia">Navy</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> By the end of World War <b>II</b>, the carrier had become the dominant force of naval warfare, although threatened by an unseen enemy, the submarine. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> They were designed to withstand damage and to inflict the same, but only carried munitions and supplies for the voyage (rather than merchant cargo). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Often, other ships which were not built specifically for warfare, such as the galleon or the armed merchant ships in World War <b>II</b>, did carry armaments.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.cooldictionary.com /words/Navy.wikipedia</font> (2502 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://hmcshaida.ca/webber.html">HMCS Haida - Commanding Officers</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> It was during this period that he took command of <b>HMCS</b> Haida, as the flag vessel of the reserve fleet. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Although in the reserve fleet Haida, as I recall, had a substantial crew and was undergoing modernization and conversion to an Anti-Submarine escort with Squid mountings on her quarterdeck and improved ASDIC. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The Captain’s Cabin of <b>HMCS</b> Haida appeared to be a great place for the CO to receive visitors around noon on Saturdays: all good public relations, I am sure.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>hmcshaida.ca /webber.html</font> (968 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://smmlonline.com/archives/VOL1131.txt">[No title]</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Algonquin</b> was R17, Crusader was R20 and Sioux was R64 Brian Selzler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) From: Fkbrown90@aol.com Subject: WW1 USN naval signal device In photo research related to a WW1 U.S.Naval vessel, I came across a few pictures showing a cone (called a "shape") hoisted, pointy end up,"to block" on a bridge signal halyard. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Subject: Re: Pennant number R16 To Bob Pearson, Hull pennant number R16 belonged to <b>HMCS</b> CRESCENT as she was commissioned into the RCN, in 1945. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> CRUSADER's hull pennant number (as commissioned) was R20 (later 228).</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>smmlonline.com /archives/VOL1131.txt</font> (2452 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>TurtleIsland.org :: View topic - Turtle Island Native Network News - October 2002</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Algonquin</b> was away for more than six months after she sailed in late March 2002 to join Coalition forces in the Arabian Gulf for Operation Apollo. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> <b>ALGONQUIN</b> is one of four Iroquois Tribal class destroyers built for the Canadian Navy in the early 1970s. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The name <b>Algonquin</b> means -At the place of spearing fish and eels.- connected to the First Nations people with their vast territory from Georgian Bay in the West, to the St. Maurice River in the East.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.turtleisland.org /discussion/viewtopic.php?t=135</font> (12369 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.seawaves.com/newsletters/TDIH/march/23Mar.txt">[No title]</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The crew was rescued unscathed by <b>HMCS</b> Micmac. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The aircraft located the vessel and a local island boat, which was diverted to remove two women and a child from Lorisel <b>II</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Cape Shoalwater re-floated the vessel, returned the passengers, and the Lorisel <b>II</b> got underway with no apparent damage 1975 - USS Hancock port call Pearl Harbor 1991 - Naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, minesweeping and maritime interception operations 1991 - USS Yellowstone arrives at NAVBASE Pearl Harbor homeport.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/march/23Mar.txt</font> (1165 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.hmcshaida.ca/webber.html">HMCS Haida - Commanding Officers</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> It was with <b>HMCS</b> Prince Henry that he participated in the D-Day landings. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> It was during this period that he took command of <b>HMCS</b> Haida, as the flag vessel of the reserve fleet. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The Captain’s Cabin of <b>HMCS</b> Haida appeared to be a great place for the CO to receive visitors around noon on Saturdays: all good public relations, I am sure.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.hmcshaida.ca /webber.html</font> (968 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/systems/asw">Canadian Navy Anti-Submarine Weapons & Torpedoes</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The Limbo launcher could be rotated parallel to the deck for storage and loading, the latter of which was done through ports in the side of the mortar well (see photo 1). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Limbo was carried on the quarterdeck, and all ships (with the exception of the ANNAPOLIS and IROQUOIS classes) were built (or modified in the case of <b>ALGONQUIN</b> and CRESCENT) with two mountings (see photo 8 for a detail photo of a model of <b>HMCS</b> MACKENZIE in the Canadian War Museum). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Photo 1 shows this type of launcher as depicted on a model of <b>HMCS</b> MACKENZIE in the Canadian War Museum; it was mounted adjacent to the after-most deckhouse on these ships.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.hazegray.org /navhist/canada/systems/asw</font> (1991 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://domainhelp.search.com/reference/Destroyer">Destroyer information - Search.com</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> These ships are maintained as a political necessity, and not likely to ever be reactivated (one, Iowa, has never-repaired explosion damage to her center turret). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Modern destroyers are equivalent in tonnage and drastically superior in firepower to cruisers of the World War <b>II</b> era, capable of carrying nuclear missiles able to destroy cities in a very small volley. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Submarines were more effective, and aircraft had become important weapons of naval warfare; once again the fleet destroyers were unequipped for combatting these new targets.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>domainhelp.search.com /reference/Destroyer</font> (2761 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/aboriginal/profile2.htm">Awards to Aboriginal veterans WWII and Korea</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Jamieson was aboard the tribal class destroyer <b>HMCS</b> Iroquois when it was assigned its first tour of duty in Korean waters in 1952. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In August 1951, he was transferred to <b>HMCS</b> Nootka, where he received instruction in Sonar, his chosen trade. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In the official history of the <b>Algonquin</b> Regiment the brigadier is remembered with fondness and respect.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/aboriginal/profile2.htm</font> (5291 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.thewednesdayreport.com/articles/historical/historical-2004-5.htm">Life Beyond Elections and SSNs - TWR</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> For Canada's navy, 1988 saw the handover to MIL-Davie of <b>HMCS</b> Iroquois, the second of two Tribal-class destroyers to undergo conversion from a primary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role to a primary anti-air warfare (AAW) role. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The decision as to the shipyard for TRUMP (Tribal-class Update and Modernization Project) conversions three (Athabaskan) and four (Huron) is expected to be announced in April of this year. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Also noteworthy were the launching of <b>HMCS</b> Halifax (the first of the long-awaited City-class patrol frigates) and the keel laying ceremonies (or the modular equivalent thereof) for the second and third City-class patrol frigates (Vancouver and Ville de Quebec).</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.thewednesdayreport.com /articles/historical/historical-2004-5.htm</font> (1037 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.thewednesdayreport.com/twr/twr.htm">Military, Defence, Canadian Foreign Affairs History - TWR</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On 2 March, for example, the Tribal-class destroyer <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> assisted the fisheries patrol vessel, Cape Roger, in arresting the Panamanian-registered trawler, Peonia 7. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Work on the first ship, <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b>, was expected to begin in November of 1987, with completion in the fall of 1989. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The last of the four, <b>HMCS</b> Huron, was to begin conversion in November 1990, with completion in the summer of 1992.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.thewednesdayreport.com /twr/twr.htm</font> (11811 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Life Beyond Elections and SSNs - TWR</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> For Canada's navy, 1988 saw the handover to MIL-Davie of <b>HMCS</b> Iroquois, the second of two Tribal-class destroyers to undergo conversion from a primary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role to a primary anti-air warfare (AAW) role. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The decision as to the shipyard for TRUMP (Tribal-class Update and Modernization Project) conversions three (Athabaskan) and four (Huron) is expected to be announced in April of this year. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Also noteworthy were the launching of <b>HMCS</b> Halifax (the first of the long-awaited City-class patrol frigates) and the keel laying ceremonies (or the modular equivalent thereof) for the second and third City-class patrol frigates (Vancouver and Ville de Quebec).</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>twr.mobrien.ca /articles/historical/historical-2004-5.htm</font> (1037 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.jproc.ca/cta/algon2.html">Canadian Tribal Association - Algonquin (II)</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> <b>ALGONQUIN</b> was the first of her class to undergo modernization under the TRUMP programme at Marine Industries, Sorel Quebec. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In June of 1993, she was tested as the flagship to the Commander of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea, where the squadron was operating in support of the United Nations resolution involving the blockade of (former) Yugoslavia. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> passing Fisgard Light and entering Esquimalt Harbour, British Columbia, Canada.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.jproc.ca /cta/algon2.html</font> (130 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.islandnet.com/~jwmason/masonbiog.html">John W. Mason Biography</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In November of 1955 he was posted to Canadian Vickers Shipyard in Montreal to stand-by the building of <b>HMCS</b> Ottawa, and became her first Engineer Officer when she commissioned in November of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In November of 1958 he was sent to Halifax Shipyards to stand by the building of <b>HMCS</b> Chaudiere, and became her first Engineer Officer on commissioning in November of 1959. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In July of 1964, he was appointed in Command of <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b>, being the first officer of the Engineering Specialization in the history of the RCN to command a sea-going warship.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.islandnet.com /~jwmason/masonbiog.html</font> (780 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.nsnews.com/issues02/w082602/084102/news/084102nn3.html">[No title]</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> AS part of the <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> boarding team that patrols the Gulf of Oman, Leading Seaman Jason King distributes fresh water to migrants on boats stopped by the Canadian Forces crew. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Algonquin</b> is an Iroquois Class destroyer built in the early 1970s. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Although Joy appreciates the benefits of King's job, including the travel they both get to do (she was flown out with the other <b>Algonquin</b> wives to Australia last year), she does miss him terribly.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.nsnews.com /issues02/w082602/084102/news/084102nn3.html</font> (2448 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ww2/cruisers">CEYLON & SWIFTSURE Classes</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> HMS UGANDA was completed in January, 1943, and she served with the RN for a number of years. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> UGANDA was the only RCN ship to fight the Japanese in the Pacific. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> ONTARIO can be distinguished from QUEBEC by the raised platform immediately in front of the bridge.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.hazegray.org /navhist/canada/ww2/cruisers</font> (724 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>CGR: Important Moments in Canadian History</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> World War <b>II</b> - 1939-1945 (11%): Because Europe was so devastated by the war and North America was untouched, Canada filled the void and became both very economically and militarily powerful. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The guns of Canadian destroyers like <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> and <b>HMCS</b> Sioux silenced enemy shore batteries and continued to fire in support of ground attacks in the days to come. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The armed merchant cruisers <b>HMCS</b> Prince Henry and Prince David carried Canadian troops and the landing craft in which they made their run to the beaches; they later returned to England with Canadian wounded.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.christianguitar.org /forums/showthread.php?t=51244</font> (4980 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.jproc.ca/cta/org.html">Canadian Navy Tribal Class Destroyer Association - Organization</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>HMCS</b> Athabaskan I, <b>HMCS</b> Athabaskan <b>II</b>, <b>HMCS</b> Athabaskan III, <b>HMCS</b> Huron I, <b>HMCS</b> Huron <b>II</b>, <b>HMCS</b> Iroquois I, <b>HMCS</b> Iroquois <b>II</b>, <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> <b>II</b>, <b>HMCS</b> Cayuga, <b>HMCS</b> Haida, <b>HMCS</b> Micmac, <b>HMCS</b> Nootka </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> (<b>ii</b>) Members of the Polish Naval Association who have served with Canadian Tribals; </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> (<b>ii</b>) shall not be eligible for election to the executive committee;</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.jproc.ca /cta/org.html</font> (346 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.naval-museum.mb.ca/badges">Naval Museum of Manitoba - Canadian Naval History</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Since a large percentage of these vessels are named for a city, township or province the badge designer has been able to use elements from an heraldic device associated with the name. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In the example of <b>HMCS</b> Saskatchewan, this is an original Canadian source - the wheat sheaf from the provincial coat of arms, but another direct but distant source is seen in <b>HMCS</b> Digby where the ostrich is taken from the crest of William, 5th Baron of Digby, father of the Hon. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> For <b>HMCS</b> James Bay the blue V slices down through the white snowbound land; in <b>HMCS</b> Kapuskasing the green forest is the background and the heraldic Y is the meeting of two rivers.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.naval-museum.mb.ca /badges</font> (1181 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/1944/08/22.htm">22 August 1944</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> At about 01.00 hours, hilst refuelling some of convoy JW.59 escorts, escort carrier <b>HMCS</b> Nabob is torpedoed by U-354 (Kapitanleutnant Hans-Jurgen Sthamer) with a FAT torpedo spread and tries to sink her at 01.22 hours with a Gnat which strikes HMS Bickerton. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Although the ship was salvageable the force commander did not wish to be burdened by 2 crippled ships and since Nabob was the more valuable unit, Bickerton was scuttled by destroyer HMS Vigilant which fire a torpedo at Bickerton. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Nabob was one of two escort carriers manned by Canada; attempts to purchase some from the USN were rebuffed as Canada would not accept lend lease equipment for political reasons.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1944/08/22.htm</font> (1084 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/iroquois/about/ship_about_e.asp?category=49">Canada's Navy: HMCS IROQUOIS - About the Ship</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> It is interesting to note that their Commanding Officer, who did not survive the sinking, had claimed to have sunk, during the three patrols he did in the submarine, seventeen ships, totalling in all 99,961 tons. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On the morning of 6 October, with a guard of honour drawn from <b>HMCS</b> CRUSADER, Lieutenant-Commander John L. Quinn, Able Seamen A. Baikie and W. Burden were buried with full naval honours in the British Commonwealth Cemetery at Yokohama, Japan. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> According to King's Regulations, 1939, the flag to be flown afloat by Generals Commanding Stations is the Union Jack having in the centre a crown-surmounted blue shield bearing the Royal Cypher and Garland.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.navy.forces.gc.ca /iroquois/about/ship_about_e.asp?category=49</font> (13675 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lhd-6.htm">LHD-6 Bonhomme Richard</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The strike group was also training with the Canadian destroyer <b>HMCS</b> <b>Algonquin</b> (DDG 283), two Canadian frigates, <b>HMCS</b> Winnipeg (FFG 338) and <b>HMCS</b> Regina (FFH 334), and the Canadian replenishment ship <b>HMCS</b> Protecteur (AOR 509). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The eagle, overlooking the fleur-de-lis, adapted from historic flags and documents of the Revolutionary era, symbolizes the fighting spirit, patriotic fervor, and tenacity of both John Paul Jones and the United States Navy. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The trident is scarlet, a color traditionally used by the United States Marine Corps, and highlights action and zeal thus underscoring the ship's assault and battle insertion mission combining the land, sea, and air elements of the fighting force.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lhd-6.htm</font> (1213 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Family pays tribute to war hero</u> <i>(Site not responding. 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