Pay hike hits army reserve training

Partly to mark the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy in Canada in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11467 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:49:42 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11371/t/HMCS-Fredericton-departs-for-6-mo-counterterrorism-mission.html

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091025/national/cda_frigate_mission

Canada's latest contribution to the war on terrorism and piracy slipped out of Halifax harbour in driving rain Sunday on a six-month deployment to the Middle East.

Before it left, family and friends gathered on the deck and in the helicopter bay of HMCS... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11371 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:07:28 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11350/t/Hmm-Navy-supposedly-wants-MH-60R-.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26248125-31477,00.html

interesting chaps. They seem to want the high risk when they should get the low and vice versa.

Probably not too bad a decision.

Sometimes I wonder if the case for standardised chopper fleets is overstated.

Private chopper operators run on the small of an oily rag and most seem... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NewGolconda) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11350 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:09:12 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11340/t/HMCS-Kootenay-tragedy-remembered.html Worth remembering on Friday 23 Oct 2009, what happened 40 years ago.

(copied from http://www.stokers.ca/hmcskootenay23october1969.htm with my thanks)

On 23 October 1969, Kootenay lost nine of her own in one of the worst peacetime disasters suffered by the Canadian Forces. She was... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11340 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:51:17 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11316/t/Collins-class-engines.html feeds@yuku.com (WarshipAdmin) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11316 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:24:05 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11285/t/HMCS-Regina-helps-seize-ship-of-unknown-origin-.html Ship of 'unknown origin' seized near B.C. coast; it makes one wonder where this ship came from?

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091017/seized_vessel_091017/20091017?hub=TopStoriesV2

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11285 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:34:38 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11186/t/RMN-39-s-LST-Sri-Inderapura-catches-fire-.html


caught fire for the second time....

KD Seri Inderapura On Fire

IPOH, Oct 8 (Bernama) -- The KD Seri Inderapura, The Royal Malaysian Navy's (RMN) biggest landing craft, caught fire while berthed... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11186 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:53:58 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11141/t/1982-WI-the-RNZN-had-helped-out-in-the-Falklands-War.html
What was the then available New Zealand warships that might have been of use to the British? Did they have any AA ability or Exocets?

If they had been sent, would they have been fair game for the Fuerza?

In extremis, could Maggie have actually asked for naval help from... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mifletz) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11141 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:38:15 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11138/t/Common-follower-for-Balikpapan-and-BATRAL-.html When surfing other boards, I found a question that interests me:

The australian Balikpapan LPH (-here-) and the french BATRAL Support ships (-here- in french) have the same age (almost 40 years) and similar tasks. Both need replacement soon.
BATRAL are larger (80m long, 1.330 tons full load, 4.500nm... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PK) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11138 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:49:11 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11119/t/OT-Prince-Charles-and-Camilla-to-stop-at-12-Canadian-cities.html

http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22047751

feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11119 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:54:03 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11096/t/Injured-Canadian-Sailor-airlifted-by-RAF-to-Ireland.html Good job to the RAF!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8284259.stm

A Sea King helicopter crew from RAF Valley on Anglesey carried out a long range rescue of a Canadian sailor whose hand had been crushed.

The crew flew around 200 miles out... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11096 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:33:03 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11054/t/What-would-the-Admiralty-allow-RAN-expansion-into-in-1930-s.html Potential RAN strengthening 1935 onwards:

• 1 aircraft carrier & 6 x destroyers for escort.
• 12 destroyers (and in the interim... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sons of anzac) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11054 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:54:53 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11045/t/Canadian-Sailor-wins-Queen-39-s-medal-for-champion-shot-.html Good job, PO1 Cashin!
  
  

  
  Sailor captures Queen's Medal for Champion Shot http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/cms/3/3-a_eng.asp?id=755
  By Darlene Blakeley

  

  Credit: WO Lawrence Conrad

  ... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11045 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:47:43 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11037/t/Why-no-Canadian-Victoria-Cross-recipients-since-1945-.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hampton_Gray
  
  Since the end of the Second World War, not one Canadian has been awarded the Victoria Cross, see list of all Canadian recipients at feeds@yuku.com (Admiral Beez) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11037 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:43:17 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11031/t/QF-4-inch-Mk-VC-gun-built-in-Canada-in-WWII-.html feeds@yuku.com (rodcbutcher) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11031 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:43:25 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/10995/t/Keel-Laying-ceremony-for-Australian-LHD-in-Spain.html See -this- article from 24.09.09 in "La Voz de Galicia" (in spanish) with a short video clip about the placement of the first hull segment in presence of Admiral Russ Crane.
  

  ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PK) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/10995 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:51:01 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/10988/t/Final-Bye-Bye-ex-HMCS-Terra-Nova-and-Gatineau.html
  This in MERX:
  
  

  Department of National Defence (DND), has a requirement for the removal, dismantling and disposal of the "Ex-HMCS Terra... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/10988 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:21 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/10977/t/RAN-and-Singapore-Navy-in-joint-exercise.html
  

  Singapore, Australia Conduct Naval Exercise
  By wendell minnick
  Published: 21 Sep 2009 14:03
  
  

  Taipei - The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) are conducting Exercise Singaroo, a joint maritime exercise, from Sept. 18-25. The eight-day... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/10977 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:15:22 GMT