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CROWSNEST
            PACIFIC NAVAL
             LABORATORY

                OCT 21      1^52

            E S Q U I M A L T , B . C.
CROWSN EST
Vol. 4 No. 12               THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY'S MAGAZINE                                                          OCTOBER, 1952

                                                                                                LADY             OF THE                   MONTH
                                                                                        This     is    one          place        where            the      small
                                                                                 fellows         occupy             as much          room         as the      big
                                 CONTENTS                                        ones.         In the       same         spot    that       has         featured
                                                                                 such         ships        as    the     Magnificent,                    Ontario
                                                                          Page
                                                                                 and           Quebec               appears               the           136-foot
                                                                                 wooden              minesweeper                HMCS                    Cordova,
    RCN News Review                                                          2   training         tender           to HMCS            Discovery,             the
                                                                                 Vancouver                 naval        division.          The          Cordova
                                                                                 is     the     former            YMS-420             of        the       United
                                                                                 States        Navy         and        saw service          off         Okinawa
    School For Reserves                                                      4   in the         late       stages        of    the    Second               World
                                                                                 War.          She      was         purchased              by     the       RCN
                                                                                 last     year         and        towed         to    Esquimalt             (see
    Officers    and Men                                                      6   Crowsnest,                 April         1952).           After           being
                                                                                 refitted,           the        ship     was     commissioned                  in
                                                                                 August          as     HMCS              Cordova               and        sailed
                                                                                 proudly,              as        pictured,           to            Vancouver.
    Hunter Cops Cock-o'-theWalk                                             12
                                                                                 (E-19930).

    A Memorable       Occasion                                              14
                                                                                      Each year, in closing the cover on one volume of
                                                                                 The Crowsnest and starting to work on the next,
                                                                                 we     have     observed the occasion by paying our
    Afloat     and Ashore                                                  16    respects and voicing our thanks to those who have
                                                                                 been chiefly responsible for the continuing existence
                                                                                 of this magazine.

    Five Fighting Months                                                    22        It is a pleasant duty, one we would perform much
                                                                                 more often, except for the fear that in repetition we
                                                                                 might seem to lose sincerity.

    Man of the Month                                                        23        And most sincere is our salute to the authors,
                                                                                 artists, photographers and others whose combined
                                                                                 contributions have enabled us to put together each
                                                                                 of the 12 issues which have gone into the making of
    Lower Deck Promotions                                                   24
                                                                                 this latest, fourth volume of The Crowsnest.

                                                                                      For the bulk of its material The Crowsnest depends

    The Navy Plays                                                    .     26   on correspondents in ships and establishments and on
                                                                                 officers and men who, from time to time, take it upon
                                                                                 themselves to compose articles for the magazine.
                                                                                 All of them do these chores voluntarily. They receive
                                                                                 no pay and, outside of a form letter of acknowledge-
                                                                                 ment and this annual bouquet, precious little in the
                                                                                 way of recognition.

                                                                                      W e must admit that now and then we grumble to
                                                                                 ourselves over misspelled                    names, the absence of
             Cover Photo — " G i v e it to 'em, boys!" A t least that's what     initials, omission of pertinent facts and other editorial
                                                                                 headaches. However, those are things that can be
    these Nootka gunners seem to be saying as they watch carrier-
                                                                                 remedied by a little extra work on the part of the
    based planes move in to attack communist coastal positions in                editors, and are unimportant. The important fact is
                                                                                 that    each        month, from an amazing number and
    North Korea. T h e Nootka had her turn just before this, shooting
                                                                                 variety of sources, comes the material wherewith to
    up shore installations and trading shots with enemy batteries.               put together a magazine.
    Smoke from several fires indicates that the destroyer's shells and                To all those sources—in ships and on shore, in
    the aircraft bombs have found their mark.          (NK-1597).                the service and on civvy street—go our thanks. W e
                                                                                 frankly feel that enough nice things cannot be said
                                                                                 about them.
                                                                                                                                                The Editors.

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R . C . N .                           N e w s                                                R e v i e w

Magnificent s9
               Airmen                        to be bagged by an aircraft — and                          and Balboa, Canal Zone, behind her,
Score Mainbrace Successes                    three "enemy" aircraft shot down, in                       the Ontario was the scene of busy
                                             addition to attacks on another sub-                        preparations for the reception on
    One hundred and seventy warships
                                             marine and aircraft.                                       board of certain nautical notables,
of the N A T O countries ranged from
                                                Three days later the Magnificent's                      including K i n g Neptune and D a v y
north of the Arctic Circle, along the
                                             flyers bagged another submarine. The                       Jones. The occasion: Crossing the
coasts of Norway and Denmark and
                                             two " k i l l s " were the only ones made                  Line and the initiation of landlubbers
into the western Baltic for nearly
                                             by aircraft of Task Force 171, the                         into the mysteries of the sea.
two weeks in September.
                                             carrier support force which was made                          Continuing south, with a full pro-
    They were the forces participating                                                                  gram of naval training laid on for
in Exercise Mainbrace, i n which             up of British, American and Canadian
                                             flattops.                                                  the days at sea, the Ontario was
ships and aircraft, on a realistic                                                                      scheduled to arrive in Valparaiso,
operational footing, explored the re-           The final phase of the exercise
                                             took place in the Skagerrak, where                         Chile, for a busy round of official
quirements of the defence of Europe's                                                                   calls, ceremonies and entertainment.
northwestern bastions.                       the warships supported a landing by
                                             marines on the Danish coast.                                  The five-day round of          events
    Canada's contribution to M a i n -                                                                  in Valparaiso and nearby Santiago
brace included H M C S Quebec and               A dramatic moment came on the
                                             night of Tuesday, September 23,                            ended, the Ontario was to put to sea on
H M C S Magnificent, w i t h N o . 881                                                                  October 9 on her way to the southern
Squadron of Avenger anti-submarine           when, to mark the end of exercise
                                             the vast fleet turned on its lights and                    tip of the continent.
aircraft and N o . 871 Squadron of                                                                         W i t h her she carried a wreath
Sea F u r y fighters embarked i n the        presented the appearance of a city
                                             on the waves. Side by side, refuelling                     which was to be dropped on the
latter.                                                                                                 ocean at the scene of the Battle of
    The Quebec slipped from the harbor       or awaiting the signal to disperse,
                                             rode the warships of eight N A T O                         Coronel where four Canadian m i d -
of N a r v i k i n Norway's L a n d of the                                                              shipmen — the first R o y a l Canadian
M i d n i g h t Sun on the second day of     countries.
                                                The Quebec steamed for the F i r t h                    N a v y casualties — lost their lives in
the exercise and took up the role of a                                                                  1914 in the action which was a prelude
lone enemy raider of the Orange              of Forth and the Magnificent for the
                                             Clyde. After a breather in port the                        to the Battle of the Falkland Islands.
force. She was to attempt to slip by a
heavy carrier striking force including       two ships set sail for their home port
the carriers H M S Eagle, U S Ships          of Halifax, where they were due                            Mail Arrangements
M i d w a y and Franklin D . Roosevelt       October 12.                                                For Ontario Cruise
and the battleships U S S Wisconsin                                                                       M a i l i n g arrangements for the O n -
and H M S Vanguard.                          HMCS Ontario Enters                                        tario's cruise call for letters and
    T w o days later the Quebec changed      Southern Hemisphere                                        addressed as follows:
over to the Blue side to join the              H M C S Ontario is heading south                             Rank, Name, Official Number
carrier striking force and steam south       with the sun on her long cruise                                H M C S Ontario,
to Denmark for a strike against the          around South America and will reach                            C N P O 5073,
K i e l Canal.                               the southernmost point of her journey                          Care Postmaster, Montreal
   The Magnificent's participation in        about the middle of this month.                              The postal rates are ten cents a
the exercise early earned her a " W e l l      Her visits to San Diego, California,                     quarter ounce for air mail or five
done" from Rear-Admiral W . G . A .                                                                     cents for Armed Forces letter. Parcels
Robson, commander of the carrier                                                                        are limited to 10 pounds at 15 cents a
support force of which she was a part.                                                                  pound. The post office has asked that
   The message came at the end of                  Athabaskan Going Back                                the use of parcel post be kept to a
the first day of Mainbrace and fol-                    For T h i r d Tour                               minimum.
lowed night landings by four A v e n -
gers.                                               H M C S A t h a b a s k a n , already pos-
                                               sessing one of the longest records of                    Iroquois Plasters
   The "enemy" was not the only                K o r e a n service of a n y U n i t e d N a t i o n s   Targets, Scatters Troops
worry of the forces engaged in M a i n -       destroyer, goes back late this m o n t h
brace. The weather deteriorated on             for a t h i r d t e r m of d u t y i n the war              Sharply intensified air warfare in
the third day and, by the fourth,              theatre.                                                 which bombing raids were pressed
                                                    T h e A t h a b a s k a n , under the c o m -       home right to the borders of M a n -
gales of 40 knots, rain squalls and            m a n d of C o m m a n d e r J . C . R e e d , is
30-foot waves had forced cancellation          scheduled to sail from E s q u i m a l t                 churia and Siberia took the spotlight
of the flying program.                         October 29. She has been designated as                   in the Korean war theatre during
    The storm had blown itself out             relieving ship for H M C S Iroquois.                     September. T h e r e was increased
                                                   Since J u l y 5, 1950, the busy " A t h a -          ground activity, too, with Chinese
sufficiently by the following day to           bee" has spent 22 months on Special
allow the Magnificent's planes to take         F o r c e d u t y . N o w , after refitting, she         Reds putting up stiff battles in their
to the air and rack up an impressive           w i l l r e t u r n to K o r e a n waters a n d a d d    efforts to gain control of ridges held
record. Pilots claimed one submarine           to that record.                                          by U N troops.
destroyed — the first of the exercise                                                                      N o r was there any slackening in
Page two
patrol and bombardment activities
of U N warships, except at the first
of the month when carriers had to
lash their aircraft to their decks and
erect barriers against the 50-knot
winds accompanying Typhoon M a r y .
   On September 3, while the typhoon
was sweeping across Korea, H M C S
Iroquois used shore fire control spot-
ting to fire at gun positions, troops and
bunkers south of Haeju on the west
coast. Direct hits were reported by
the fire control party, but the extent
of the damage was not determined.
   U N headquarters reported that
H M C S Crusader fired 15 rounds at a
gun position near Chinnampo on
September 12.
   Again using shore fire control, the
Iroquois fired 111 rounds of four-inch
shells at troops, bunkers and houses on
September 13. Six of the houses were
destroyed and troops south of Haeju
were scattered.

Separate Command
To Administer Reserve
   The establishment early in 1953 of
a new naval command to direct the
activities of the Royal Canadian
N a v y (Reserve) has been authorized
by Defence Minister Brooke Claxton.
   The new command will be estab-
lished at a site to be announced later
and will be under a senior naval                 A d m i r a l L o r d L o u i s M o u n t b a t t e n , C o m m a n d e r - i n - C h i e f , M e d i t e r r a n e a n S t a t i o n , inspects
officer to be known as the Command-         a guard of honor on the quarterdeck of H M C S Magnificent. A d m i r a l M o u n t b a t t e n twice v i s i t e d
ing Officer Naval Divisions.                the Magnificent d u r i n g the month she was in the M e d i t e r r a n e a n . H e walked a r o u n d the ship,
                                            met the officers a n d spoke to the ship's c o m p a n y on the flight deck. A t the extreme left, rear, i n
   It will be recalled that adminis-        the photo is C a p t a i n K . L . D y e r , c o m m a n d i n g officer of the carrier                           (MAG-4007).
trative headquarters for the Reserve
were located in Toronto during the
Second World War, at which time             Century town hall in Antwerp, where                                           Alderney developed a mechanical
Commodore E . R. Brock held the             the burgomaster spoke his praise of                                           defect and was obliged to return to
appointment of C O N D .                    Canada and was replied to by the                                              the Linked Kingdom.
                                            task group commander, Commander                                                  H M S Artemis, sent as a replace-
                                            J . C. Littler.                                                               ment, is of the same class as the
Antwerp Visited                                 On Saturday, August 30, six pla-                                          Alderney and the Alcide, which
On Last Cadet Cruise                        toons of cadets and men, led by a                                             worked with R C N ships previously
                                            Belgian army band, paraded through                                            this year. This is the second time the
   Wartime footsteps of the Canadian        the streets of Antwerp to the applause                                        Artemis has been loaned to the R C N
A r m y were retraced in peacetime          of thousands of spectators. Comman-                                           for training purposes.
through the Low Countries during            der Littler placed a wreath on the
the third and final East Coast cadet        Cenotaph and a march past then took
training cruise of the summer.              place in the main square of the city.                                         Navy Commissions
    In their tour of Belgium and H o l -                                                                                  Second Gate Vessel
                                                The two ships sailed from Antwerp
land late in August, officers, cadets       on September 1, returning to Halifax                                             Second of the Navy's new trawler-
and men of H M C Ships Crescent and         via the Azores.                                                               type gate vessels, H M C S Porte Saint
L a Hulloise visited, among other                                                                                         Louis arrived in Halifax on Septem-
places, Brussels, Bruges, Ghent, Os-                                                                                      ber 7 after a down-river journey from
tend, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Amster-         Submarine Artemis                                                             Quebec C i t y where she was commis-
dam and The Hague.                          Back for Second Time                                                          sioned on August 29.
   The Canadian visitors were i m -           H M Submarine Artemis arrived                                                  The first of the gate vessels to be
pressed by the recovery made by             in Halifax September 10 from the                                              completed was the Porte Saint Jean,
Belgium and Holland, their industry,        United Kingdom to carry out anti-                                             now based at Halifax. T w o others, the
their spotless towns and their tidy         submarine training exercises with                                             Porte Quebec and the Porte de la
countryside. Impressive, too, was the       East Coast ships of the R C N .                                               Reine, have been undergoing accep-
immensity of the mercantile traffic on        Scheduled anti-submarine exercises                                          tance trials at the West Coast, and
the River Scheldte.                         of H M C Ships Wallaceburg and                                                the fifth of the class, the Porte
    A reception was held for the ships'     Portage in the Bermuda area were                                              Dauphine, under construction          at
companies in the beautiful 16th             cut short when H M Submarine                                                  Pictou, N.S., is due for trials shortly.
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School For Reserves
                                                                        In Its First Summer,  RTEGL
                                                                           Trained 300-odd RCN(R)
                                                                               Ordinary Seamen

       J' the order, change direction                                    be turned into ordinary           seamen                                  they were given bedding and a cot
        right, right form, the right hand                                marked " T r a i n e d " .                                                and met the divisional officers and
man of the front rank      ..."                                             There was a galley which hadn't                                        petty officers. On Mondays the train-
   "The thing to remember about the                                      been used since the war, a couple of                                      ing began in earnest at 0600 with a
magnetic compass is that the lubber line                                 dormitories which were small, poorly                                      light P T workout and continued until
moves around. . . "                                                      ventilated and sadly in need of paint,                                    1730 with classes in Seamanship,
   "All right now, everyone follow me                                    and a couple of Fairmiles which had                                       Organization of the N a v y , C o m -
with his flags. For exercise, A ble,                                     been laid up all winter. A d d to this                                    m u n i c a t i o n s , B o a t w o r k , Parade
Baker, Charlie, Dog. . . "                                               the difficulties that a newly formed                                      Training, Fire Fighting and so forth.
   The parade deck and classrooms of                                     organization is bound to run up                                           The C i t y of Hamilton pitched in and
H M C S Star echoed and re-echoed with                                   against, and you have a pretty bleak                                      helped by offering the nearby C i v i c
these and similar chants all summer                                      picture.                                                                  Swimming Pool for noontime swim-
long. The streets of Hamilton were                                          Soon, however, the picture began                                       ming.
alive with white singlets and un-                                        to change. The galley was scrubbed                                           After Evening Quarters, there was
familiar cap tallies. The towns border-                                  and polished until it shone. Cooks                                        many a sigh of relief as trainees
ing Lake Ontario and Lake Erie                                           became familiar with the idiosyncra-                                      flaked out on their cots. This gruelling
became aware of the White Ensign                                         cies of the equipment. The barracks                                       schedule occupied the first half of the
as never before.                                                         block was scrubbed and painted.                                           two-week program. On the second
   What was the reason for this flurry                                   Four 12-man tents were set up to                                          week, they took practical "sea" train-
of activity and appearance of the                                        supplement the sleeping accommoda-                                        ing in Fairmiles on the lakes. While
N a v y in strength a thousand miles                                     tion, and with stokers in some i n -                                      they were "at sea" another class
from the ocean ?—The N a v y ' s Re-                                     stances doubling as seamen the Fair-                                      would take their place ashore. The
serve Training Establishment, Great                                      miles began to look operational.                                          Friday of the second week was taken
Lakes ( R T E G L ) had taken up resi-                                      On the training side of the picture,                                   up with examinations and the a l l -
dence in this inland city.                                               a suitable syllabus was set up as the                                     important "Request to be marked
   On June 2 of this year, the first                                     first class went along. B y improvising                                   Trained''. On Saturday they were
draft of new entries arrived at                                          on the instruction, last-minute chan-                                     drafted back to their home divisions,
R T E G L from all parts of the country                                  ges, and a good deal of luck, this first                                  or else to the coasts for further non-
to begin what proved to be the most                                      class passed its examinations with                                        substantive training.
extensive training scheme yet under-                                     flying colors. The R T E G L had been                                        In three months of operation, the
taken for the Reserve. Commander                                         transferred from the draughting board                                     training program as worked out by
F . R. K . Naftel, of London, Ont.,                                      to a working organization and was a                                       the training officer, Lieut. J . W .
Reserve Training Commander, and                                          success.                                                                  (Shady) Lane, and his assistant,
his staff of instructors faced a rather                                     The establishment was set up with                                      C P O " P a t " Morrow, turned out
frightening prospect on that day.                                        the idea of training new entry reserves                                   more than 300 trained ordinary sea-
Here were groups of salesmen, high                                       who had not yet been marked                                               men, plus 17 men for Petty Officer's
school students, mechanics, every-                                       " T r a i n e d " at their home divisions.                                Squadron Board. Sharing the credit
thing in fact except sailors, who, in                                    They arrived at Hamilton every                                            for this achievement were such men
the space of two short weeks, were to                                    Saturday and Sunday. Upon arrival                                         as C P O Fred Derrick and C P O Len
            P i c t u r e d below are the officers and men who were attached to the Great L a k e s T r a i n i n g C e n t r e . ^ H a m i l t o n , d u r i n g the past summer.
            F r o n t row, left to r i g h t : C P O E . Somerleigh, Cadet (S) R . B r o w n , S u b - L i e u t . (S) J . C a m p b e l l , S u b - L i e u t . (S) E . L ' H e u r e u x , S u b - L i e u t . D .
C h a r t e r s , L i e u t . H . T h o m a s , C o m m a n d e r F . R . K . N a f t e l , L i e u t . J . W . L a n e , S u b - L i e u t . R . Bennett, L i e u t . W . Ogden, S u b - L i e u t . D . Cooper a n d
S u b - L i e u t . G . W o o d a l l . C e n t r e r o w : P O s L . P . F o r t i e r , L . Stagg and E . A v e r v - J o n e s , C P O s W . C o t t e r , J . Siddons, R . D o n a l d s o n , W . M o r r o w and
J . W a t t , P O s B . Stevens, J . T r e m b l a y , J . H e r m i s t o n , K . Astles and R . B l a i k i e , C P O s D . G a l l o w a y , L . Seager and F . D e r r i c k , P O R . G r a y , P O
G . A r s e n a u l t , L d g . Sea. J . C r e t e a n d A B H . N u t t a l l . Rear r o w : L d g . Sea. L . T h i b a u l t , L d g . Sea. A . B o o t h , A B K , Stewart, Orel. Sea. W i l l i a m
B o k l a , A B K . G i l b e r t , L d g . Sea. L . M a c k e y , A B s L . L a m o n t a g n e , J . H a s t i e , L . P a r k i n , A . L a v o i e and J . R . R v a n , O r d . Sea. J . H . Doige, L d g . Sea.
C . Oakes, A B s R . C a i r n s , K . M i t c h e l l , R . "Parkes, H . Holmes, D . D a vies, E . T o t h e , W . H a m i l t o n , S. Hewson a n d V . M a x w e l l .
Ex-Navy M a n
                                                                                                        Is Crack Pilot
                                                                                            A n e x - N a v y stoker a n d w r i t e r
                                                                                        fulfilled a p r i v a t e a m b i t i o n in A u g u s t
                                                                                        by w i n n i n g the R . J . L o g u e T r o p h y for
                                                                                        being the best a m a t e u r pilot i n the
                                                                                        M a r i t i m e provinces.
                                                                                            H e is R a l p h F r a n k L o r d , of M o n c t o n ,
                                                                                        N . B . , a member of the M o n c t o n
                                                                                        F l y i n g C l u b a n d part t i m e employee
                                                                                        with M a r i t i m e Centrai A i r w a y s . In a
                                                                                        five-year t e r m with the R C N , L o r d
                                                                                        spent three years as a stoker a n d the
                                                                                        r e m a i n i n g two as a w r i t e r . W h i l e in the
                                                                                        service he took p r i v a t e flying lessons
                                                                                        and now has his license l o r flying in
                                                                                        both C a n a d a and the U . S . A .

                                                                                        The nearest source of water was
                                                                                     two miles away and two small pumps
                                                                                     were all the fighters had to force the
                                                                                     water through the two miles of hose.
                                                                                      For drinking purposes water had to
                                                                                     be humped through the brush in milk
                                                                                     cans.
                                                                                        The Communications School set
                                                                                     up a portable transmitter behind the
                                                                                     fire to relay information to C o r n -
Seager, whose leathery lungs put the       to R T E G L to bring the training        wallis. It was later moved to the front
trainees through their paces on the        afloat up to the standard of the train-   where the fire was threatening to
parade deck, and P O Bernard Stevens       ing ashore.                               overrun the community of Lansdowne.
of Stadacona fame, under whose able           Successful as the training scheme
direction the galley staff performed                                                    About 1700 the fire jumped the
                                           was this year, the executive officer,     break and threatened to cut off the
culinary wonders with ancient and          Lieut. Herbert Thomas, has already
temperamental equipment.                                                             main source of water. B y skilful
                                           begun making a list of ways and           management POs C . S. Smylie and
   The chief medical assistant, C P O      means to better it. These include         H . W . Foreman controlled the out-
E . R . Somerleigh, did a great deal for   improved eating and sleeping con-         break with the loss of only seven
public relations by arranging for          ditions and "souped u p " courses in      sections of hose. A n hour later fresh
more than 185 blood donations from         every phase of training.                  reliefs from Cornwallis arrived and
among the staff and trainees for the          Now that summer is over, it might      the tired men, less a few volunteers
Red Cross, every one of them com-          be supposed that the N a v y has heard    who remained, returned to the base
pletely voluntary.                         the last of R T E G L for a while.        for rest and food. A t 2130 another
   Cruises on the lakes were usually       However, if the spirit and enthusiasm     relief party arrived to find the situ-
of three days' duration, and included      of the trainees is an indication of       ation in hand.
visits to Erieau, Port Colborne, W e l -   anything, it will be a topic of con-
land, Kingston, Cobourg and many           versation in messes across the country       For the night operations, in addi-
other Lake Erie and Lake Ontario           for months to come.—G.P.W.                tion to the new arrivals, were C P O
towns. N o t soon to be forgotten by                                                 Player, POs Smylie and Foreman and
these embryo sailors was the trip to                                                 three seamen from the original group,
Picton, Ontario, where the entire                                                    indispensible not only for their fire
R T E G L training staff and trainees
marched in a parade celebrating
                                                 SAILORS TURN                        fighting ability but also for the out-
                                                                                     standing example they set the re-
                                                                                     mainder. They were Ldg. Sea. Duncan
Picton's hundredth anniversary. One
platoon was made up of men who                   FIRE FIGHTERS                       Morrison, Ord. Sea. Gerald Blais and
had never marched together before                                                    Ord. Sea. L l o y d D . Griffon.
                                              Cornwallis trainees went to the
and who had been in the N a v y for an     assistance of civilian fire fighters         C P O Player set up a watchkeeping
average of one month. Even so, it is       when a forest fire raged out of control   system to maintain a constant patrol
to the credit of the gunnery instruc-      near Digby in J u l y .                   of the area and yet enable the men
tors that they acquitted themselves           On the morning of July 18, 70 men,     to gain a little rest. A small fire was
admirably, and earned the highest          under Lieut.-Cdr. J . W . Golby and       built, coffee was brewed and in turns
praise of the local dignitaries.           C P O Reginald Player, armed them-        the weary men took naps on the
   Aboard the Fairmiles, the new           selves with axes, saws, shovels and       grass around the fire.
entries received training in seaman-       other fire fighting equipment and left       A t 0800 the following day the
ship and general experience in watch-      for the fire area.                        civilian crews, fresh after rest and
keeping duties. It is to be regretted         A t the scene the men separated        food, joined the trainees and, when
that the Fairmiles didn't afford as        into two parties: Lieut.-Cdr. Golby       they had the situation in hand, took
complete a sea training program as         and 50 men attacked one leg of the        complete charge while the Navy-
could be desired, but it is hoped that     fire while C P O Player and the other     loaded its equipment and returned to
in future larger ships will be allocated   20 tackled the other.                     Cornwallis.—R.P.
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1 is                         a*td
Five Senior Officers                                  Award winners were: Cadet W . H .                         Governor General Investsi_
Receive Promotions                                Evans, of Winnipeg, Queen's Cana-                             Winners of Korea Awards
                                                  dian D i r k , awarded to the best                               T w o R C N officers and one petty
   Promotion of five senior officers,
                                                  all-round cadet completing his final                          officer who were awarded decorations
effective September 1, was announced
                                                  professional training period; Cadet                           for service in the Korean war were
in a promotion list supplementing
                                                  W . R. Vallevand, Demainc, Sask.,                             invested at Province House, Halifax,
the R o y a l Canadian N a v y ' s half-
                                                  Nixon Memorial Sword of Honour,                               August 27 by the R t . H o n . Vincent
yearly list issued June 30.
                                                  presented annually to the cadet ob-                           Massey, Governor General of Canada.
   The list follows:
                                                  taining the highest            "officer-like-                 It was the first investiture to be
To be Acting Rear-Admiral                         q u a l i t y " mark on completion of the                     conducted by M r . Massey since he
  Commodore James C. H i b b a r d ,              professional training period; Cadet                           became Governor General.
D S C and Bar, C D , Chief of N a v a l           A . F . Griffin, Toronto, Department of
                                                                                                                   Commander R. P . Welland re-
Personnel, N a v a l Headquarters.                National Defence Officer of the Watch
                                                                                                                ceived the B a r to the Distinguished
                                                  Telescope, awarded to the cadet
To be Commodore (S)                                                                                             Service Cross, Lieutenant Andrew L .
                                                  attaining the highest place among
                                                                                                                Collier received the Distinguished
   Captain (S) Rupert A . Wright,                 those entering the R C N , and Cadet
                                                                                                                Service Cross and Petty Officer E . H .
O B E , C D , Director General of Supply          P. H . Watson, Toronto,              Stubbs
                                                                                                                Randall the British Empire M e d a l .
and Fleet Accounting, N a v a l Head-             Memorial Shield, for outstanding
quarters.                                         athletic ability and sportsmanship.
                                                                                                                Basic Training School
To be Acting Commodore (E)                           U N T D Cadets B . C. Hoffley, W i n n i -
                                                                                                                Inspected by CNS
                                                  peg, and K . R. M u r r a y , Toronto, were
  Captain (E) Brian R. Spencer, C D ,             awarded the Department of National                               " I n the N a v a l Service there is only
Superintendent of the Dockyard,                   Defence Sword and the Department                              one kind of Canadian, and that is the
Command Technical Officer and C o m -             of National Defence Telescope as the                          Canadian who desires to serve his
mand Engineer Officer, Esquimalt.                 best all-round cadets of the U N T D                          country regardless of what may be his
                                                  completing their third year of summer                         racial origin or his mother tongue."
To be Acting Commodore (L)
                                                  training.                                                       These words were spoken by Vice-
   Captain (L) W i l l i a m H . G . Roger,
                                                                                                                Admiral E . R. Mainguy, Chief of the
O B E , Electrical Engineer-in-Chief,
                                                                                                                N a v a l Staff, during an inspection of
N a v a l Headquarters.                                                                                         the Basic Training School at H M C S
To be Acting Constructor Commodore                                                                              Montcalm, Quebec C i t y , on Tuesday,
  C o n s t r u c t o r C a p t a i n Rowland                                                                   September 2.
Baker, O B E , N a v a l Constructor-in-                                                                           Admiral Mainguy was accompanied
Chief, N a v a l Headquarters.                                                                                  by Rear-Admiral J . C. Hibbard, Chief
                                                                                                                of Naval Personnel, and Commodore
Admiral Presents Awards                                                                                         Paul W . E a r l , N a v a l Officer-in-
At Royal Roads Parade                                                                                           Charge, Montreal Area.
   " Y o u have entered              the finest                                                                    The Basic Training School was
profession in the world, that of serving                                                                        opened in February of this year with
your country in her Armed Services,"                                                                            the object of assuring that French-
Rear-Admiral W . B . Creery, Flag                                                                               speaking Canadians are placed in a
Officer Pacific Coast, told members of                                                                          position to take full advantage of the
the graduating class at the Canadian                                                                            opportunities that lie in a naval career.
Services College, R o y a l Roads, on                                                                             Since the school's opening 93 men
August 15.                                                                                                      have completed their courses there
   Admiral Creery took the salute as                                                                            and have been drafted to H M C S
the cadet parade, including 22 gradu-                                                                           Cornwallis for the balance of their
ates, marched past, and later pre-                                                                              new entry training. Another 169 men
sented prizes to outstanding cadets.                                                                            are currently under training.
W i t h the flag officer in the inspecting           There was a near record response when the                    Admiral Mainguy inspected a guard
party were L i e u t . - C d r . G . H . Hayes,   R e d Cross mobile blood clinic set up shop in                of 48 new entries, commanded by
Reserve Training Commander, West                  the g y m n a s i u m at H M C S X a d e n in A u g u s t .   Instructor Lieut. L . W . Maundcotc-
Coast, and L i e u t . - C d r . I. B . B.        H e r e C o m m o d o r e K . F . A d a m s , commodore       Carter. Later he inspected the ship's
                                                  of the barracks, makes his donation. S t a n d i n g
Morrow, executive officer of the                  beside h i m Is M i s s Jeannine Jerome, of                   company and addressed them in
college.                                          Vancouver.          (E-19936).                                French. He then took the salute during
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He was appointed executive officer
                                                                                                                                            of the Winnipeg naval division in
                                                                                                                                            January 1946 and was in command of
                                                                                                                                            Chippawa for several weeks before
                                                                                                                                            taking up the appointment of staff
                                                                                                                                            officer, which he held until his
                                                                                                                                            demobilization in February 1947.
                                                                                                                                               On December 31, 1950, he was
                                                                                                                                            appointed honorary aide-de-camp to
                                                                                                                                            the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba.

                                                                                                                                           Navy League Scholarship
                                                                                                                                           Winners Announced
                                                                                                                                               The scholarship committee of the
                                                                                                                                           N a v y League of Canada announced on
                                                                                                                                           August 22 the award of five scholar-
                                                                                                                                           ships to students entering the Cana-
                                                                                                                                           dian Services Colleges as naval cadets.
                                                                                                                                               The scholarships, awarded annually
                                                                                                                                           by the N a v y League, are valued at
                                                                                                                                           approximately §600 each and cover the
                                                                                                                                            first year's tuition fees, uniform, etc.
                                                                                                                                               Four of this year's scholarship
                                                                                                                                           winners will attend R o y a l Roads.
                                                                                                                                           The fifth, Gerald Freill, of R C S C C
                                                                                                                                           Victory, Montreal, will go to Royal
                                                                                                                                           M i l i t a r y College.
          T h e Chief of the N a v a l Staff, V i c e - A d m i r a l E . R . M a i n g u y , made his first official inspection
September 2 of H M C S M o n t c a l m and the N e w E n t r y B a s i c T r a i n i n g School for French-speaking                           The R o y a l Roads entrants are:
C a n a d i a n s . A d m i r a l M a i n g u y is shown above as he inspects some of the 130 men under t r a i n i n g                    Hugh F . K . Pullen, formerlv of
at M o n t c a l m . W i t h h i m is L i e u t . - C d r . R . P . L e m a y , one of the d i v i s i o n a l officers on the school's    R C S C C St. George, Lakefield, O n t . ;
t r a i n i n g staff. (0-2988),                                                                                                           Michael Townsend, R C S C C Falkland,
                                                                                                                                           Ottawa, and St. George, Lakefield;
a march past and, accompanied by                                      in order to attend the National D e -                                Michael Gruenwell, R C S C C War-
the other visiting officers and C o m -                               fence College at Kingston.                                           spite, Kitchener, and A . K . Beare,
mander Marcel J . A . T . Jette, com-                                    Born in Montreal, Commander                                       R C S C C Warrior, Edmonton.
manding officer of Montcalm, i n -                                    Pinfold joined the R C N V R as a pro-                                  The N a v y League also awards
spected the barracks.                                                 bationary sub-lieutenant in 1940.                                    U N T D scholarships annually to Sea
   A point emphasized by Admiral                                      For two years of the Second World                                    Cadets and former Sea Cadets.
Mainguy in his remarks to the new                                     War he was executive officer of                                         T w o other Sea Cadets, R. G .
entries was that French-Canadians                                     H M C S Westmount (Bangor mine-                                      Capern, St. Thomas, Ont., and R . T .
have had a long and honorable                                         sweeper) and subsequently        com-                                Mace, Victoria, were among those
history of association with the sea.                                  manded the corvettes Lethbridge and                                  winning Dominion scholarships to the
   " T h i s is the heritage which belongs                            Owen Sound.                                                          Canadian Services]Colleges this year.
to every French-speaking C a n a d i a n , "
he said, " a n d it is the heritage which
you, through having joined the Royal
Canadian N a v y , have undertaken to
uphold."

Medical Assistants
Graduate from School
  Nine men graduated from the
Medical School in H M C S Naden
on completion of a medical assis-
tant's course in July. They were
Able Seamen Ian M a c K e n z i e , Urban
Achacker, Gilbert Birks, Leonard
Beaton, Frank Knight, Robert P a l -
mer, Yves Savoie, Vernon Zieffle and
Donald T a y l o r .

New Commanding Officer
of Winnipeg Division
  A c t i n g Commander F . H . Pinfold
assumed command of H M C S C h i p -
pawa on August 10, succeeding A c t i n g
                                                                            Before a n d After is the natural title for these photos t a k e n 15 minutes a p a r t . T h e y show P O
Commander L . B . M c l l h a g g a , who                             E d w a r d D u n c a n , of S t a v e l y , A l b e r t a , a c o m m u n i c a t o r serving aboard the N o o t k a , before a n d
was granted a year's leave of absence                                 after s h a v i n g the beard he c u l t i v a t e d when his ship proceeded to the F a r E a s t . (NK-1214,                1215).

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Reserve Officers Take                                               Best second-year cadet was Cadet
 Summer TAS Course                                               Captain W . L . Verrier, of Montreal,                                      Quiz Broadens
                                                                 and M c G i l l University. He received                                  Sailors' Knowledge
   The following R C N ( R ) officers
completed a torpedo anti-submarine                               the Reserve Training Commander's                                     A " q u i z s h o w " has become a regular
course in July at the T A S Training                             Staff prize.                                                     part of the routine at H M C S S t a d a -
                                                                     Sharing the Reserve Training C o m -                         cona, and sailors get a chance to pick
Centre, H M C S N a d e n : Lieut.-Cdr.                                                                                           up a fast buck if they're sharp on n a v a l
H . G . B a t v , Lieut. G . S. Levey,                           mander's Shield for best first-year                              history, customs a n d traditions, and
Lieut. R . C. Hesketh, A / L i e u t . A . R.                    cadet were Cadet M . J . B . Lansdown,                           C a n a d i a n affairs.
Marchment, Sub-Lieut. K . I. M c l n -                           of Montreal and M c G i l l , and Cadet                              M o n d a y through F r i d a y each week
                                                                 J . U . Graham, of Fredericton and the                           the Executive Officer's D a i l y M e m o r a n -
tyre, Sub-Lieut. B . F . Wolff, Sub-                                                                                              d u m carries questions such as:
Lieut. W . J . M c C o n n e l l , Sub-Lieut.                    University of New Brunswick. The                                     "Which were the four provinces which
B . A . Langley, A / S u b - L i e u t . C. L .                  two cadets also received copies of                              joined Confederation on Dominion              Day,
Wright, A / S u b - L i g h t . D . S. Johnston                  "Sailor's Odyssey", Admiral Andrew                               1867?" "What is the name of the patron
and A / C d . Bos'n G . M . M c L e o d .                        Cunningham's biography.                                         saint of sailors?" "What is a mess-deck
                                                                                                                                 court martial?"
                                                                     Presentation of the awards to the                               T h e sailors have u n t i l 11 a.m.
                                                                 first and second year cadets was made                            F r i d a y to find the answers. T h e n the
 Three Montrealers                                               by Commander A . B . F. Fraser-Flarris,                         C o m m o d o r e of the B a r r a c k s draws the
                                                                 executive officer of Stadacona.                                 name of a m a n from the pay lists of
 Win Cadet Awards                                                                                                                Stadacona. H e appears before the
   Montreal provided three of the                                                                                                E x e c u t i v e Officer an hour later.
                                                                                                                                     H e is given 20 seconds to answer each
five cadets who this year won top                                Ord. Sea. K. L. Redman                                          of the five questions that were published
awards among the U N T D s under                                 Tops Radio Course                                               during the week and wins a d o l l a r for
training at H M C S Stadacona during                               Members of Communications Radio
                                                                                                                                 each correct answer. If he misses a
the summer months. The other two                                                                                                 question, the money is put into a
                                                                 Class 48 completed their able sea-                              jackpot. A l l five questions must be
cadets were from Fredericton, N . B . ,                          men's qualifying course at the C o m -                          answered before anyone can have a go
and Winnipeg.                                                    munications School, H M C S C o r n -                           at the j a c k p o t . If they are not answered,
                                                                                                                                 the jackpot is held until somebody can.
   The N a v a l Headquarters sword for                          wallis, in August. Certificates for all
                                                                                                                                     M o n e y for the q u i z comes from the
best third-year cadet went to Cadet                              men and an engraved lighter for                                 ship's f u n d .
Robert Charbonneau of the University                             Ord. Sea. K . L . Redman, who at-
of Montreal. Second-best third-year                              tained highest marks in the class,
cadet was Cadet Captain Thomas C.                                were presented by Captain E . W .
Arkell, of Winnipeg and the Univer-                              Finch-Noyes, Deputy Chief of N a v a l                         They included Ordinary Seamen
sity of Manitoba, who received a                                 Personnel.                                                   P. L . Haynes, J . H . Doucett, K . L .
telescope awarded by Naval H e a d -                                                                                          Redman, D . J . Lauder, J . E . Kean,
                                                                    The East Coast members of the
quarters. Commodore H . F. Pullen,                                                                                            and Maurice Cornect.
                                                                 class were drafted to H M C S Quebec
commanding officer of Stadacona,                                 in time to go overseas for Exercise                            The lone west coaster in the class,
presented the sword and telescope.                               Mainbrace.                                                   Ord. Sea. William Cholodylo, is taking
                                                                                                                              a parachutist's course at Rivers,
                                                                                                                              Manitoba, following the footsteps of
                                                                                                                              Ord. Sea. H a r r y V o t h , of C R 46.

                                                                                                                              Technical Branch Cadets
                                                                                                                              Receive Cruiser Training
                                                                                                                                 Fifteen electrical and 12 engineering-
                                                                                                                              cadets were embarked in H M C S
                                                                                                                              Quebec for her midsummer cruise to
                                                                                                                              the United Kingdom. The cadets
                                                                                                                              were all in their second or third years
                                                                                                                              in the U N T D and the object was to
                                                                                                                              give them technical instruction and
                                                                                                                              on-the-job training, in addition to
                                                                                                                              adding to their general sea-going
                                                                                                                              experience.
                                                                                                                                 Although the Quebec is geared
                                                                                                                              primarily for the training of ordinary
                                                                                                                              seamen, the variety of her machinery
                                                                                                                              and equipment and the size of her
                                                                                                                              technical departments enabled the
                                                                                                                              cadets to get the most out of their
                                                                                                                              time on board.
                                                                                                                                 The engineers got a good taste of
                                                                                                                              watchkeeping. Boiler water levels,
                                                                                                                              throttles, 'vaps and turbo-generators
                                                                                                                              were subjected to their tender care.
                                                                                                                              The old game of "chase the pipe l i n e "
                                                                                                                              occupied many an hour, and instruc-
                                                                                                                              tion on various aspects of the ship's
     Cadet Robert C h a r b o n n e a u , of M o n t r e a l , receives the N a v a l Headquarters S w o r d , awarded        machinery was given by Lieut.-Cdr.
to the best t h i r d - y e a r U N T D cadet to t a k e summer t r a i n i n g in H M C S S t a d a c o n a , from C o m -
modore H . F . P u l l e n , commodore of the b a r r a c k s .        (HS-21547).                                            (E) H . U . Ross, who was borne for
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technical training duties, and by the
 ship's officers.
     In the " L " world the cadets were
 rotated between the high and low
 power and electronics sections and
 carried out many of the maintenance
 jobs associated with the ship's electri-
 cal equipment.
    A l l cadets were worked into the
 ship's damage control organization
 and drills carried out daily at sea
 gave them an appreciation of the
 problems faced in this field.
    Training in general naval routine,
 duties of officers and armament was
 not neglected; and, naturally enough,
 each day started with an "eye-
 opener" in the form of early morning
 F T , flashing or boat pulling.
    The cruise took the Quebec to
 Portsmouth, Chatham and T o r Bay,
 thence back to Halifax by way of the
 Azores. She was alongside in Chatham
 for ten days and the opportunity was
 taken to show the cadets the Royal
 N a v a l C o l l e g e , G r e e n w i c h ; the1

 National Maritime Museum and the
 Houses of Parliament.
    There was also a long week-end
which gave all hands time for an                               Three of the 12 engineering cadets who joined                        H M C S Quebec for technical t r a i n i n g are
independent look around London and                      pictured in the cruiser's engine room. Left to right                         are Cadets R i c h a r d H o l l a m a n , Douglas
the English countryside.                                C a r n a h a n and Ernest W i l l i s , a l l of T o r o n t o . Fifteen   electrical and 12 engineering cadets were
    The homeward leg of the cruise saw                  embarked in the Quebec for her m i d s u m m e r cruise to                  the U . K . (QB—389).
the Quebec in company with the
Crescent, Swansea and L a Hulloise —                    of the class were: C P O H . R . H a y -                            Ord. Sea. Eugene Burden, Ord. Sea.
a fine opportunity for the technical                    wood, H M C S Carleton; Petty Officers                              Earl Moscovitch, O r d . Sea. Ethelbert
cadets to look down their noses at the                  W i l l i a m Clews and William Rees,                               Rowsell, O r d . Sea. Jean Pierre V i a u ,
strange upper deck capers going on                      H M C S Y o r k ; P O Edward Eaton,                                 Ord. Sea. Louis Rene Cantin, O r d .
in the smaller ships. — L.S.                            H M C S Chippawa; P O James B r o -                                 Sea. Peter Mielke and O r d . Sea.
                                                        thers, H M C S Donnacona, and P O                                   Calvin Avers.
Reserves Take Training                                  W i l l i a m B . Irwin, H M C S Star.
At Communications   School                                 T w o men attended a P 2 C R reserve                             Class Completes Course
                                                        qualifying course held two weeks                                    In A/A Gunnery
   A course for senior R C N ( R ) com-                 earlier. They were Leading Seamen
municators ended at the C o m -                         Robert K . ' D u n c a n , H M C S Y o r k ,                            Thirteen men graduated recently
munication School August 22. Six                        and R. M . Carpenter, HMCS                                          as anti-aircraft gunners third class
C P O s and POs took the course and                     Carleton.                                                           from the Gunnery Training Centre,
all passed with flying colors. Members                                                                                      Esquimalt. Members of the class were
                                                                                                                            Able Seamen George E . Sears, Donald
                                                        Nine Men Qualify                                                    F . H u n t , Raymond G . Klein, John
                                                        As Radar Plotters                                                   E . M c D o n n e l l , Byron M . Wilson,
         'The Pause That . . .'
                                                          Nine men qualified as radar plotters                              J . C. M c P h a i l and William Moore,
       In the petty officers' mess at H M C S
   Naden they've put a mark on the w a l l              3rd class at the Navigation Direction                               and Ordinary Seamen W . N . Aller,
   for the way one of the members went                  Training Centre, H M C S Naden in                                   N . N . Chenvoniak, J . P. Balfour,
   collegiate and brought 'em back alive.               July. They were Able Seamen Albert                                  C. E . Knipstrom, H . T . Tupper and
       W h e n P O C l i f f o r d Stephenson ar-       Flood, Keith Fleming, John                                          L . R. K u l l m a n .
   rived for the S a l m o n D e r b y at B r e n t -
   wood, B . C . , on A u g u s t 24, he found          Dabayashi, James Feddema, Keray
   his bait can was missing, so he filled a             Jones, Harold Lenz and John M c D o n -                             Stoker Mechs Finish
   pop bottle w i t h sea water and placed              nell, and Ordinary Seamen Joe                                       Course at Esquimalt
   his minnows in it instead.                           Rustulka and Ronald Ford.
       A s the hours went by several bottles                                                                                    Eleven men recently completed a
   of pop were consumed a n d , after an                                                                                    s t o k e r m e c h a n i c c o u r s e at t h e
   exciting tussle with a hooked               fish,    Supply School Holds
   P O Stephenson reached behind h i m in                                                                                   Mechanical Training Establishment,
   the boat for his p a r t l y finished d r i n k .
                                                        Course for Reserves                                                 H M C S Naden. Members of the class
       F o r the next few minutes he was                  Among the courses held at the                                     were O r d i n a r y S e a m e n D o n a l d
   busily spouting minnows, salt water                  Supply School, H M C S Naden, last                                  Wright, Roy M c C l y m o n t , Charles
   a n d scales.
       P O Stephenson, blushing becomingly
                                                        summer was one for administrative                                   Boldon, Edward Burton, D a v i d
   over the m i x u p in bottles, can now               writers of the R C N ( R ) . Reservists                             Sewers, Donald Wort, James Noble,
   step up a n d accept membership in the               who attended the course were: O r d .                               James M c C e l v e y , Edward Collins,
   Goldfish C l u b .                                   Sea. Robert Gagnon, A B John Paul                                   Lorn Matthews and Harold O'Sulli-
                                                        Burant, O r d . Sea. Roger J . Gravelle,                            van.
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Headquarters as Medical Director
                                                                                                                                            General. Formerly on the staff of the
                                                                                                                                            Flag Officer Atlantic Coast as C o m -
                                                                                                                                            mand Medical Officer.
                                                                                                                                               Surgeon Commander T. B l a i r
                                                                                                                                            M c L e a n to Naval Headquarters as
                                                                                                                                            Deputy Medical Director General.
                                                                                                                                            Formerly at the U.S. N a v a l Hospital,
                                                                                                                                            San Diego, for course.
                                                                                                                                               Surgeon Commander W . J . E l l i o t t
                                                                                                                                            to the U.S. Naval Hospital Philadel-
                                                                                                                                            phia, for course. Formerly at H e a d -
                                                                                                                                            quarters as Deputy Medical Director
                                                                                                                                            General.
                                                                                                                                               Surgeon Commander F . G . W .
                                                                                                                                            MacHattie to the Staff of the Flag
                                                                                                                                            Officer Atlantic Coast as Command
                                                                                                                                            Medical Officer. Formerly in R C N
                                                                                                                                            Hospital, Halifax, as Hygiene Officer.
         P i c t u r e d above are members of the 32nd leadership course to be held at H M C S C o r n w a l l i s
for chief and p e t t y officers. F r o n t R o w : P O s R o n a l d K n a p m a n , T h o m a s Reynolds and Peter
                                                                                                                                               Surgeon Commander R. A . G .
B r i t t o n ; L i e u t . (S) C o l i n W h i t e , course officer; C P O E d w a r d R i g b y , instructor; P O s E d w a r d           Lane to the University of Pennsyl-
G a y d a , L o m e L i t t l e a n d Ernest R i d l e y . C e n t r e r o w : ' P O s T h o m a s M i l l e r , Gene I r w i n , James     vania for course. Formerly at H e a d -
Russell, W i l l i a m ' B a l l and Robert K i n g . Rear r o w : P O s F r a n c i s M a c D o n a l d , R o l a n d Zeitz,               quarters.
George Roemer, B e r t r u n d Bemister, James W h i t e and Bernard W i l k i n s o n . (DB-1733).
                                                                                                                                               Surgeon Commander J . W . Rogers
                                                                                                                                            to R C N Hospital, Esquimalt, and
                                                                                                                                            on the staff of the Command Medical
                                                                                                                                            Officer as Staff Officer Hygiene. F o r -
                                                                                                                                            merly in H M C S Ontario as Principal
                                                                                                                                            Medical Officer.
                                                                                                                                               Surgeon Commander R. H . Roberts
                                                                                                                                            to H M C S Stadacona as Principal
                                                                                                                                            Medical Officer, R C N Hospital.
                                                                                                                                               Commander (E) Frank Harley,
                                                                                                                                            Naval Headquarters as Staff Officer
                                                                                                                                            Engineering personnel. Formerly at
                                                                                                                                            Headquarters on the staff of The
                                                                                                                                            Chief of N a v a l Personnel.
                                                                                                                                               Ordnance Commander J . A . M .
                                                                                                                                            Arcand to Headquarters as Director
                                                                                                                                            of Underwater Weapons. Formerly
                                                                                                                                            Ordnance Overseer at Sorel, Que.
                                                                                                                                               Commander (SB) J . P . Dewis to
                                                                                                                                            National Defence College, Kingston,
                                                                                                                                            for course. Formerly at Headquarters
                                                                                                                                            as Deputy Judge Advocate General.
                                                                                                                                               Commander (L) H . L . Crawford to
         M e m b e r s of the 33rd leadership course for chief a n d petty officers to be held at H M C S
C o r n w a l l i s are pictured above. F r o n t r o w : P O D . S w a n , P O W . Patterson, C P O R . Barringer,
                                                                                                                                            Stadacona as Manager Electrical
i n s t r u c t o r ; L i e u t . K . D . L e w i s , course officer; P O s A . Sandilands, E . H a m i l t o n a n d J . W i l s o n .     Engineering and Command Electrical
C e n t r e r o w : P O s A . B a i n b r i d g e , I. G a s k i n , R . F o r c i e r , R , K o n r a d , W . Webster, D . M a c K a y ,   Officer. Formerly at Shearwater as
C . S i n c l a i r , B . H e w i t t and A . L o v e r i d g e . Rear row: POs I. K i r k , H . M o r r i s a n d P . M o r a n ;          Electrical Officer.
C P O s C . P a r k i n s o n , G . P u t t o c k and C . C o l i n s o n ; P O s A . Cosgrove, S. W e b b e r and G . B a r t l e t t .
(DB-1776).                                                                                                                                     Commander (L) E . J . Apps to
                                                                                                                                            Shearwater as Electrical Officer. F o r -
Officer Appointment                                                       Commander J . C. Reed to H M C S                                  merly at Headquarters.
Changes of Interest                                                    Athabaskan in command. Formerly
   The following officer appointments                                  Chief of Staff to the Flag Officer
of interest have taken place recently                                  Atlantic Coast.                                                            Wren Strength Doubled
or will take place in the near future:                                    Captain H . L . Quinn to National                                       There will be twice as m a n y W r e n s
   Commodore (S) R. A . Wright,                                        Defence     College,  Kingston,    for                                 in the R C X f R ) in the near future as
N a v a l H e a d q u a r t e r s as Director                          course. Formerly in H M C S M a g -                                    the result of a recent headquarters
                                                                                                                                              decision.
General of Supply and Fleet Account-                                   nificent as Executive Officer.
                                                                                                                                                  T h e new complement                   is 948 -—
ing. Formerly N a v a l Secretary.                                        Commander C. P . Nixon to H M C S                                   double the previous one — a n d , in
   Captain (S) M u r r a y A . Davidson,                               Magnificent as Executive Officer.                                      a d d i t i o n , a p p r o v a l has been given for
Naval Headquarters as N a v a l Sec-                                   Formerly in H M C S Niobe.                                             the employment of a greater n u m b e r of
                                                                                                                                              W r e n s on continuous naval d u t y in
retary. Formerly Director General of                                      Commander J . C. Littler to the                                     naval divisions a n d other shore estab-
Supply and Fleet Accounting.                                           staff of the Flag Officer Atlantic                                     lishments.
   Captain D . G . K i n g to Head-                                    Coast as Chief of Staff, with the                                          Basic t r a i n i n g classes are held at
quarters as Deputy Director of N a v a l                               acting rank of captain. Formerly in                                    H M C S C o r n w a l l i s , for W r e n s accepted
Plans and Operations. Formerly in                                      command of H M C S Crescent.                                           for continuous n a v a l d u t y .
command of H M C S Athabaskan.                                            Surgeon Captain E r i c H . Lee to
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August 28. He had been ill since early                   was awarded the O B E in the K i n g ' s
             Combined Ops                                       June.                                                    Birthday list in 1946.
           Reunion November 8                                      Captain Teasdale was the Principal                       In 1947 he was appointed to H M C
      T h e first national reunion of n a v a l                 N a v a l Overseer at Sorel, Quebec. H e                 Dockyard at Halifax as Manager,
   veterans who served i n C o m b i n e d                      was taken ill only a few days before                     Electrical Engineering, a post he held
   Operations d u r i n g the Second W o r l d
                                                                the christening of H M C S Labrador                      until his appointment two years later
   W a r w i l l be held on board H M C S                                                                                to supervise construction of the
   D o n n a c o n a , M o n t r e a l , on S a t u r d a y ,   by M r s . Louis St. Laurent, wife of the
                                                                                                                         Labrador and other ships under
   N o v e m b e r 8.                                           Prime Minister, and of H M C S C h i g -
                                                                                                                         construction at Sorel.
      T h e role of host w i l l be played by the               necto by M r s . Brooke Claxton, wife
   M o n t r e a l B r a n c h of the C o m b i n e d                                                                       He was promoted to the rank of
                                                                of the Minister of National Defence,
   O p e r a t i o n s - N a v a l Service Association.                                                                  Acting Captain (L) in this year's
   A full program has been organized and                        at Sorel on June 14. Both ships were
                                                                                                                         mid-year promotion list.
   wiil include a dinner, entertainment                         constructed under the stipcrvision of
   and other items. Plans are being made                                                                                   Captain Teasdale leaves his wife,
                                                                Captain Teasdale.
   to billet out-of-town guests in the                                                                                   M r s . M a r y Teasdale, and a daughter,
   homes of M o n t r e a l e r s .                                Born at Gateshead, England, on                        Mrs. Wellington Brown.
       T h e date, N o v e m b e r 8, was purposely             November 19, 1899, Captain Teasdale                         Funeral services were held from
   selected. O n t h a t day, ten years ago,                    served in his 'teens in the First                        St. M a t t h e w s A n g l i c a n C h u r c h ,
   the A l l i e s made their historic landings
                                                                World War. He received his electrical                    Ottawa, with burial in Pine Crest
   in N o r t h A f r i c a , a n d for most of the
   C a n a d i a n s who manned l a n d i n g craft             engineering education at Berwick-on-                     Cemetery, Ottawa.
   on that occasion it was the " b a p t i s m of               Tweed, Scotland, and entered the
   fire."                                                       Merchant N a v y in 1926.
       O n that date, too, was forged a
                                                                                                                         Armourers Graduate
   comradeship that became strengthened                            For the next five years he served                     From Ordnance School
   w i t h each succeeding                      operation —     aboard merchant ships in the Far                           The second armourers' qualifying
   S i c i l y , I t a l y , N o r m a n d y , the South of     Eastern service. In 1931 he became
   F r a n c e a n d Greece. N e x t m o n t h , at the                                                                 class to be held in the Ordnance
   gathering in M o n t r e a l , those wartime
                                                                chief electrician in the Monarch of                     School at Esquimalt recently com-
   friendships will be renewed.                                 Bermuda, continuing to serve in that                    pleted training. Members of the class
                                                                ship for a year after she began troop                   were: Petty Officers R o d M c l n t y r e ,
                                                                transport duties on the outbreak of the                 John Orr and A r t h u r Hackett, torpedo
                                                                Second World W a r .                                    armourers; Petty Officers Ron Caught,
   Commander (L) John Deane to
Sorel, Que., as Principal N a v a l Over-                          In 1940, Captain Teasdale was                        Robert Rogers and Jack Bell, control
seer. Formerly at Stadacona                 as                  commissioned as an acting lieutenant                    armourers, and Petty Officers Albert
Manager Electrical Engineering and                              (E), R C N R , and was appointed to                     Hughes, Alex Mitchell, Jack Roche,
Command Electrical Officer.                                     headquarters at Ottawa for duty,                        Clint Thorne, Ernest Partridge and
   Commander (E) G . F . Webb to                                transferring to the R C N in 1945. He                   George Tatton, gunnery armourers.
Naden     as   Manager           Engineering
Department. Formerly at H M C S
Niagara as Staff Officer {Engineer-
ing)-
   Commander J . R. DouII to Niagara
on attachment to Saclant. Formerly
at Naden as First Lieutenant C o m -
mander.
   Lieut.-Cdr. W . H . M . M o w a t to
Niagara on attachment to Saclant.
Formerly at Shearwater as Direction
Officer.
   Lieut.-Cdr. J . E . K o r n i n g to Naden
as First Lieutenant-Commander. F o r -
merly in H M C S Crescent as Sea
Training Commander.
   Lieut.-Cdr. H . A . Porter to H M C S
L a Hulloise in command. Formerly
in H M C S Magnificent.
   Lieut.-Cdr. A . H . M c D o n a l d to
Headquarters on staff of the Director
of Naval Plans and Operations. For-
merly in command of H M C S L a
Hulloise.
   Lieut.-Cdr. H . R. Beck to H M C S
Antigonish in command. Formerly at
Naden as Officer-in-Charge, R C N
Depot.

Captain (L) R. R. Teasdale,
PNO at Sorel, Dies                                                     Perhaps the o n l y sea-going railroad in existence is that operated b y P e t t y Officers
                                                                   Robert H o n o u r , of Peterborough, O n t . , and E r n e s t Seeley, of Oshawa, O n t . , a n d
  The death of Acting Captain (L)                                  Spryfield, N . S . , on board H M C S X o o t k a . T h e two practice their hobby i n periods when
Richard Robinson Teasdale, O B E ,                                 the N o o t k a is not engaged in operational d u t y i n the K o r e a n theatre.         (NK-1348).
occurred in a Montreal hospital on
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What, Again!

                                                       H U N T E R COPS C O C K - O ' - T H E W A L K
                                                                           Windsor Division Scores
                                                                             Third Regatta Win
                                                                                In Four Years

F  OR   the third time in the four
    occasions on which the event has
been held and for the second year in
                                                                          The message "Welcome to the
                                                                      Regatta", spelled out in signal flags
                                                                      flying from the Sun Life Building in
                                                                                                                                         C o m m a n d e r T . S. R . P e a c o c k ,
                                                                                                                                         Deputy Director of Naval Reserves,
                                                                                                                                         inspect the parade of more than 200
a row, the Windsor naval division,                                    downtown Hamilton, welcomed the                                    officers, men and Wrens. Divine
H M C S Hunter, captured Cock-o'-                                     more than 200 competitors. The                                     service was conducted by Chaplain
the-Walk honors at the Great Lakes                                    regatta teams consisted of 20 officers                              (P) Galium Thompson, padre of Star.
Naval Regatta.                                                        and    men, plus up to five Wrens.                                 Catholics paraded to St. Lawrence's
   The regatta, held in Hamilton                                      Most of the men stayed in Fairmiles,                               Church.
over the Labor D a y week-end, saw                                    tents or barracks at the Hamilton                                     Padre Thompson praised the spirit
teams from ten divisions and the                                      naval division, H M C S Star, while                                of competition and fair play shown
Reserve     Training  Establishment,                                  the Wrens were quartered at the                                    in the regatta and said that such
Great Lakes, engage in keen com-                                      Y W C A ' s Winston h a l l .                                      events led men to become good
petition afloat and ashore.                                               The first event of the three-day                               citizens and respect each other. Rear-
  A n added filip was given by the                                    program was the officers' whaler                                   Admiral Walter Hose, R C N , R e t ' d ,
presence Saturday and Sunday of                                       sailing event Saturday morning. The                                former Chief of the Naval Staff, read
aircraft of the 31st Support A i r                                    formal opening coincided with the                                  the lesson.
Group and N o . 1 Helicopter Flight.                                  arrival of the R C N aircraft from                                    Announcer for the regatta events
The former carried out attacks on a                                    Toronto in the early afternoon.                                   was Lieut.-Cdr. Robert Pearce, for-
dummy submarine and the whirly-                                           The band from Hunter, conducted                                mer world's sculling champion and
bird performed air-sea rescues. The                                   by P O Frank White, played during                                  Hamilton resident, who is now serving
Avengers, Sea Furies and 12-place                                     the regatta events, at divisions and                               at N a v a l Headquarters, Ottawa.
Sikorski helicopter were flown from                                   divine service on Sunday, and for                                  Starters and judges were Chaplain
Toronto, where they had been per-                                     the huge regatta dance Saturday                                    Thompson, Lieut.-Cdr. F . O. M a r t i n ,
forming before crowds attending the                                   night.                                                             Lieut. J . P. Wright, Lieut. J . C.
Canadian National Exhibition.                                             Divisions at Star on Sunday saw                                Beveridge, Lieut.-Cdr. A . G . Beard-
                                                                                                                                         more, Commander Colin Glassco,
                                                                                                                                         Commander St. Clair Balfour, J r . ,
                                                                                                                                         Commander F . R. K . Naftel, Great
                                                                                                                                         Lakes Training Commander, Lieut.
                                                                                                                                         Thomas Leith and Frank Chambers.
                                                                                                                                         Commander W . A . Childs, Assistant
                                                                                                                                         Director of N a v a l Reserves, was head
                                                                                                                                         of the complaints committee.
                                                                                                                                             Among interested guests at the
                                                                                                                                         regatta were officers and men of P C
                                                                                                                                         1208, of Rochester, N . Y . , headed by
                                                                                                                                         Commander John Darrow, staff offi-
                                                                                                                                         cer, Rochester.
                                                                                                                                             Prizes to winning teams were pre-
                                                                                                                                         sented by Admiral Hose and winners
                                                                                                                                         and      the regatta com m i 11 ee w ere
                                                                                                                                         congratulated in brief addresses by
                                                                                                                                         Captain A . G . Boulton, Director of
                                                                                                                                         N a v a l Reserves, Ottawa, and C o m -
                                                                                                                                         mander G . H . Parke, commanding
                                                                                                                                         officer of Star.
                                                                                                                                             Visiting commanding officers of
                                                                                                                                         divisions included Captain R . I.
                                                                                                                                         K e n d y , of Y o r k ; Commander E . O.
                                                                                                                                         Ormsby, of Griffon, and Commander
                                                                                                                                         W. G . Curry, of Hunter. W i n g C o m -
                                                                                                                                         mander G . C. Frosthead, officer
                                                                                                                                         commanding No.424 Hamilton Fighter
                                                                                                                                         Squadron, was among the guests of
                                                                                                                                         honor.
                                                                                                                                             Organization of the regatta was
        A cup e m b l e m a t i c of C o c k - o ' - t h e - W a l k honors at the G r e a t L a k e s X a v a l R e g a t t a is pre-
sented to W r e n L i d a K a p u c i a k , youngest member of the team from H M C S H u n t e r , W i n d s o r ,
                                                                                                                                         directed by a committee made up of:
b y R e a r - A d m i r a l W a l t e r Hose, R C N , R e t ' d , former C h i e f of the N a v a l Staff. A l s o shown is              Lieut.-Cdr. (SB) G . T . M u n n , co-
L i e u t . R . A . L y o n s , staff officer at H M C S Star, the host n a v a l d i v i s i o n . {DL-101).                            ordinator and director; Lieut.-Cdr.
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J . H . Curtis, regatta director; Sub-Lt.
  (W) Dorothy Tozer, publicity and
 program; Lieut. (P) R. A . Lyons,
 director; Lieut. (S) H . D . Evans,
 accommodation and victualling; C o m -
 mander (S) M . J . Doll,           finance;
 Lieut. (S) H . L . Kennedy, entertain-
 ment; Sub-Lieut. John Campbell,
 staff. Their duties were carried out
 under the general supervision of the
 commanding officer and Lieut.-Cdr.
 J . W . Swackhamer, executive officer
 of Star.
   Results of the various events, on
 the basis of final point totals, were
 as follows:
   Whaler Pulling (officers)—1 Star;
      2 Hunter; 3 Prevost.
   W a r Canoe—1 Star; 2 Griffon;
      3 York.
   Whaler Pulling (men)—1 Griffon;
      2 Hunter; 3 Y o r k .
   Whaler Sailing (officers)—1 Catara-
      qui; 2 Y o r k ; 3 Hunter.
   Whaler Sailing (men)—1 Y o r k ;
      2 Carleton; 3 Montcalm.
   Whaler Sailing (Wrens)—1 Hunter;
      2 Prevost; 3 Chippawa.
   Dinghy Sailing (officers)—1 Hunter
      2 Montcalm; 3 York.
                                                                           Befeathered a n d painted Indians from the W i l d West, namely H M C S C h i p p a w a , Winnipeg',
   Dinghy Sailing (men)—1 Griffon;                                    are shown i n their war canoe at the Great L a k e s N a v a l R e g a t t a . Somewhat less colorful easterners
      2 M o n t c a l m ; 3 Great Lakes                               from H M C S Star, H a m i l t o n , won the war canoe event.         (DL-125).
     Training Establishment.
   Dinghy Sailing (Wrens)—1 Hunter;                                       The Inter-Ship Softball League                                 3. H M C S Y o r k , Toronto                          33
     2 Y o r k ; 3 Cataraqui.                                               final was won by Hunter.                                     4. H M C S Star, Hamilton                             29
   Rifle S h o o t i n g — 1 C h i p p a w a ;                                                                                           5. H M C S Cataraqui, Kingston .                     .22
     2 Hunter; 3 Star.                                                            Final Standing                                         6. H M C S Chippawa, Winnipeg .                       20
   Revolver Firing—1 Hunter; 2 Star;                                          Great Lakes Regatta                                        7. H M C S Montcalm, Quebec                           17
     3 Chippawa.                                                        1. H M C S Hunter, Windsor         68                            8. H M C S Prevost, London                            12
   Tug-of-War—1 Hunter; 2 Griffon.                                      2. H M C S Griffon, Port Arthur . .36                            9. H M C S Carleton, Ottawa                            8
                                                                                                                                        10. Reserve Training Establish-
                                                                                                                                              ment, Great Lakes                                5
                                                                                                                                        11. H M C S Donnacona, Montreal                        5

                                                                                                                                               Navy Helps Dartmouth
                                                                                                                                                Observe Anniversary
                                                                                                                                               T h e N a v y was prominent i n 202nd
                                                                                                                                          b i r t h d a y celebrations held b y the town
                                                                                                                                          of D a r t m o u t h , N . S . , August 6.
                                                                                                                                               B i r t h d a y observances began w i t h
                                                                                                                                          warships i n H a l i f a x harbor sounding
                                                                                                                                          sirens a n d whistles at 8 a . m . L a t e r in
                                                                                                                                          the m o r n i n g 100 men from Shearwater,
                                                                                                                                          24 from H M S u b m a r i n e Alderney,
                                                                                                                                          a float entered by R C S C C Magnificent
                                                                                                                                          and the b a n d of R C S C C Nelson took
                                                                                                                                          part in a parade through the t o w n .
                                                                                                                                               D a r t m o u t h ' s natal day was observed
                                                                                                                                          as a holiday at Shearwater a n d officers
                                                                                                                                          a n d men from there took part in a
                                                                                                                                          track and field meet. Senior a n d j u n i o r
                                                                                                                                          teams from Stadacona competed i n
                                                                                                                                          s w i m m i n g events at L a k e Banook.
                                                                                                                                              T h e A l d e r n e y was berthed at the
                                                                                                                                          N o r t h D a r t m o u t h pier a n d opened to
                                                                                                                                          the public in the afternoon. In the
                                                                                                                                          evening, at the completion of the
                                                                                                                                          a q u a t i c events, two helicopters from
       T h e R C N ' s 12-place S i k o r s k i helicopter, flown b y L i e u t . - C d r . J o h n D . L o w e , w i t h L i e u t .
                                                                                                                                          Shearwater performed over L a k e
George M a r l o w as co-pilot, plucks a sailor from the water before crowds attending the Great
                                                                                                                                          Banook.
L a k e s N a v a l R e g a t t a . In a d d i t i o n , Avengers and Sea Furies of the 31st Support A i r G r o u p
carried out mock anti-submarine attacks.                         (DL-118).

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A Memorable Occasion
                                                                             24 C a n a d i a n Sea Cadets
                                                                               Inspected b y Queen
                                                                                  While in U . K .

  A M I D the welter of sights and                                    ham Palace. Six officers—one Austra-                               command of Lieut.-Cdr. J . R . Bolton,
JC%. sounds recalled by 24 Canadian                                   lian, three Canadian and two New                                   RNVR.
Sea Cadets who visited Great Britain                                  Zealand—stood before the parade.                                      The course was built on a five
this summer, one recollection stands                                     Fifteen minutes later, Her Majesty                              divisional system, w ith each division
                                                                                                                                                                y

out with crystal clarity.                                             the Queen appeared at the Garden                                   undertaking one of the following
   T h a t is t h e m e m o r y of t h e                              Entrance. The parade came to atten-                                activities each day:
moments when they stood at stiff                                      tion and, as she reached the top of the                               1. A day at sea in a frigate.
attention at the Garden Entrance of                                   steps, the officers saluted.                                          2. A day at sea in submarines (six
Buckingham Palace and were i n -                                         She came slowly down the steps                                         cadets to a submarine).
spected by H e r Majesty the Queen.                                   and the officers were presented by                                    3. A day at a naval air station,
   On June 24, three officers and 24                                  Admiral Sir Louis Hamilton, chair-                                        with examination of recent types
cadets left by air for England to                                     man of the N a v y League. Her
                                                                                                                                                of aircraft, demonstrations of
attend the Empire Camp at H M S                                       Majesty then inspected the cadets,
                                                                                                                                                jet and gas-turbine engines and
Osprey, Portland, along with sea                                      accompanied by the officer in charge
                                                                      of each unit. She walked slowly down                                      nights.
cadets from the United K i n g d o m ,
Australia and New Zealand. Before                                     the line, stopping at about every fifth                               4. Ship handling in Portland har-
settling down at the camp, however,                                   boy to ask him questions.                                                 bor, with cadets taking turns at
the Canadian boys had an oppor-                                                                                                                 O O W , handling the wheel, stand-
                                                                         She returned to the top of the steps
tunity to visit historical spots from                                                                                                           ing by telegraphs and keeping
                                                                      and received three rousing cheers
London as far north as Edinburgh.                                                                                                               the log.
                                                                      with the famous wave and shy smile,
                                                                      stood talking to Admiral Hamilton                                     5. A day in Osprey, with classes in
   The day after their return from
Scotland was the highlight of the                                     for a few minutes and turned and                                          the forenoon and rifle shooting
trip. The 52 cadets from overseas                                     went into the palace.                                                     in the afternoon.
were drawn up in single line in front                                    On July 5, the Empire course                                       D a y and night exercises were fitted
of the Garden Entrance of B u c k m g -                               began at H M S Osprey under the                                    into this program.
                                                                                                                                            Exercise A b i l i t y was one of attack
                                                                                                                                         and defence over broken ground in
                                                                                                                                         the old stone quarries of Portland
                                                                                                                                         Bill. Defence parties took up positions
                                                                                                                                         to represent close range, mobile,
                                                                                                                                         medi um and heavy guns and the
                                                                                                                                         attackers had to organize appropriate
                                                                                                                                         strength to overcome them.
                                                                                                                                            Landing Stores Exercise was con-
                                                                                                                                         ducted from whalers with each team
                                                                                                                                         collecting cases or boxes from the
                                                                                                                                         ships in harbor and delivering them
                                                                                                                                         to a jetty. The cases were to be con-
                                                                                                                                         sidered highly dangerous and treated
                                                                                                                                         with respect.
                                                                                                                                            Exercise T i p and R u n called for
                                                                                                                                         stealth, observation and initiative.
                                                                                                                                         Its substance was escaped prisoners
                                                                                                                                         fleeing their jailers. Two Canadians,
                                                                                                                                         whether this should be a matter of
                                                                                                                                         pride or not, won the event.
                                                                                                                                            Smugglers and Coastguards re-
                                                                                                                                         quired the smugglers to land con-
                                                                                                                                         traband, make contact with agents
                                                                                                                                         and get the stores to hideouts known
                                                                                                                                         only to the agents. The coastguards
                                                                                                                                         had to find the hideouts and round
                                                                                                                                         up the contraband and smugglers.
                                                                                                                                         The smugglers, operating mostly after
                                                                                                                                         dark, were about 90 per cent success-
                                                                                                                                         ful.
      A n unforgettable highlight of the visit of 24 C a n a d i a n Sea Cadets to the U n i t e d K i n g d o m
this summer was their inspection b y H e r M a j e s t y the Queen at B u c k i n g h a m Palace. In the left                               Operation Top Line, the most
foreground is L i e u t . L . M . R o x b u r g h , R C S C , of Saskatoon, w i t h C o m m a n d e r St. J . W . Ainslie,               exacting and ambitious of the exer-
R N , t r a i n i n g commander of the U . K . Sea Cadet C o r p s , a n d A d m i r a l S i r L o u i s H a m i l t o n , c h a i r -   cises, took place by dark.
m a n of the N a v y League C o u n c i l . H e r M a j e s t y has stopped to speak to P O James Crosson,
of R C S C C W a r r i o r , E d m o n t o n . A t his left is P O D o n a l d M c N u t t , of R C S C C C o r n w a l l i s ,             Cadets were landed at about 2000
Digby, N . S .                                                                                                                           in Lulworth Cove by whaler from a
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