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NAC News _ Edition 391

NAC News _ Edition 391

Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of January 8th, 2021

Edition – 391 “The difficulties and dangers which lie in unpreparedness for war, given the type of world in which we have had to live, are apparent enough throughout [WW1].  It is not always recognized, however, that of all forms of defence, naval defence is the most difficult to improvise rapidly.”  The Naval Service of Canada Its Official History Vol 1, Origins and Early Years, pg 254.  Gilbert Norman Tucker, PH.D. Director of Naval History Section 1952

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  • AMENDED – RCN Zoom presentation “Canadian Surface Combatants – the RIGHT ship for the RCN, the RIGHT ship for Canada” by Capt (RCN) Christopher Nucci, Director Naval Strategy.  Tue 12 Jan 2021 @ 3:30 PM EST.  Free event –  registration is required – email LCdr Kray Robichaud Kray.Robichaud@forces.gc.ca and include your full name and professional details (i.e. position/title & organization)
  • RUSI(NS) – Distinguished Speaker (Zoom event) 20 January 2021 – Against Daesh, and for the World Order”: An Update on Operation IMPACT in the COVID-19 Era.  The speaker is MGen St-Louis recently served as Cdr JTF-IMPACT, the largest joint force deployed by Canada that provides the Kuwaiti National Command and Control Element to CAF capacity-building efforts in Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan.  The General will provide us with an update on the region, the threat level, and the CAF contribution to the Global Coalition to weaken and defeat Daesh in Iraq and Syria.  Free event, but registration required – email RUSINovaScotia@gmail.com by close of business Sunday, 17 January.  Use subject line: RUSI(NS) Distinguished Speaker 20 January 2021 Registration.  Include your name and the organization you represent.

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SIGNIFICANT RCN DATES – JANUARY

(If you see any omissions or errors please inform me, and more modern significant dates are also welcome.  The list draws primarily from the Directory of History and Heritage’s comprehensive “Significant Dates in Canadian Military History”, the now defunct “Canada Channel”, “Legion Magazine”, Roger Litwiller’s excellent website, the encyclopedic guidance of NAC member and author Fraser McKee, and anywhere else I can find credible information.)

  • 1 January 1923 The National Defence Act, which was passed in June 1922, takes effect, creating the Department of National Defence.
  • 1 January 1907 – Military – British Admiralty provisionally hands over the Halifax Dockyard to Canadian authorities.
  • 1 January 1946 The Royal Canadian Naval Reserve and the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve together become the RCN (Reserve).  From this date officers of the Regular Force and Reserve wore the same sleeve lace.
  • 4 January 1943 HMCS Prince Henry is re-commissioned as Landing Ship Infantry (Medium).
  • 4 January 1945  German U-boats torpedo steamship “Polarland” near Halifax; Canadian merchant ship “Nipiwan Park” also sunk by submarine attack.
  • 4 January 1781 Royal Navy press gang seizes Lunenburg farmers in Halifax and puts them on a British Man-of-War, in spite of a jury finding that the impressment is illegal.
  • 8 January 1944 HMCS Camrose commanded by A/LCDR L. Raymond Pavillard, RCNR, and HMS Bayntun sank the German submarine U-757 in the North Atlantic.
  • 9 January 1945 HMCS Ehkoli, a former RCN patrol boat, is re-commissioned in the RCN as a survey vessel.
  • 11 January 1957 HMCS Magnificent arrives in Port Said with the main body of the Canadian contribution in troops and materiel to the United Nations Emergency Force controlling the Israeli-Egyptian border.
  • 13 January 1943  RCN corvette HMCS Ville de Québec commanded by LCdr A.R.E. Coleman, RCNR sank the German submarine U-224 off Italy.
  • 14 January 1952 HMCS Uganda is renamed Quebec.
  • 17 January 1957 HMCS Bonaventure is commissioned at Belfast, Northern Ireland.  She is the first aircraft carrier to be owned outright by Canada and incorporates several post-war technical developments: an angled deck, mirror landing aid, and steam catapult.
  • 19 January 1911 The Royal Naval College of Canada opens in Halifax.
  • 19 January 1943 HMCS Port Arthur commanded by Lt Edward T. Simmons, RCNVR sank the Italian Submarine Tritone in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • 22 January 1942 The Canadian Naval Board is established.
  • 24 January 1932 HMC Ships Skeena and Vancouver land armed parties at Acajutla, El Salvador, to protect British subjects threatened in a revolution.
  • 24 January 1946 HMCS Warrior, the RCN’s first aircraft carrier, is commissioned and Nos.803, 825, 826 and 883 Squadrons (already manned by Canadians) are transferred from the Royal Navy.
  • 26 January 1955 Cabinet approves the entry of members of the Womens’ Royal Canadian Naval Reserve as members of the RCN Regular Force.
  • 29 January 1914 First public parade of RNCVR in Victoria.  With ex-RN instructors.
  • 30 January 1991 At the Battle of Babiyan a CF-18 Hornet attacks and causes irreparable damage to an Iraqi warship.  It was the only CF-18 credited with an official victory during the Gulf War.
  • 31 January 1923 The Royal Canadian Naval Reserve and Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve are established.