NAC News – Edition 266 HMCS Nipigon, and Lachine WW2 Bangor Class Minesweeper
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NOTICES
- GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – Share with your friends and lets get this campaign to our goal of $200,000!” After 6 months 1,103 people have contributed $138,510 towards the $200,00 goal)
- The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) 21st Annual Graduate Student Symposium between Sunday, 30 Sept and Tuesday, 2 Oct 2018 at RMC.
- Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd to open maritime conference
(MSC 18 “Pacific Seapower” on 15-18 Oct Victoria BC) - ★ The NAC-VI Branch will host the first of what is hoped to be an annual RAINBOW Dinner on Saturday 20 October 2018 from 1730 – 2200 at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. The cost for this gala event is $100 per person and limited to 100 dinners. To acquire tickets email the Treasurer at treasurervina@gmail.com
- 2018 Submariner’s Gathering – 50th Anniversary of HMCS Okanagan & Rainbow Commisioning 4 November 2018 in Victoria. To Register call 250-812-1840 or visit the link
- MARITECH Full Speed Ahead: Firing on all cylinders (Call for papers opportunity) Conference and Exhibition Ottawa ON April 23-25 2019
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CANADA
- Changing of the helicopter guard: Cyclone ‘leaps ahead’ of Sea Kings
- Royal Canadian Navy ships leave Halifax to take part in Arctic exercise
- HMCS Ville de Quebec in Barcelona
- The Global Exchange, a publication of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (Editor – amongst many great articles there are two articles if you didn’t see them elsewhere of specific interest to NAC in this edition, “A Basic Primer on Naval Shipbuilding by Ian Mack”, and “Unarmed Warships: What are the AOPS for? by Adam Lajeunesse”
- Ready to Fight (Editor – RCN’s latest short videos)
- Ready to Lead (Editor – RCN’s latest short videos)
- Ready to Help (Editor – RCN’s latest short videos)
- Working proudly in the shadows
- ★ Davie Delivers LNG-powered Ferry
- Tugboat carrying up to 22,000 litres of fuel capsizes in Fraser River
- Ledcor working on lifting sunken tug from mouth of Fraser River
- HMCS Montreal Arrives at Halifax Shipyard for DWP
- Alion Submits Final Proposal for Canadian Surface Combatant Program
- Canada awards a $610M contract to Chantier Davie for three icebreakers
- Viking Supply Ships Sells Three Icebreaking AHTS
- Shipbuilding program hits snag as inspection finds defective welds in hull
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USA & AMERICAS
- Iwo Jima ARG, 26th MEU Return Home From 6-Month Deployment to 5th, 6th Fleets
- Report to Congress on Columbia-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 13, 2018
- Keel laid for US Navy’s 11th Expeditionary Fast Transport ship
- Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program
- Navy, Civilian Nuclear Regulators Struggling Over How to Dismantle Former USS Enterprise
- Shipbuilding Industry Pushing to Accelerate Amphibious Ship Construction
- Leading Military Innovation, Past and Present
- First in a Quartet of New Coast Guard Cutters Arrive in Los Angeles
- 75 years later, Search Finds Ship’s Stern Ripped Away by Mine in WWII’s Aleutians Campaign
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INDO-PACIFIC
- China ‘training for strikes’ on US targets
- A step towards clearer waters? China, ASEAN and the South China Sea
- South China Sea: ‘Leave immediately and keep far off’ (Editor – watch the video, quite a commitment of resources)
- Beijing’s maritime ‘gifts’
- VIDEO: Navy P-8As Use RIMPAC to Collaborate with Indian Navy, Practice in High-Traffic Environment (Editor – interesting video, sharp USN officer narrates)
- Australia flexes bigger naval muscles at China
- Two Chokepoints That May Soon Haunt The World: Straits of Hormuz And Taiwan
- Spending speed bumps hit China’s massive Belt and Road project
- China tells fishermen not to approach disputed Senkaku islands
- UK must rely on allies to project power in Pacific
- China flexes its military might with series of naval exercises in local waters
- New jet trainers to prepare pilots for PLAN’s new carrier
- PLA Navy hones anti-missile capabilities: Chinese paper
- South Korea Tops Global Shipbuilding Industry in July
- More Layoffs Ahead for South Korea’s Big Three Shipbuilders
- US, Japan Putting $9 Billion Into Developing Guam as Okinawa Alternative
- China’s State Firms Cementing Lucrative Role in South China Sea, New Research Shows
- Samsung Heavy Industries Builds Smart Ship On AWS Platform
- Cheniere Signs 25-Year LNG Deal with Taiwan’s CPC
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- ★ Russia expands assets and naval horizons across Indo-Pacific
- UK restarts Type 31 frigate program competition
- The West must face reality in Turkey
- Shipbuilding Contract Signed for Unmanned, Zero-Emission Container Ship ‘Yara Birkeland’
- ★ All Astute class: This Is Why The World Should Fear UK Royal Navy Submarines
- Swedish icebreaker reaches North Pole for climate study
- Caspian Sea: Five countries sign deal to end dispute
- Some Russian Ships Stop Cargoes to Ukraine After Tanker Detained
- Should the U.S. arm Ukraine with anti-ship missiles?
- Dutch Superyacht Builders Propelled by Rising Economic Tide
- Baltic cruise business still booming
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MIDDLE EAST
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
- Top Ship Owning Nations 2016 by Vessels Value (Editor –data is dated but surprising)
- MSC Containership Loses 13 Containers Overboard Off South Africa
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- #TradesTuesday – Combat System Engineering Officer
- Season 3 of Australian Naval History series released In this episode an international panel discusses the creation of the Royal Australian Navy. (Editor – long YouTube video)
- Australia’s digital shipyard of the future (Editor – a year old video but an insightful look at the Australian warship yard and how they do it)