NAC News – Edition – 280 HMCS Iroquois
Also
J280 HMCS Port Hope (Bangor Class WW2 Minesweeper)
T280 HMCS Manitoulin (WW2 West Isle Trawler)
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NOTICES
- GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (– After 9 months1,265 people have contributed $163,820 towards the $200,00 goal)
- The RCN, CAF, RCAF, and Canada will say farewell to the workhorse of the RCAF, the CH-124 Sea King helicopter 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2018. Tickets are going fast, here are the programme details
- C4ISR and Beyond 2019 Rear-Admiral Jeffery Zwick, Chief of Force Development would deliver the keynote address. 30 Jan 2019 7:30-17:00 Ottawa ON
- 6th Annual Vanguard ShipTech Forum Ottawa, ON 5 March 2019
- 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
- Defence Minister Sajjan addresses NATO members
- Canada’s defence spending questioned at NATO parliamentary meeting
- Failed warship bidder sues to scuttle deal
- HMCS Summerside Arrives in Latvia With SNMCMG1
- Liberals reject committee recommendation to replace Victoria-class subs – no desire for subs with under-ice capability
- ★ Halifax International Security Forum and IPSOS release 2018 global threat index
- Multinational experiences on Operation CARIBBE
- Exceptional sailors recognized during Navy and Coast Guard Day
- Governor General invests 69 recipients into the Order of Military Merit
- Ottawa’s legal bill nearly $12 million for warship work
- Police confirm vandalism after Coast Guard ship tumbled into water in N.S.
- B.C Ferries outlines $3.9-billion capital plan to upgrade fleet and terminals
- Largest oil spill in N.L. history impossible to clean up: regulatory board
- Ships carry ore from Canadian Arctic through Northern Sea Route
- S.S. Beaver medal award ceremony
- John Horton art provides perfect Christmas card for marine industry
- Veterans Affairs reverses decision, opens beds for Allied war vets
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USA & AMERICAS
- VCNO Moran to Navy Flag Officers: Take Vacation
- Argentine submarine: Government ‘lacks means’ to raise lost vessel
- DoD Official: U.S. Needs to Develop New Counters to Future Hypersonic Missiles
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Nov. 19, 2018
- GAO: Navy Lost 1,891 Days of Attack Sub Operations Waiting for Repairs; Spent $1.5 Billion Supporting Idle Crews
- Sea Control through the eyes of the person who does it, Pt. 1
- U.S. Navy Commissions Littoral Combat Ship 11 ‘Sioux City’
- Coast Guard Offloads 18.5 tons of Cocaine in Port Everglades
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INDO-PACIFIC
- Strategic momentum shifts at APEC
- North Korea’s Submarines: What Can They Do in a War?
- Taiwan: no roadmap to unification
- China builds new facilities on reef in South China Sea
- ★ Here’s why so many nations want to control the South China Sea — and what China wants to do (Editor – excellent short video refresher)
- Russia & India Sign Deal for Four Project 11356 Frigates
- Four US navy vessels to arrive in Hong Kong for port visit amid ongoing US-China trade war
- United States Clears SM-3 Missiles FMS to Japan
- ★ Chinese fisherman lauded after reporting ‘spy submersible’
- Russia: No ‘automatic’ return of disputed islands to Japan ( Kuril Islands dispute )
- VIDEO: Reagan, Stennis Carrier Strike Groups Conduct Dual Operations In Philippine Sea
- Korean Navy’s first training ship to be launched Friday
- What exactly is the Collins life of type extension? Part 2—A mindset
- US to join Australia in Papua New Guinea naval base plan
- Largest Chinese-built FSRU Delivered
- ONE Delivers 14,000-TEU Containership
- Shandong Shipping Tied to Order for Ten Bulkers
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- Nuclear reactors loaded onto project 22220 Ural atomic icebreaker
- Sevmash Shipyard Continues Overhaul of Admiral Nakhimov Cruiser (Editor – you’d know this as a Kirov Class Cruiser)
- The British Military Has a Problem
- Russian frigates hold anti-submarine warfare drills in Mediterranean
- Russian cutting-edge frigate to start sea trials in December
- UK deploying Royal Navy ship to Ukraine in 2019
- Beriev plant hands over another upgraded Tu-142MK to Russian Navy
- Royal Navy frigate HMS St Albans escorts Russian warship through English Channel
- Northern French Ports Ready to Ease Congestion from Brexit Fallout
- Griffon Hoverwork to Launch New Model (Editor – Griffon Hoverwork Company)
- Shipping Magnate Orders World’s Largest Research Vessel
- Viking LifeCraft put to the Test
- ★ LNG Bulk Carrier Viikki Starts Baltic Sea Ops (Editor – Chinese built, Japanese cargo, LNG for main and aux engines, automated cranes, and NE Passage, interesting!)
- Successful First Launch for MBDA Marte ER Anti-Ship Missile
- Italy Aquarius: Prosecutors order migrant rescue ship seizure
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MIDDLE EAST
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
- Aircraft Carrier Watch: 5 New Carriers Being Built Right Now You Need to Check Out
- Samsung Heavy Uses Eco-friendly Paint for Vessels
- Viking Heavy Weather Tests High-Capacity Passenger Evacuation System for Cruise Ships
- Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested ‘6kg of plastic’
- Plastic-ridden whale carcass raises concerns about B.C. wildlife
- The Ocean Cleanup Tweaking Wilson to Prevent Plastic from Escaping