NAC News – Edition 573 (HMC NRS Churchill)
Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of July 12th, 2024
Edition: 573 HMC NRS Churchill Quote: “Should Donald Trump regain the US presidency, warns Kim Richard Nossal, we should be prepared for him to abandon America’s role as leader of the West. Without American leadership of the rules-based order, Canada would be “for the first time in its modern history, alone in the world.” Canada Alone – Navigating the Post-American World, Kim Richard Nossal, Published September 2023
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NOTICES
30 Oct/1 Nov 2024 Seaspan announced their upcoming National Shipbuilding Strategy Industry Day, in partnership with the Association of British Columbia Marine Industries (ABCMI). It will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre. More details to come for those who Register.
14 November 2024 Super Early Bird Registration is open for the Vanguard Deep Blue Forum 2024 to be held at The National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa. If you’re not able to attend in person, all speaker sessions will be live streamed, to permit virtual attendance.
NEW 25 February 2025 ShipTech Forum 2025 The National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON
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THIS WEEK’S SIGNIFICANT ARTICLES
Trudeau heads for the hot seat at NATO summit as allies question Canada’s defence commitments while The philosophy — and politics — behind Canada’s reluctance to meet NATO’s spending target with Poilievre says he wants to restore the military while cutting spending — how would that work? and Federal government to offer NATO a ‘timeline’ for boosting defence spending and last but not least Elephant in the room at NATO summit: The return of Trump (Editor – not maritime articles per se but one with significant repercussions)
Washington Summit Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., 10 July 2024. (Editor – the Pledge of Long-Term Security Assistance for Ukraine at the end of the Declaration is worth a read) then China hits back at Nato over Russia accusations
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CANADA
HMCS Regina Departs on Operation LIMPID
Canada confirms plan to replace submarine fleet at NATO summit and Global National: July 10, 2024 | Canada to buy up to 12 conventional submarines for Arctic defence (Editor – 21:53 min video {boats are 1:25 min in}) and officially Canada Launches Process to Acquire up to 12 Conventionally-Powered Submarines relevant older article Why is Endurance Important for a Canadian Submarine?
Fifth Canadian Naval Patrol Ship Officially Named after War of 1812 Hero
Melting sea ice was supposed to help Arctic shipping, but new research says otherwise
Canada, U.S. and Finland form pact to build icebreakers for Arctic with Bollinger to Play Critical Role in NEW POLAR PARTNERSHIP (“ICE Pact”)
A guide to the future Canadian Surface Combatant – the River-class destroyers
New Commander for Canadian Joint Operations Command
Meet Canada’s New Largest Warships ever built since WWII: The River-class Destroyers (Editor – a rehash but a few useful graphics in an 8:02 min video)
The Polar Icebreaker Project: 2024 Update
Rare up-close view of the Block IV CP-140 Aurora of the Royal Canadian Air Force (Editor – 5:24 min video) and some background Canada looking at extending life of Aurora patrol aircraft beyond 2030 (Editor – 2:23 min video) and a look at the RCAF’s Hercules Search and Rescue with the C-130 Hercules of the Royal Canadian Air Force (Editor – 18:37 min video)
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES: Under New Management but Still in a Mess (Editor – Esprit de Corps 4:44 min video)
Mackenzie River is so low, the Coast Guard can’t reach most of it
Seaspan’s new drydock arrives in the Vancouver Harbour
Lookout: Volume 69, Issue No. 27, July 8, 2024 (Editor – note CPO1 Pascal Harel will become the 22nd Command Chief Petty Officer of the RCN following a Change of Appointment Ceremony this month in Ottawa)
Trident: Monday 8 July 2024 Volume 58, Issue 14 (Editor – Cmdre French takes command of Canadian Fleet Atlantic)
NAC Naval Affairs Programme Bibliographies The RCN and the Arctic (Editor – Please share with anyone you think may benefit from the knowledge, after all, that’s what our naval affairs programme is all about – enlightening Canadians)
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USA & AMERICA
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 8, 2024
Multiple Chinese warships spotted near Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard says
Cruiser USS Vicksburg is Decommissioned
Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS John Basilone
New Super Hornet Missile Breaks China’s Carrier Kill Chain (Editor – 6:58 min video) with U.S. Navy reveals longest-range air-to-air missile at RIMPAC
Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach Reflects on Leading Naval Information Forces
Austal USA Breaks Ground on New Steel Assembly Facility
First US Navy Submarine Will Deploy With New UUV Capability This Year
What is rapid intensification in hurricanes, and is it happening more often? and Hurricane Beryl shocked scientists. Why that’s a bad sign for the season | About That (Editor – 7:47 news video)
Titanic mission to map wreck in greatest-ever detail
Panama Canal Expects New Water Reservoir for Ship Crossings in 6 Years
Brazil set to become sustainable ship recycling hub
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INDO-PACIFIC
Canada at 157 – Lots to celebrate, but also to rethink: Stephen Nagy in the Japan Times
Chinese, Russian Joint Warship Patrol Begins in the Pacific and Aircraft carrier Shandong spotted launching far seas drill amid China-Russia joint maritime patrol
Chinese Carrier Strike Group Operating in Philippine Sea
New military dialogue unlikely to change China’s unsafe behaviour
In first, Australian exercise Pitch Black gets dedicated aircraft carrier
First Australian Navy officers assigned to UK Astute-class submarines
Turkish Naval Ship TCG Kinaliada arrives in Colombo for diplomatic visit.
USS San Diego to Forward Deploy to Japan
Indonesian Navy to Expand Military Sealift Command Fleet
DRDO’s Indigenous Propulsion System boost for Navy’s Kalvari class Submarines
Sub ordered by Thailand ‘offered to Indonesia’
Taiwan Ministry plans 7 improved attack subs
PLA Navy’s second 10,000 ton-class hospital ship starts South China Sea medical rounds
US blocks British court from British territory
China commissions new icebreaker
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EUROPE
Ukraine:
CB90: Next-generation fast assault boat protecting Ukraine’s Black Sea defences
New Development in Black Sea, Russian Navy Using Base in Georgia
Leaders condemn latest Russian missile attacks on Ukraine
Ukrainian plot to sabotage Russia’s sole aircraft carrier foiled: FSB (Editor – why bother, it’s a huge burden on Russia with little return?!)
Ukraine Seizes Cargo Ship, Detains Captain for Looting Grain from Crimea
General:
NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge NATO Press Release 10 July 2024
CIMSEC: Sea Control 534 – NATO’s navies at 75 with Dr. Josh Tallis (Editor – real world and thought-provoking 31:35 min podcast)
Denmark pulls troubled frigate as lead ship for NATO force
Norwegians embark US nuke submarine in a rare flex of force
DIANA, NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator, launches new challenges
Hellenic Navy Conducts Massive Live Missile Firings
Two Northern Fleet nuclear subs head to St. Petersburg
Ghost Ship of the Baltic Sea: Inside Sweden’s Ultimate Stealth Corvette (Editor – 8:04 min video)
Turkish Shipyard Lays Keel Of Ukraine’s 2nd MILGEM Corvette
Exail’s INS to shield Royal Navy Type 31’s from navigational threats
U.S. Sanctions Send Russian LNG Modules Back to China’s Wison Yard
Whole pod of 77 whales die in ‘biggest mass stranding in decades’
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MIDDLE EAST
Red Sea:
Houthi rebels upping their game in Red Sea with more advanced drone boats (Editor – includes 1:30 drone attack video) with DIA Report on Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis
U.S.-Flagged Containership Targeted by ‘Flying Object’ in Gulf of Aden
EU Naval Mission Says It Destroyed Two Drones In Gulf Of Aden
EU naval force downs nineteen Houthi drones and missiles in six months
U.S. Links Missile Parts From Red Sea Tanker Attack to Iranian Suppliers
IMO Calls for Spill Response Aid Following Sinking of MV Rubymar
General:
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian elected Iran’s president
Iranian Navy Frigate Sahand Capsizes in Port! (Commissioned in 2018!) (Editor – 2:54 min video) then Iranian warship Sahand entirely sinks despite rebalancing efforts
U.S. Military to Shut Down Humanitarian Pier Operation in Gaza
Oil Tanker Seized by Iran Moving to International Waters
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
Marlin Luanda and Pemex Maya Crews Receive Top IMO Bravery Award
Severe Weather Halts Container Shipping at Cape of Good Hope with CMA CGM Vessel Loses 44 Containers Overboard in South African Storms then Rush to Prevent Oil Spill From Grounded Ship Off South African Coast
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SCUTTLEBUTT
USS Salem’s Main Battery – Navy Video from 1955 (Editor – for the Weapons Officers amongst us a 12:41 min video)
We Tour a Cold War Submarine that’s on land 2000km from the Ocean (Editor – one for the black mafia in a 6:30 min video)
The Wreck of HMS Victoria – Sticking Straight Out of the Bottom (Editor – 13:39 min video)
HMAS Sydney (II) at the Battle of Cape Spada (Editor 11:15 min video)
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THIS WEEK IN RCN/MARITIME HISTORY
13 July 1942 The Canadian government announces that three merchant ships had been sunk by U-boats in the St’ Lawrence River.
15 July 1920 RNCVR is disbanded.
15 July 1958 The first review of the Royal Fleet ever held in Canadian waters takes place under the eyes of Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret off the coast of Vancouver Island at Royal Roads.
16 July 1914 First RNCVR seaman taken to sea in HMCS Rainbow to augment the RCN crew for a Bering Sea Fur Patrol; but diverted to assist her participation in the ‘Kamagata Maru Incident’ at Vancouver.
16 July 1945 The first atomic bomb is detonated in New Mexico. Canada’s contributions to the successful detonation of the atomic bomb, were threefold. The first was the Montreal Laboratory. The second, Canada’s reserves of uranium. The third, individual Canadians in the research field and those who directly worked with Oppenheimer.
17 July 1940 HMCS Skeena rescues 64 crewmembers of a torpedoed merchant ship, the SS Manipor, in the waters north of Scotland.
19 July 1943 HMCS Huron (Destroyer) is commissioned at Newcastle on the Tyne, England.
SIGNIFICANT RCN DATES – If you see any omissions or errors please inform me, and any more modern significant dates are also welcomed. 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”, The Naval Service of Canada, Its Official History Vol 1-3, NAC member Roger Litwiller’s excellent web site, encyclopedic guidance from NAC member Fraser McKee, the Uboat.net site, and anywhere else I can find credible information. For the merchant ship history, a special thanks to NAC member Bill Dziadyk for his able assistance and detailed work. The RCN lost 1,965 men and 24 ships during the War, most of them in the Atlantic. A comprehensive list of the staggering merchant losses – sunk, damaged, or lost – Canadian Merchant Ship Losses of the Second World War, 1939-1945 by Rob Fisher {Revised June 2001}, and for the loss of individual personnel RCN Ship Histories, Convoy Escort Movements, Casualty Lists 1939-1947)
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