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NAC News – Edition 585 (Shelburne)

NAC News – Edition 585 (Shelburne)

Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of October 4th, 2024

Edition: 585  HMCS Shelburne  Quote: “Sanctions are an important tool in the arsenal of economic statecraft, but they are not a magic wand.  Their success often hinges on the clarity of their objectives and robustness of their enforcement.”  The economics of sanctions: From theory into practice.  BPEA Conference Draft, Oleg Itskhoki and Elina Ribakova, 26-27 September 2024.

Rod Hughes: Editor NAC News rhughes@shaw.ca  (Comments welcome to help improve this service.)  Links to keep in touch with the NAC and RCN can be found at the bottom of this email.  Contact Kevin Goheen executivedirector@navalassoc.ca if you wish someone to be added to the NAC News email distribution. (Influencer, or good candidates to become an NAC member – note the first year’s NAC/Branch membership dues are waived)

NOTICES

31 Oct & 01 Nov 2024 Association of British Columbia Marine Industries (ABCMI) Business Opportunities Conference & Trade Show, Vancouver Convention Centre. Aimed at all businesses and organizations involved in BC’s industrial marine sector. Includes the Thales Canada Supplier Engagement Event on Friday afternoon, 01 Nov, for businesses interested in learning about supply opportunities for their product and services relevant to the AJISS and MWAVE in-service support contracts.  Register

UPDATED 14 November 2024 (7:30-18:30 Ottawa time) the Vanguard Deep Blue Forum 2024 to be held at The National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa.  THEME: Transition: Preparing for the In-Country Support of a New Submarine.  If you’re not able to attend in person, all speaker sessions will be live streamed, to permit virtual attendance.  FREE registration for all serving navy & government personnel.  Not Able to Attend in Person? – all speaker sessions will be live streamed, to allow for virtual attendance.  Sponsorship opportunities available: For more information on sponsorship or registration, please contact: David Blondeau david@promotivemedia.ca at 905-841-7389

25 February 2025 ShipTech Forum 2025  Super Early Bird registration is open!. The National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON.  Not Able to Attend in Person? All speaker sessions will be live streamed, to allow for virtual attendance.

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THIS WEEK’S SIGNIFICANT ARTICLES

UNDEPLOYABLE: Military readiness in Canada hasn’t been this low since 1938 going into World War 2 (Editor – new CDS testifying at the Standing Committee on National Defence 26 Sept 2024 in a 18:16 min video)

Canada’s Next Submarine Fleet (Part 3): Procurement, AUKUS, UUVs, & Nuclear vs. Conventional (Editor – been waiting for this first-rate 55:41 min CDAI podcast.  If you haven’t heard the first two podcasts they are so worthwhile Part 1 & Part 2 )

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CANADA

Editor – Please note that our Executive Director Kevin Goheen has a new NAC email address executivedirector@navalassoc.ca  Please adjust your emails accordingly.

Canadian warship rearms in Australia, a ‘significant’ milestone for deployed frigates, DND says

CAF Establishes New Cyber Command

Esprit de Corps – CANADIAN ARMED FORCES: Immobilized By Inaction (Editor – 5:28 min video)

Legal action underway to force Canadian Forces to release propaganda documents (Editor – in these ridiculous conspiracy theory times a screwed-up exercise grew legs?)

Glamox lands contracts to light up to 19 Canadian Coast Guard ships

Montreal Port Workers Begin Three-Day Strike at Container Terminals

À Iqaluit, Mélanie Joly abordera la défense de l’Arctique

Update on the PDSP transition to Canada Life

Trident:  30 September 2024 Volume 58, Issue 20

NAC Naval Affairs Programme Bibliographies Law Enforcement (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: Sept. 30, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard encounters joint Chinese Coast Guard, Russian Border Guard patrol in Bering Sea and from China’s perspective Chinese, Russian coast guards conduct joint patrols in Arctic Ocean, marking CCG’s first entry into the region then USCG Icebreaker ‘Healy’ Rushes Back to Arctic to Counter Growing Chinese and Russian Influence

Sole US Navy Oiler in the Middle East – USNS Big Horn – Damaged | September 23, 2024 (Editor – why AORs matter! 19:32 min video)

US Navy’s Columbia-Class Sub May Face More Delays, Higher Cost: GAO

USS Preble Departs San Diego for Japan

HMS Medway begins Caribbean mission after HMS Trent’s historic deployment

Coast Guard Offloads $4.3 Million in Seized Cocaine, Transfers 2 Smugglers to DEA Custody in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Beloit (LCS 29)

US Navy decommissions the third Ticonderoga-class in one month

RTX secures US Navy contract for advanced ESSM Block 2 Missiles

Report to Congress on Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter

US Navy Procures Sonobuoys From Ultra Maritime

Lockheed Martin Unveils ‘Extreme Range’ Missile:AGM-158XR (Editor – 11:11 min video)

Navy, Marines Exceed Fiscal Year 2024 Recruiting, Retention Goals

Navy Sorties Ships from Mayport Ahead of Hurricane Helene Landfall

Dockworkers on U.S. East Coast strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

Philly Shipyard Delivers Second Federal Training Vessel ‘Patriot State’

Captain Receives Eight-Month U.S. Prison Term for MARPOL Violation

Des soudures « défectueuses » auraient été sciemment effectuées à bord de sous-marins et de porte-avions de l’US Navy

Historic SS United States to Become World’s Largest Artificial Reef Off Florida Coast

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INDO-PACIFIC

Japan to unveil new submarine at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries naming and launch ceremony

Warships from the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, U.S. and Japan Sail in Joint South China Sea Patrol

PLA holds drills near Huangyan Dao ‘in response to foreign exercises’

New Zealand naval vessel sails through Taiwan Strait for first time since 2017

China’s Fujian Aircraft Carrier’s Sea Trials Are Mocked as a Poor U.S. Imitation, Details Exposed (Editor – many points raised in a 17:03 min video)

9 Russian, Chinese Warships on Joint Patrol in the Northwest Pacific After Major Naval Exercise (Editor – Wonder what standard documents and procedures they use?)

Following Chinese Moscow visit, foreign ministries step up bilateral talks on Arctic for example Under the flag of Gabon tankers sail sanctioned Russian oil through Arctic ice

Australia allocated $ 13.7 billion for the construction of frigates (Editor – 1:59 min video)

AUKUS nations to integrate UK torpedo to P-8 sub hunters

Sinking Chinese Sub Shows the New, Speedy Nature of Naval Intelligence and Chinese Submarine That Sunk Had Exotic Hybrid Nuclear Powerplant: Report

Taiwan Bolsters Defenses with First Shipment of Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles

France slashes Rafale Marine Fighter jets’ price after talks

UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius (Editor – unexpected)

Navy to commission 6th Kalvari-class submarine Vagsheer in December

Ahead of NSA visit, France submits final price offer for 26 Rafale Marine jet deal

India develops ship installed chemical agent detection system (SICADS), joins elite club

Zombie Tanker Turns Up at Northern Chinese Port Laden With Oil

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EUROPE

Ukraine:

Press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine

Lessons from Black Sea and Red Sea

Black Sea Fleet deploys Mi-8 HIP helicopters to counter Unmanned Surface Vehicles using FPV technology (Editor – drone on drone, took them this long to figure that out!)

General:

Dutch attack submarine completes NATO North Atlantic patrols and Naval Group signs Netherlands submarines contract

Britain deploys Carrier Strike Group

Russia launches first unmanned military vessel for autonomous operations

SubCon 2024: U212 Near Future Submarine programme in focus

Russia Launches First Project 22350 Frigate For Pacific Fleet

Will Norway buy Type 26 frigates built in Britain? and Norwegian Navy buy Type 26 super frigates from UK, to replace its Fridtjof Nansen class frigates (Editor – 8:02 min video)

6th Astute class submarine HMS Agamemnon rolled out of the build hall (Editor – I wonder what Admiral Nelson would think of her?) and The 6th nuclear-powered Astute-class submarine, HMS Agamemnon is launched from the construction hall (Editor – 2:15 min video)

Royal Navy’s new F-35 squadron debuts at sea embarked on HMS Prince of Wales

Fincantieri delivers fourth PPA Giovanni delle Bande Nere to Italian Navy at Muggiano Shipyard

Russian Bomb Ship Threatens To Blow Up NATO Space Base (Editor – nice to see proper reporting)

In a Cat-and-Mouse Game, Russian Oil Tankers Are Flying New Flags

China Doubles Down on Arctic Container Shipping Dispatching Second Panamax

Seafarers Sentenced to 30 Years in Turkey: ITF Condemns ‘Outrageous’ Drug Case Verdict

Finland and Estonia Agree to Joint Defense of Critical Balticonnector Gas Pipeline

Dutch Crack Down on Cruise Industry Greenwashing

SS Richard Montgomery: The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath the Thames Estuary

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MIDDLE EAST

Red Sea:

Houthis Claim Attacks on U.S. Destroyers and more noteworthy details Video Exclusive: MV Cordelia Moon Engaged by a Drone In The Red Sea | No Injuries Reported (Editor – 16:40 min video)

Houthis Damage Vessels in New Wave of Attacks

Israel Strikes Port of Hodeidah in Retaliation for Houthi Attacks

US Concerned About Russia Supplying Missiles to Yemen’s Houthis

M/T Sounion Continues to Burn as Houthi Attacks Resume in Red Sea

General:

‘Retaliation could come in a matter of days’ | Professor Michael Clarke analysis (Editor – 2:48 min video…this may not end well)

Israel Prime Minister: “This New Weapon Will Destroy the Entire HAMAS” (Editor – not purely maritime a good look at the tech involved in a 10:15 min video)

U.S. Warships Fire a Dozen Interceptors Against Iranian Missile Attack and Two US Navy Destroyers Helped Defend Israel against Iranian Missile Barrage

India docks naval warships at Iran port as war escalates. Is this a strategic response to the Middle-East strife?

SECDEF Austin Orders Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to Remain in Middle East

France Deploys One LHD, Two Frigates To The Eastern Mediterranean

Amnesty International Wants Ship Loaded with Explosives for Israel Stopped

Iranian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Oil Transfer Causes Large Spill in Persian Gulf

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GLOBAL INTERESTS

Indian, Brazilian, and Chinese warships heading to South Africa and Docking of Russian naval ship in South Africa sparks controversy

World’s First Everlasting Round-the-World Cruise Ship Finally Sets Sail

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SCUTTLEBUTT

The British Girls Who Destroyed The Nazi Submarine Fleet (Editor – starts simplistically but becomes much better in a 14:13 min video)

Holland-type submarines – Guide 407 (Editor – 6:47 min video)

French Pre-Dreadnoughts – Why Do they Look Like That? (Editor – Amazing pics and interesting ship design considerations explained in a 39:14 min video)

The Mariner’s Mirror Podcast: Nelson’s Pathfinders (Editor – one for the naviguessers in a 37 min podcast)

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THIS WEEK IN RCN/MARITIME HISTORY

5 October 2004  HMCS Chicoutimi a diesel-electric submarine during its maiden voyage under command of the RCN, a fire caused severe damage, resulting in the death of Naval Technical Officer Lt(N) Chris Saunders, and eight other crewmembers being injured.  Chicoutimi would not sail again for almost 10 years.

8 October 1880   The Governor General of Canada request that the Admiralty supply a vessel for training of the Naval Reserve.  The Admiralty offers HMS Charybdis, a steam frigate.  The Canadian High Commissioner reports her suitable for training, her worn boilers will not allow for a winter voyage across the Atlantic.  When she finally arrives, she will require further extensive repair at Canadian Government expense.

8 October 1943 A Sunderland of RCAF Squadron 423 sank U-610 in the North Atlantic.

8 October 1944  HMCS Mulgrave strikes a mine off Le Havre, is beached, and becomes a total loss.

8 October 1992 The Governor-General, the Prime Minister and other dignitaries unveil the Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa.

8 October 2001 Minister of Defence Art Eggleton announces the details of Canada’s contribution to the campaign against terrorism.  Canada’s initial commitment involved 2000 personnel from the Canadian Armed Forces and included the deployment of ships, aircraft, and a small contingent of soldiers.  It is the biggest mobilization of the armed forces since the Korean War.

9 October 1943  German sub U-220 lays 66 magnetic mines 24 kilometres off St. John’s Harbour.

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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