NAC News – Edition 586 (Queensville)
Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of October 11th, 2024
Edition: YTS586 Queensville (one of 38 Ville Class tugs) Quotes: “With the region aflame and with the likelihood of an Israeli response against Iran, which will inevitably precipitate some kind of Iranian retaliatory effort… we’re in for a very difficult time ahead.” 1 Oct 2024, Suzanne Maloney, PBS Newshour, and sadly the human fallout “The average large-scale humanitarian crisis lasts about a decade and the average length of displacement is now 17 years—a full childhood.” Sweta Shah: Sweta Shah, Fellow – Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education
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
Sorry, nothing significant this week.
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CANADA
UPDATE Editor – Please note that our Executive Director Kevin Goheen has a new NAC email address executivedirector@navalassoc.ca, and Nora Kennedy, our NAC Coordinator is now, NACcoordinator@navalassoc.ca Please adjust your emails accordingly.
RCN: Our Navy Today Volume 7, Issue 7
Arctic Allies to Form Security Group to Counter Russia, China
Canada launches high seas mission to detect and deter illegal fishing in the North Pacific aussi Le Canada lance une mission en haute mer pour détecter et empêcher la pêche illicite dans le Pacifique Nord
Exercise Waking Giant 2024 Concludes in Thunder Bay
Canada’s Fisheries Officers Need Better Body Armor to Handle Armed Gangs
Esprit de Corps: Canadian Armed Forces: submarine spending spree! (Editor – another glass half empty 5:39 min video)
Canada’s newest deep-sea droid embarks on multi-day sea trial along our coastline
Port of Montreal Dockworkers to Refuse Overtime Amid Stalled Labor Negotiations
La Force des sous-marins canadiens forme de futurs capitaines des Forces alliés
Les crises géopolitiques relancent le marché mondial des sous-marins
Editor – in case you missed it last week, this article in English and French was in the 30 Sept edition of Trident: New Legacy Cairn celebrates contributions of HMCS Venture (1954-1968) graduates
Lookout: Volume 69, Issue 35, October 7, 2024
NAC Naval Affairs Programme Bibliographies RCN Leadership (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: Oct. 7, 2024
SECDEF to the Hill: 2 Virginia Attack Boats in FY25 Defense Budget Will Delay Next-Gen Navy Fighter
Navy’s 381-Ship Goal Tough to Reach Under Current Budget Outlook, Says Admiral
Why the Navy’s New Weapon Not VLS, but Rather Boxes Resembling a Giant Wedge of Cheese? (Editor – good explanation in a 10:11 min video)
Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley crew returns from 75-day Arctic Ocean patrol
New Commands, More Contractors Making Space Tight at Naval Base San Diego
L3Harris exploring maritime variant of Vampire drone defence system
CIMSEC: A maritime deterrence strategy: the key to an overarching navy warfighting concept
At Least One Carrier and Two Subs Affected by Newport News Weld Defects
Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches Amphibious Warship Harrisburg
Life Inside the HULL of a MASSIVE US Aircraft Carrier? (Editor – informative ship tour videos, 20:19 min)
Why Are US Navy Ships SO RUSTY While Chinese Warships Look Spotless? (Editor – useful 18:41 min video)
Tentative Agreement Reached to End U.S. Port Strike but U.S. Port Strike Leaves Cargo Backlog in Its Wake but the issue remains US Port Strike Throws Spotlight on Big Union Foe: Automation
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INDO-PACIFIC
Commander of HMNZS Manawanui credited with saving lives after ship ran aground on Samoan reef in dead of night with more pics HMNZS Manawanui Sunk then a video How it unfolded: HMNZS Manawanui sinks off coast of Samoa | Stuff.co.nz (Editor – 4:53 min news video) then Sexist Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Erupts After New Zealand Navy Ship Sinking – Defense Minister Hits Back
Indian, Italian Aircraft Carriers Drill Together in Arabian Sea Ahead of Malabar Exercise
Canada could help balance the scales with China as tensions rise in South China Sea, experts say
German Navy Asserts Freedom of Navigation During Pacific Deployment, Says Admiral
USS Boxer, carrying aid for typhoon victims, arrives in the Philippines
AUKUS Navies Remote-Control Ships From 10,000 Miles Away in Experiment
US approves potential $175m sale of MK 54 Torpedoes to India
Chinese Maritime Safety Officers Beat Vietnamese Fishermen During South China Sea Interdiction, Say Officials and VIDEO: China Coast Guard Blasts Philippine Fisheries Vessel at Scarborough Shoal then provocatively 28 Chinese Cutters and Warships Surge Into Philippine Waters – Water Cannons Blast Fisheries Vessels
South Korea and Philippines expand naval collaboration as part of strategic partnership
China remains mum on possible PLA Navy submarine accident
Japan JS Ariake and India INS Shakti conduct joint naval exercise in Bay of Bengal
PLA Navy eyes recruiting more carrier-borne pilots with loosened criteria
Singapore’s First Two Invincible Attack Submarines Enter Service (Editor – 12:05 min video)
GRSE delivers second Survey Vessel to Indian Navy
Italian Carrier Strike Group conducts joint exercises with Indian Navy in Indo Pacific
PLAN Space Tracking Ships Monitor China’s Pacific Ocean ICBM Test
India to host Malabar 2024 Naval exercise with Australia, Japan
Does China now have a permanent military base in Cambodia?
China’s Type055 Destroyer Ship Brief (Editor – 29:34 min video)
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries secures AIP for 2,300-ton submarine, targets global exports (Editor – this is interesting indeed)
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EUROPE
Ukraine:
Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful naval war, hindering its great power ambitions and Black Sea War: Russia is Losing to Ukraine but Winning with China
Ukraine Damages Russian Warship in the Baltic Sea (Note – in the Baltic!)
Ukraine Says Russia Missile Hit Ship Loaded With Corn for Export and Russian strike kills eight in fresh attack on Ukrainian port then Russian Attacks Spark Surge in War Insurance for Ukraine Grain Ships
Houthis Strike Tanker ‘Olympic Spirit’ in Red Sea
USNI: The War for Ukraine: A Conversation with Mick Ryan (Editor – interview with Mick Ryan, a retired MGen in the Australian Army, and author in a 31:14 min video)
General:
Russia Is Changing Its Nuclear Doctrine – Atomic Coercion, Ukraine & the Nuclear Threshold (Editor – nor maritime specific but one with broad implications in a 1:01:02 hr video)
Sweden and Finland strengthen role in European defence through NATO integration
Pictures: France’s First FDI Frigate Built By Naval Group Starts Sea Trials (Editor – unusual bow, wet focsle I bet?) more looks France’s First FDI Frigate Built by Naval Group Starts Sea Trials (Editor – 1:21 min video)
USS Oscar Austin heads to Spain for beefed up destroyer presence
Newest frigate trained anti-aircraft, anti-drone shootings
Germany resumes major arms exports to Türkiye in policy shift.
NHI in talks for up to 100 new NH90s
What is the state of Royal Navy anti-ballistic missile capability?
Damen Holds Joint Steel Cutting And Keel Laying Ceremony For Portuguese Navy’s Multi-Purpose Ship (Editor – another country acquiring a “honking big ship”)
Babcock Cuts Steel On Third Type 31 Inspiration-Class Frigate, HMS Formidable
Britain finally has attack submarine at sea after 100 days
Royal Navy Addresses Misconduct and Harassment in the Submarine Service
Exail selected by French defense procurement agency to develop the French Navy’s ultra-deepwater AUV
Can the UK Type 45 Destroyer Outperform US Destroyer? (Editor – 8:32 min video)
New Turkish TB3 Drone Makes Public Debut
Signature du contrat de renouvellement de la capacité sous-marine des Pays-Bas
Early Winter Ice Halts Arctic Shipping Traffic Weeks Ahead of Schedule with Chinese Vessels Race to Deliver Power Plant To Sanctioned Arctic LNG Project Before Winter
Deep sea vessels test mobile shore power at Port of Rotterdam
Russian Sanctions Fail To Curb Blacklisted Oil Tankers
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MIDDLE EAST
Red Sea:
US warships and planes strike Houthi targets in Yemen
Watch: Houthi Rebels Attack Panama-Flagged Tanker in Red Sea (Editor – big explosion, 40 sec video included)
Pentagon To Spend $1.2B To Maintain Red Sea Operation
General:
Iranian Warships and Tankers Disperse in Anticipation of Attack
Gulf countries beef up their undersea-warfare chops with European tech
Iran Is Still Shipping Crude Oil From Kharg Island Export Terminal
Dolphin SDV-X takes centre stage in Egypt naval display
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
How is climate change affecting hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones?
China Coast Guard Now Operating in the Bering Sea
Naval Exercise Ibsamar VIII commences in South Africa with Russian Navy frigate Neustrashimy arrives in Cape Town (Editor – actually Simon’s Town where the SA Navy’s major naval base is) then International naval presence in South Africa for exercise and festival (Editor – eclectic gathering)
Busy time ahead for Amatola (Editor – SAN Valour Class frigate)
More than 100 people missing after being forced off boats in Djibouti
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SCUTTLEBUTT
The Mariner’s Mirror: The Amazing History of Icebreakers (Editor – 33 min podcast)
Researchers identify remains of Franklin expedition skipper
Explorer Shackleton’s lost ship as never seen before (Editor – amazing detail in a 26 sec video)
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse: End of Battleship Dominance (Editor – great footage in a 9:42 min video)
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THIS WEEK IN RCN/MARITIME HISTORY
13 October 1710 The defenders of Port Royal surrender to a British naval expedition.
13 October 1910 Her Majesty’s Dockyard, Halifax, is transferred to Canadian ownership by a British Order in Council.
14 October 1942 The SS Caribou was a passenger and train ferry that operated in the Cabot Strait between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and North Sydney, Nova Scotia. The German submarine U-69 sank the vessel, losing 136 lives. It was worst loss of life in Canadian waters during the Second World War. Nursing Sister LCdr Margaret Brooke, fought for her own life hanging onto ropes on a capsized lifeboat while still doing everything she could to save the life of her colleague and friend Agnes Wilkie. Despite her heroic efforts her friend succumbed to the frigid waters. HMCS Margaret Brooke is named in her honour.
14 October 1944 HMCS Magog (frigate) is torpedoed and badly damaged by U-Boat 1223 in the St. Lawrence River off Pointe des Montes.
16 October 1915 An Order-in-Council gives the Hospitals Commission authority to provide retraining and rehabilitation for disabled veterans.
16 October 1944 HMCS Annan, CO A/LCDR Charles P. Balfry, RCNR, and HMCS Loch Achanalt, CO A/LCdr Richard Wallace Hart, RCNVR sank the German submarine U-1006 south of the Faeroes. HMCS Loch Achanalt’s Radar Operator had first radar contact of U-1006 located astern of HMCS Annan. Canadian were for a time most of the sea-going radar operator component of the RN. Thirty out of the forty radar officers who completed their initial training with the Admiralty in 1940 were Canadian.
17 October 1944 HMCS Prince Henry and HMCS Prince David engage in landing liberation forces in Greece (17-18 Oct).
18 October 1965 A fire broke out in the fuel-handling room of HMCS Nipigon, killing one and seriously injuring others. Two of the injured sailors died in a Royal Navy hospital in Plymouth, England over the next three days. Eight crew members were evacuated to HMCS Bonaventure. LS Doyle Clement White and Able Seaman Wendell Tolson Gray were awarded the British Empire Medal for Gallantry for their actions that day.
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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