NAC News – Edition 587 (Listerville)
Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of October 18th, 2024
Edition: YTS587 Listerville Quotes: “The Type 32 frigate programme remains in the concept phase and has not yet reached the level of maturity to allow publication of a specific design and procurement timetable… As a new government, one of the first actions was the Prime Minister launching this strategic defence review. This is a serious review that recognises not only that the world is a more difficult place, and that there are new and evolving threats to the United Kingdom and our allies, but that after many years, especially with lots of gifting to our friends in Ukraine, which was exactly the right thing to do, the UK armed forces have far too many capability gaps.” 9 Oct 2024, Luke Pollard, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the UK Ministry of Defence.
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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
3 in 4 Canadians show support for defence spending on new submarines, Nanos survey shows
Zelensky presents ‘victory plan’ to Ukrainian parliament
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CANADA
Editor – this is my 364th edition of NAC News after taking over from Jim Carruthers in Oct 2017. Here are some time-capsule articles from Jim’s last edition. New Royal Canadian Navy support ship now in the water, sea trials planned & USS Carl Vinson lands its first F-35C off California & US releases request for proposal for Heavy Polar Icebreaker design and construction and last but not least! CIMSEC: The PLA Navy’s plan for dominance: subs, shipborne ASBMS, and carrier aviation
Ceremonial First Poppy presented to Canada’s Governor General
Arctic Seabed Warfare Against Data Cables
U.S. judge denies motion to dismiss helicopter wrongful death lawsuit filed by Canadian families
Navy trainees have a blast detonating explosives off Vancouver Island
Canadian Arctic, Norwegian Sea now emission control areas
Promotion Pools to Expand to Master Warrant Officers, Chief Petty Officers 2 and above
Esprit de Corps: Canadian Armed Forces: Numbers VS Reality (Editor – 4:49 min video)
‘Let us return that service to you’: Unhoused military and RCMP veterans to get housing help
Canada Post Announces Free Regular Parcel Service for Holiday Season
Canadian Coast Guard Contracts to Remove Oil from Long-Forgotten WWII Wreck
Editorial cartoonist Bob Chambers and Halifax in Wartime
Actualitié de Notre Marine, vol 7 numéro7
Trident: Monday 14 October 2024, Volume 58, Issue 21
NAC Naval Affairs Programme Bibliographies Operations in the Middle East (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. 15, 2024
Navy Finds Wreckage of Fighter Jet that Crashed During Training in Washington State
Carlos Del Toro – America’s Maritime Statecraft Evangelist Is On A Tear
Japan’s largest warship arrives on US shores for military testing (Editor – 4:52 min news video)
How US Massive Submarine Breaks Through Thick Ice to Resurface in the Arctic (Editor – 15:37 min video)
Meet The Future America’s New Supercarrier – USS Enterprise (Editor – 3:22 min video)
USS Theodore Roosevelt Returns to San Diego Following Deployment to Indo-Pacific, Middle East
U.S. Navy Holds First TRAM At-Sea VLS Loading Test
SM-3 Block IIA production reaches full-rate production
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile: A Key to US Navy’s Defense (Editor – 8:01 min video)
Bollinger Shipyards inks deal to build US Navy’s new berthing barge
MSCPAC Bids Farewell to USNS Pecos
SS United States Getting Towed to Norfolk Ahead of Planned Sinking off Florida Coast
Biden Administration Designates Third-Largest National Marine Sanctuary
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INDO-PACIFIC
Chinese, Russian defense ministers meet in Beijing, call for deeper cooperation
In major military exercise, China simulates sealing off Taiwan’s ports with CCG conducts law enforcement patrols around Taiwan island; expert says drills aim to prevent separatists from fleeing then China wraps up drills near Taiwan
Paradox of freedom of navigation acts
China says ‘expelled’ Japanese ship from waters near disputed islands
(Editor – debating making a standalone submarine section for the next 8 articles and others elsewhere) China Unveils Type 093B Nuclear Submarine with Advanced Missile Launch Capability
After CCS approval, India to make nuclear-powered attack submarines locally and
North Korea begins construction of large submarine possibly nuclear powered
HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean Eye Submarine Deals in Poland, Canada
An AUKUS First, Seven Royal Australian Navy Enlisted Sailors Graduate Nuclear Power School
Australia to Invest Billions of Dollars in Nuclear Submarine Shipyard
Navantia at ADAS 2024: S-80 Submarine for Philippine Navy (Editor – 3:59 min video)
Philippines Says Chinese ‘Maritime Militia’ Boat Sideswiped Fisheries Vessel
Carrier Cavour’s Pacific Deployment Extends Italy’s Reach in the Pacific, Say Admiral
Malaysia’s first LCS KD Maharaja Lela Set for Sea Trials in November 2024
First ex-Royal Navy nuclear submarine to be disposed of enters final dismantling phase
HMS Spey joins show of force as she represents the RN on Ex Bersama Lima
Japan MoD Signs Contracts To Build Two ASEVs With MHI And JMU
Drone spotted near Kadamba Naval Base in Karnataka’s Karwar; authorities on high alert: Report
Austal Australia delivers 21st Guardian-Class Patrol Boat Te Mataili III to Tuvalu
The Spirit of Tasmania debacle | 7.30 (Editor – BC Ferries isn’t the only company with fiascos…a 7:52 min video)
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EUROPE
Ukraine:
Russia Attacks Two More Civilian Ships in Ukraine’s Odesa Port with Recent deadly strikes on ships in Black Sea could scare away commercial traffic, warn analysts
Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes ‘victory plan’ (Editor – included for its weird value)
General:
American supercarrier and escorts arrive off British coast
British Carrier Strike Group gathers in North Sea for key exercise ahead of 2025 deployment
The French Navy’s next-generation new nuclear aircraft carrier will be ordered in 2025
Sweden announces sweeping defence bill amidst increasing geopolitical tensions
Fifth U.S. Navy DDG Homeport Shifts to Rota, Spain
Russia Launches Final Project 636.3 Submarine For Pacific Fleet (Editor – NATO designation for this diesel-electric boat is Kilo)
Thyssenkrupp to Demo Next-Gen Battery on German Navy Sub
The Most Insane Small Aircraft Carrier Behind Supercarriers – French Charles De Gaulle (Editor – 3:29 min video)
Poland begins construction of final Kormoran II-class minehunter ORP Czajka in Gdansk
Cargo Ship’s Suspicious Voyage Ends in Massive Cocaine Bust
In dire straits – the RFA in crisis with RFA Fort Victoria to be placed in long-term lay up
Norwegian tanker refuels British carrier ahead of exercise
NATO warships arrive in Glasgow ahead of Strike Warrior
Construction starts on UK’s third Type 31 frigate and The Royal Navy’s new super frigate HMS Formidable is taking shape (Editor – 2:14 min video)
Ukrainian corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa successfully tests helicopter operations with SH-60 Seahawk
Sea Venom completes first guided firing from Royal Navy Wildcat
Arctic Shipping Boom Continues as China and Russia Push Cargo Volume To New Heights and Russia Allocates $1bn For Massive Nuclear Icebreaker, Paving Way For Year-Round Arctic Shipping
Russia Has a Crazy Plan to Use Nuclear-Powered Submarines to Transport Arctic LNG while Russia Explores Building Four Icebreakers in India
Russia’s Shadow Fleet Stalls, Leaving 1 Million Cubic Meters of LNG Undelivered with UK Tightens the Noose on Russia’s Shadow Fleet with Sweeping Sanctions
New fully-electric pilot boat marks Sweden’s step toward greener operations
Les convaincants débuts de l’hélicoptère H160 dans la Marine nationale
La Marine nationale poursuit son engagement de long terme dans le golfe de Guinée
Pour la première fois, la France engage un SNA dans un exercice naval franco-marocain
London Gateway Set to Become Britain’s Largest Container Port with $1.3 Billion Expansion
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MIDDLE EAST
Red Sea:
Red Sea Shipping Crisis: Oil Flows Through Bab el-Mandeb Plummets By Over Half in 2024
Gemini warns of ‘meltdown’ when Suez reopens
U.S. B-2 Bombers Carry Out Precision Strikes on Houthi Weapons Caches in Yemen
General:
German Warship Shoots Downs Drone Off Lebanon
India to Strengthen Naval Cooperation With Bahrain and UAE
U.S., UAE Forces Begin Exercise Iron Defender in Arabian Gulf
U.S Tightens Noose on Iran’s ‘Ghost Fleet’ After Israel Attack
US deploys Thaad anti-missile system to Israel after Iranian attack
US plotting false-flag operation so it can go to war with Iran — expert (Editor – lots of face news or conspiracy theory items rattling around…just FYI)
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
The deep-sea ’emergency service’ that keeps the internet running
France and Morocco strengthen their military cooperation with naval manoeuvres
Portuguese OPV arrives in Cape Town
Nigeria completes repair of Benin navy warships
Multi-Agency Drill Tackles High-Risk EV Battery Fires on Ships
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SCUTTLEBUTT
The Unique Sea Sparrow Missile Launch System On Canadian Destroyer (Editor – a 10:09 min video for the 280 crowd amongst us, enjoy)
HMCS Sackville – The Perennial Flower (Editor – 30:51 min video)
Punished Heroes: The Men Stripped Of The Victoria Cross (Editor – 19:25 min video)
The Battleship that Suddenly Exploded (Editor – a spectacular disaster in a 13:20 min video)
Battle Of The Atlantic: How Admiral Dönitz Was Outwitted By British Commanders (Editor – 49:48 min video)
Hitler Bribed His Generals – Secret Fund Bought Military Loyalty (Editor – I had not heard of this dishonourable and despicable practice explained in a 14:13 min video)
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THIS WEEK IN RCN/MARITIME HISTORY
19 October 1940 Patrol vessel HMCS Bras d’Or foundered in the early morning while keeping the Romanian freighter Ingener N Vlassopol under surveillance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Anticosti Island. The two ships traveled down the St. Lawrence River together but in the Gulf of St. Lawrence they ran into a storm and heavy seas on the night of 18/19 October and are eventually separated and the Bras d’Or disappeared with her 30 crewmen. Investigation determines that the Bras d’Or was not rammed as there is no damage to the freighter. A report from the mate on the Romanian freighter stated that the lights on the Bras d’Or were extinguished at 0350 hours local, 19 October. It has been suggested Brad d’Or foundered due to icing conditions that were prevalent at the time. A search is later made but nothing is ever found of the ship nor were any bodies (5 officers and 25 crew).
19 October 1943 British ore carrier Penolver and American freighter Delisle hit mines laid by U-220 off St. John’s Harbour.
20 October 1940 HMS Windflower, the first corvette built in Canada, is commissioned into the Royal Navy with a Canadian crew. She is turned over to the RCN in 1941.
21 October 1910 HMCS Niobe arrives in Halifax, the first Canadian warship to arrive at her base in Canada. Now officially celebrated by the RCN as Niobe Day.
21 October 1927 – The destroyers HMCS Patriot pays off into reserve. The Government of Canada decides to build two new destroyers to replace Patriot and Patrician and asks the Admiralty for interim replacements. The destroyers HMCS Champlain (ex-HMS Torbay) and HMCS Vancouver (ex-HMS Toreador) are named and lent to the RCN. There is already an HMS Vancouver in the RN, but the Admiralty agrees to change its name to HMS Vimy. These are the first two ships of the RCN, other than auxiliaries, which receive names associated with and suggested by Canada.
21 October 1942 HMCS Royal Roads becomes the Royal Canadian Naval College and commences training naval cadets.
21 October 1943 HMCS Chedabucto sank after night collision with the cable vessel Lord Kelvin, 30 miles from Rimouski, Quebec. She is later beached and becomes a total loss. One officer was lost.
21 October 1944 HMCS Uganda (later Quebec) is commissioned, becoming Canada’s first cruiser since Aurora was paid off in 1922.
22 October 1914 HMCS Niobe makes her first operational patrol off the Strait of Belle Isle.
22 October 1940 Canadian destroyer HMCS Margaree is lost in collision with merchantman SS Port Fairy as she escorts Liverpool-out convoy OL8 450 miles to the west of Ireland. Cut in half the forward half of the ship sank immediately, the after half remaining afloat eventually sank by gunfire from the Port Fairy. She sank with 142 casualties, but 31 crew survive. Compounding the tragedy, 86 of those lost are survivors of the Fraser disaster. Margaree is the second destroyer lost due to collision within four months.
23 October 1939 HMCS Saguenay (Destroyer) intercepted the German tanker Emmy Friederich which scuttled herself.
23 October 1969 A major explosion occurred aboard HMCS Kootenay. The blast and intense engine room fire would become known as one of the worst peacetime accidents in the history of the RCN, with nine of her crew killed. Three years later, six crew members received medals honouring their bravery during the incident. Chief Petty Officer V.O. Partanan and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lewis John Stringer were both posthumously awarded the Cross of Valour. They were the first recipients of the newly initiated Canadian Cross of Valour which is our highest decoration for bravery in non-combat circumstances. The Star of Courage was awarded to Sun-Lieutenant Clark Reiffenstein (posthumously) and Petty Officer Clement Bussiere. The Medal of Bravery was awarded to Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert George and Petty Officer 1st Class Gerald Gillingham. In 2020 the Nova Scotia Premier declares 23 October HMCS Kootenay Day. It remains the worst peacetime disaster suffered by the RCN, and likely will prove to be the last ever communal burial of Canadian military personnel.
24 October 1949 A programme for the construction in Canadian shipyards of anti-submarine destroyer escorts for the RCN was announced by the Minister of national Defence in Parliament.
25 October 1944 HMCS Skeena was wrecked in a storm, and grounded near Reykjavik, Iceland. Fifteen lives were lost. The 14 sailors who drowned (a 15th body was never recovered) are interred in the Fossvogur Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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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