NAC News – Edition – T277 HMS Miscou
(Western Isles Class Anti-Submarine Trawler built for the Royal Navy but loaned to Canada. She was not commissioned into the RCN and was manned by an RN crew.)
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Rod Hughes
Editor NAC News
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NOTICES
- A new way to honour Veterans To receive your digital Poppy, simply donate to the Poppy Fund at MyPoppy.ca by November 11th, 2018. All online proceeds will be distributed to your nearest Legion branch.
- GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (After 9 months1,260 people have contributed $162,095 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
- 6thAnnual 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
- Living the Dream – Commander Nancy Setchell, Commanding Officer, HMCS Charlottetown
- A sixth AOPS
- HMCS Toronto headed to Belfast for repairs after electrical problems cause loss of power
- Feds look to Davie, Seaspan, Irving to do $7 billion maintenance work on frigates
- Unarmed Warships: What are the AOPS for?
- DFO, Canadian Coast Guard create new Arctic region
- Is the Arctic set to become a main shipping route?
- Was National Defence’s hiring of CBC reporter an attempt to reveal his source in Mark Norman story, MP asks
- Here’s a pipeline route to tidewater Canada has never considered — but needs to
- Seaspan Completes Dry Docking of Ice-Strengthened Expedition Ship SILVER EXPLORER
- Ontario firm agrees to pay more than $4 million for selling defective equipment to U.S. Navy
- ★ Civilian Workforce 2018
- ★ Is the Canadian Arctic More Secure Now? (Editor – I love the arctic Europe graphic)
- First fully-electric vessels to operate in Canada with Schottel propulsion
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USA & AMERICAS
- Navy of the Future: The Revolution & Evolution of Surface Combatants
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 29, 2018
- The bad day scenario and shaping the Navy for global responsiveness, pt. 1
- The Navy Could Secretly Be Looking for a New Way to Stalk Diesel Submarines
- Navy Crafting Master Plan for New Era of Mine Warfare
- What do you call it? The politics and practicalities of warship classification
- Panama Canal Sets New Annual Tonnage Record in 2018
- Navy Officially Retires ‘Bucket’ Cover for Female Officers, Chiefs
- SNA’s “Old Salt” Award Passed to Adm. Davidson
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INDO-PACIFIC
- ★ Canada debuts warship at biennial military drills between Japan, US
- ★ Sharpening the sword as US and Japan kick off major exercise
- Not the new cold war
- Chinese evaluations of the U.S. navy submarine force, pt. 1
- Royal Australian Navy Commissioned the guided missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane
- India finalises deal to buy BrahMos-equipped frigates from Russia
- China’s homemade carrier out in Yellow Sea for third trial
- Coming Soon: China’s Navy Could Eventually Have Six Aircraft Carriers
- Regional flat top race continues to heat up
- Early warning planes key to improving PLA’s carriers
- Beijing opens weather stations on artificial islands in South China Sea
- China Expects U.S. Navy To Transit Taiwan Strait Again Soon
- New US-Japan defense strategy proposed for strategic islands
- Piracy Warning off Philippines
- Maritime disputes and the rules-based order
- ★ Introduction to Naval Operations course (Editor – what a great idea)
- New Indian navy ships to monitor China in Indian Ocean
- Conference on submarine progress
- How the West’s research aids China’s military
- World’s Biggest Container Ship on Maiden Call at Westports
- MJP waterjet propulsion chosen for new US Army landing craft
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- In Norway, NATO’s response to Russian aggression — military drills involving 50,000 troops
- NATO chief: Both sides expected to behave despite drills
- Russia to test-launch rockets near Norway’s Arctic coast in last days of Trident Juncture
- ★ 1. World’s Biggest Dry Dock Sinks Holding Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier (Editor -1-3 a sequence)
- 2. Special commission to decide on sunken floating dock’s future – Russian deputy premier
- Dutch warship to join HMS Queen Elizabeth on first operational deployment
- The Real Reason France Wants a New Aircraft Carrier
- HMS Tyne monitors movements of Russian frigate
- Panel: NATO, EU Need Major Changes in Operations, Infrastructure to Deter Russian Aggression
- Leonardo OTO 76/62 SR Main Guns for German Navy’s K130 Batch II Corvettes
- Mediterranean gas hunt threatened by Cyprus stand-off
- Russian Oil Set to Lose Billions from IMO 2020 Ship-Fuel Rules
- LNG-Powered Tanker Completes Transit of Northern Sea Route
- 520 migrants rescued after boat sank, but baby died: Spanish authorities
- Valencia to Build a Terminal Capable of Handling 24,000 TEU Behemoths
- Video: Spectrum of the Seas Gets Its Azipods
- Babcock to Close Appledore Shipyard in England as Orders Dry Up
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MIDDLE EAST
- ★ Two Iranian fast boats approached the US Wasp-class amphibious assault ship (Editor – great pictures that shows the real event. The close-in weapons practice firing is very interesting)
- HMS Montrose sails on landmark deployment to the Middle East
- HMAS Ballarat deploys for nine-month Middle East mission
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
- Over a Quarter of Sailors Seeking Help Affected by Piracy
- Pirate Attack Averted off East Coast of Somalia
- Pirates Seize Eight Polish Crew, Three Others From Ship Off Nigeria Coast
- Kidnapped Crew of MV Glarus Freed After a Month in Pirate Hands
- Climate change: Oceans ‘soaking up more heat than estimated’
- ★ Flight Over a Rectangular Iceberg in the Antarctic
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- Dan Aykroyd narrates Military Moments | The Fight for Italy
- A Grim Future For Russia’s Nuclear Sub Fleet (Editor – interesting analysis, lots of boat pics)
- Helicopter Door Gunner vs Drone – Helicopter Door Gunner Shoots Down Drone in Mid-Air (Editor – not something you see every day)
- SCARY Underwater Submarine Rescue: US and International Exercise (Editor – great pics, I wish I knew more about the exercise)