Service information for: 

 

Joey Colbers

 

Able Seaman Sonarman, C.A.F. (Navy)

 

Service info: Served in the Navy as a Sonarman in 1978 to 1982

Ship's served in:

HMCS SAGUENAY - Served in SAGUENAY 1980-1982

HNLMS DE RUYTER - Crossed Polled to DE RUYTER during SAGUENAY'S NATO deployment.

 

Note: photos are note in date sequence

 

JC01

JC02

JC03

JC04

JC05

(JC01) Banyan on HMCS SAGUENAY during paint ship routine

(JC02) Cox'n (centre) at Banyan on HMCS SAGUENAY

(JC03) C.O. (with camera) at the Banyan on HMCS SAGUENAY

(JC04) My good buddy Hull Tech Wiggins  on HMCS SAGUENAY says "cheese"

(JC05) A great guy - either an ET or Stoker  on HMCS SAGUENAY

 

JC06

JC07

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JC09

JC10

(JC06) Heading south for CARIBOPS

(JC07) American Boomer during CARIBOPS

(JC08) HMCS NIPIGON on our beam

(JC09) Unknown Supply Ship on our beam

(JC10) USS EISENHOWER

 

JC11

JC12

JC13

(JC11) Jacque Cousteau's "Calypso"

(JC12) "Me and my friend . . . the Bathy"

(JC13) "Me taking a break"

 

JC14

JC15

JC16

JC17

(JC14) HMCS OTTAWA 229 and HMCS SKEENA 207 in HMC Dockyard, Halifax.  Photo taken from the MacDonald Bridge

(JC15) HMCS PRESERVER alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax

(JC16) Gun and bridge of HMCS SAGUENAY - photo taken from by bullring. MacDonald Bridge and Halifax in the background. Photo taken from Dartmouth Annex

(JC17) Sea King Helo on the flight deck of HMCS SAGUENAY

 

JC018

JC019

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JC21

JC22

(JC018) Ships of NATO Squadron in Halifax

(JC19-JC22) HMCS SAGUENAY shipping seas

 

JC23

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JC26

JC27

(JC23) Unknown warship

(JC24) HMS INVINCIBLE, Portsmouth, England

(JC25) HMS VICTORY, Nelson's Flagship, Portsmouth, England

(JC26-JC27) HMCS SAGUENAY playing Cat and Mouse with a Soviet Krivak Class Frigate

 

JC28

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JC32

(JC28-JC29) Porpoises off Portugal

(JC30) Flight deck and hangar on HNLMS DE RUYTER

(JC31) Radar dome cover on HNLMS DE RUYTER

(JC32) Mast and Radar dome cover on HNLMS DE RUYTER

 

JC33

(JC33) Three Canadian destroyers in Amsterdam

 


 

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