HMCS
ANNAPOLIS 265
Annapolis
Class Destroyer
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HMCS
ANNAPOLIS 265 Source: USN Defence
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Laid down:
02 Sep 1961
Launched: 27
Apr 1963
Commissioned: 19
Dec 1964
Paid off for DELEX refit: 19
Aug 1985
DELEX
refit completed: 08 Jan 1987
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Re-commissioned:
08 Jan 1987
Placed in reserve: 15
Nov 1996
Paid off:
01 Jul 1998
Fate:
Anchored in Howe Sound, British Columbia, to be turned into an
artificial reef. Project has been on hold for several years due
to environmental protests/concerns. |
Built
at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., ANNAPOLIS was commissioned on 19 Dec 1964.
She was the twentieth and last of the Cadillacs. ANNAPOLIS served most of her career with the
RCN on the east coast. On 27 Jul 1970, along with HMCS SKEENA
and HMCS PROTECTEUR, she departed Halifax to celebrate Manitoba's Centennial with visits to Fort
Churchill, Rankin Inlet, Chesterfield Inlet and Wakeham Bay. In June
1974, while flagship of SNFL, ANNAPOLIS went to the aid of a Sea
King helicopter which had lost an engine and ditched. After rescuing
its crew, the ANNAPOLIS recovered the helo and loaded it onto a
barge and towed it to Den Helder, there bringing it onboard for
return to Halifax. On 14 Aug 1989, ANNAPOLIS left Halifax for
Esquimalt where she served primarily as a training ship. From 03 Jun
to 07 Jun 1990, HMCS KOOTENAY, HMCS ANNAPOLIS, HMCS HURON had a port visit at Vladivostok,
Russia. On 10 Mar 1994, HMCS ANNAPOLIS departed Esquimalt
to participate in Operation Forward Action, Haiti. Arriving on
station on 25 Mar 1994; she departed the Op Area on 23 Apr 1994. ANNAPOLIS
was paid off from the RCN on 15 Nov 1996 and
placed in reserve. She was paid off in 1998 and stripped of all
weapons and sensors before being laid up at CFB Esquimalt. ANNAPOLIS
was sold to the Artificial Reef
Society of BC in 2008 and was sunk as an artificial reef near
Gambier Island, BC on 04 Apr 2015.
Photos
and Documents Commissioning Booklet
Ship's
Bells
Prince
Charles pays unofficial visit to HMCS ANNAPOLIS - Jun 1974
SNFL 1974 Commemorative Book
SNFL 1977 Commemorative Book
Commanding Officers
Cdr Robert Claude
K. Peers,
RCN - 19 Dec 1964 - 06 Sep 1966
Cdr D.N. Mainguy,
RCN - 06 Sep 1966 - 18 Dec 1967
Cdr Douglas Ross,
RCN - 04 Jan
1968 - 21 Aug 1969
Cdr Alan Gordon Lowe - 21 Aug 1969 - 20 Feb
1971
Cdr Albert Peter Campbell - 01 Apr
1971 - 08 Sep 1972 Cdr Jan Jansz Drent
- 08 Sep 1972 - 18 Jul 1975
Cdr
Robert A. Willson - 08 Aug 1975 - 14 May
1977
Cdr Anthony Roy Hamilton Wood - 14 May
1977 - 16 Apr 1979
Cdr Peter William Dumbrille - 16 Apr
1979 - 01 Oct 1980
Cdr J.C. Braconnier - 01 Oct 1980 - 28 Jun
1982 Cdr James Clayton Bain - 28 Jun 1982 - 23 Apr 1984 Cdr George Oscar S. Hurford - 23 Apr
1984 - 01 Aug 1985 |
LCdr
R.J. Kerr - 01 Aug 1985 - 16 Dec 1985 LCdr
D.G. McNeil - 16 Dec 1985 - 26 Jul 1986 Cdr
Brian Frank Beaudry - 26 Jul 1986 - 04 Jul 1988 Cdr
R.J. Neveu - 04 Jul 1988 - 28 Sep 1989 Cdr
A.L. Vey - 28 Sep 1989 - 27 Sep 1990 Cdr
J.D. Fraser - 27 Sep 1990 - 25 Jan 1991 Cdr
Richard R. Town - 25 Jan 1991 - 05 Jul 1991 LCdr
Robert W. Stacey 05 Jul 1991 - 27 Sep 1991 Cdr
Richard R. Town - 27 Sep 1991 - 26 Jul 1993 Cdr
S.C. Bertrand - 26 Jul 1993 - 04 Jan 1995 Cdr
D.W. Robertson - 04 Jan 1995 - 22 Jul 1996 Cdr
J.W. Hayes - 22 Jul 1996 - 19 Dec 1996 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Bain, James
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Baker,
Carl R.
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Baker,
Donald F.
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Barlow,
William T. |
Beckett,
Brian H. |
Blondeau,
Ronald B.
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Bolt,
Randolph B.
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Bourdreault,
Ernie
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Bournival,
Réjean
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Bragg, James
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Bristow,
Anthony G.
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Butler,
Lawrence W.
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Haley,
Richard D.
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Hamilton,
Robert A.
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Harper,
Richard W.
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Hatch,
Christian D. |
Hatherley,
Peter |
Hesketh,
Neil
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Hewitt, J.
Terrance
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Hill, Peter
E.
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Hillier,
Clyde C.
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Holland,
William A.
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Holloran,
Charles T.
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Hughes,
John D,
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Hurford,
George O. S.
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Laforme,
George R.
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Lawhead,
Thomas H.
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Lawrence,
Raymond
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Leeming,
Matthew R.
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Legaarden,
John T.
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Lerhe, Eric
J.
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Lewis, David
J.
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Lilly, John
W.
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Lockhart,
John S.
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Lowe,
Alan G.
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Lynch,
Grant E.
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Mac
Innis, Alexander J.
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MacDonald, J. R.
Kenneth
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Mace,
Ronald T.
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MacGillivray,
Darroch N.
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MacIntyre,
Norman E.
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MacLeod,
John T.
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Mahon,
Brian A.
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Mainguy,
Daniel N. |
Manning,
Vivian C.
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Marshall,
Harry J.
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Martin, G. Paul
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Maskell,
Thomas B.
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Matheson,
John E.
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Mayo, Calvin
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McKay,
Gordon E. |
McLean,
Mark D.
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McLeod, Gordon A.
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McLeod,
Myrvin K.
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Middleton,
Maurice
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Morgan,
Philip W. |
Munday,
Robert W.
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Munn, B.
Wilson
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Murphy,
William H.
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Murray,
Allan L.
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Myles,
Thomas
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Payne,
J.Richard S.
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Pearce, Harvey C.
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Peers,
Robert C.K.
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Pelley,
Bruce A.
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Peterson,
Buddy L.
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Phillips,
Larry D.
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Phillips,
Paul R.
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Pickford, K.
John
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Poidevin,
James J.
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Pratt,
John G.
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Price,
Raymond F.
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Sarkany,
James M.
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Saunders, Oliver M. |
Sheldrick,
Thomas L.H.
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Shotton, Al
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Simper, Allan |
Sly,
William M.
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Smale, Joseph B.
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Smith,
Carmen E.
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Springer,
David N.
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Squires,
William R.
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Steeves,
Robert D.
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Former Crew Members
Alain, Mo
Baird, Lorne
Chutskoff, Brian,
Medical Officer/Flight Surgeon STANAVFORLANT 1974 Dawson,
Larry, Sonarman Edison,
William G. H. (Bill), Petty Officer 2nd Class Electrical Technician Gohlish,
Heinz E., Sub-Lieutenant Ingram,
Russ Isreal, Harry Joyce,
Geoff
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Kaye,
Steve, Stoker
Kelly,
Dennis, Leading Seaman Radar Plotter
Lee, Bill, WU, ship's diver - 1970-1975
Montgomery, Bill,
Hull Mechanic - 1965
Mulock, Todd - early 1990s
Oliver, Wayne
Palardy, Luc - 1992-1994
Pascall, Luke, Stwd
Patrick, Brian
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Plant, Dan, Stoker (METTP)
Power,
George
Richmond, Robert (Bob), ABLT1
Rogers, Rick
Stuart,
Bob 1991-1993
Tardif, Stéphane - Jun 1988 - Jun 1989
Tofflemire,
Bob, RP
Turner, Les
Valley, Dave, ER - 1974 - 1976
Wills, Al, NESOP - Sep 1989 - Aug 1990 |
Photos
and Documents
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HMCS ANNAPOLIS - Commissioning Day.
Cdr R.C.K, Peers, first C.O., piped
onboard
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HMCS ANNAPOLIS 265
DND / RCN photo
Note: this photo was used in the welcome aboard
pamphlet below
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HMCS
ANNAPOLIS Welcome Aboard pamphlet - 1966
From the collection of / Courtesy of Heinz Gohlish,
Lt (N), RCN / C.A.F.
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The
Queen Mom chats with sailors on HMCS ANNAPOLIS during her visit to
the ship - 18 Jul 1967 (First seven crew members,
R-L: CPO Laye, CPO Hall, CPO Armston, PO2 Holland, LS Tanner,
Pinkeron, and unknown Courtesy of Bill Edison,
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(HG01)
HMCS ANNAPOLIS - Escort to the Royal Yacht and the Queen Mother (HG02)
Memo accompanying change to the MARESC orders from HMY BRITANNIA (HG03)
The Queen Mum on HMCS ANNAPOLIS (HG04) HMCS ANNAPOLIS conducts a
sail-past of the BRITANNIA on completion of her escort duties and salutes the
Queen Mother
HMCS
ANNAPOLIS and Centennial Year
ANNAPOLIS
spent the summer of 1967 in local waters. Her deployment can be divided into
three phases: port visits to towns and cities in Eastern Canada, as escort for
HMY Britannia for two weeks and as guard ship at Expo 67 in Montreal for three
weeks. It was a wonderful summer and my recollection is that the crew
thoroughly enjoyed showing the flag in local venues, some persons in places
where they grew up. The only downside that summer was the unusually heavy fog
across almost the entire Maritimes which made some port entries a bit tense
and took away some of the festive atmosphere.
The
ports visited for "Centennial Visits" over the period May to August
were the following: Baie-Comeau, St. John's, Bathurst, Corner Brook,
Newcastle, Port aux Basques, Charlottetown, Quebec City, Souris and finally
Montreal.
In
July, ANNAPOLIS spent two weeks in station 1000 yards astern of HMY Britannia,
with HM the Queen Mother on board and with only the occasional glimpse of the
royal yacht. Almost all navigation and station keeping was done with radar.
The
ports visited were the following, with HM seldom seeing the place she was
visiting until she stepped ashore: Saint John, Summerside, St. Andrews,
Shediac, Campobello, Sydney, Canso Lock, Charlottetown, Arisaig and St. John's
where HM visited ANNAPOLIS to meet some of the ship's company.
Note
on the sail past photo: Prior to final departure as escort for the royal yacht
we were stationed on HMY's port quarter. We cranked up to 25 knots. The wind
was light and the sea was completely flat but there was a considerable swell
causing the ship to pitch heavily, especially at speed. The foc'sle crew was
hanging on for dear life.
(HG05)
HS50 Helairdet 1967 (HG06) Beartrap trials in Halifax
Harbour Apr 1967 (HG07) A clean flight deck is a safe flight
deck (HG08) This is how it's done (HG09) Helairdet
commander, LCdr. Jean Véronneau.
ANNAPOLIS
was one of the first DDHs with an operational Helicopter Air Detachment (helairdet).
Trials were conducted in early 1967 and a CHSS-2 was deployed with ANNAPOLIS for the remainder of her commission.
(
HG10-HG12) HMCS ANNAPOLIS covered in ice during Helo Heavy Weather
Trials - Jan 1968 (HG13-14) Storm Damage - Jan 1968
In
early 1968 ANNAPOLIS was tasked with heavy weather trials for the
flight deck. We sailed in January looking for rough weather – and found it!
The ship iced up so severely that, on at least one occasion, lower decks were
cleared to chip ice – a rather unpleasant experience. I don’t recall what
useful work got done under these conditions but suspect it was not very much.
(HG15-HG16)
HMCS OTTAWA 229, HMCS FRASER 233, HMCS ASSINIBOINE 234, HMCS RESTIGOUCHE 257
and HMCS NIPIGON 266 alongside in San Juan, PR during WUPS - Feb/Mar
1967. Flags are at half-mast for the death of Governor General George
Vanier (HG17) Naval Assembly in Halifax - 1967 (HG18) HMCS
ANNAPOLIS arrival at Dublin, Ireland 12-15 Sep 1968 (19) USSR Kotlin
Class during Exercise Silver Tower 16-29 Sept 1968
HG20 |
(HG20) ANNAPOLIS Helairdet Sept 1968 including
deployment to Europe and the Eastern Arctic for Exercise Silver Tower 16-29
Sept.
(Standing
L-R) "Goose" McClellan, Doug Robinson, Herb Harzan, Herb
Parsons, Willie Madder, Ron Zboril
(Front)
Bob Henderson.
(HG21)
HMCS PROVIDER - photo taken from HMCS ANNAPOLIS during a RAS - Sep
1968 (HG22) HMCS ANNAPOLIS arriving at Portsmouth, England for a port
visit 14-22 Oct 1968 (HG23) HMCS ANNAPOLIS at Norfolk, VA Norfolk, 30
Nov - 4 Dec 1968. The Commissioning of HMCS RAINBOW taking place across the
jetty on 02 Dec 1968 (HG24) Port visit to USNA Annapolis, Maryland 5-10
Dec 1968
From the collection of / Courtesy of Heinz Gohlish,
Lt (N), RCN / C.A.F.
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(1) Newspaper article on the last tot issued on
HMCS ANNAPOLIS (2) Garnet Estabrooks preparing to
issue the last tot on board HMCS ANNAPOLIS, Mar
1972 (3) Art Fallas (right) receiving his last
official tot on HMCS ANNAPOLIS, March 1972 (4) LS Sonny Gray on the flight deck of HMCS
ANNAPOLIS,
circa 1971-1973 (5) Lorne Baird and Art Fallas "up the stick"
on HMCS ANNAPOLIS (6) HMCS ANNAPOLIS tied up outboard of HMS Belfast,
London, England
Courtesy of Art Fallas
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Life below
decks, HMCS ANNAPOLIS, 1971-1973
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(1) #1 Mess (2) #1 Mess - (L-R) Brian
Patrick and Harry Israel (3) #1 Mess (4) #1 Mess (L-R) Thom Scheldrick and Harry Israel
(5) #1 Mess (L-R) Wayne Oliver and Harry Israel, Feb
1972 (6) #1 Mess (L-R) Thom Scheldrick, Rick Rogers and Art
Fallas (7) #1 Mess (L-R) Wayne Oliver, Mo Alain, Art Fallas, ??,
Harry Israel (8) #1 Mess (L-R) Lorne Baird, Mo Alain, Art Fallas
(9) #1 Mess (L-R) Lorne Baird, Wayne Oliver and Art Fallas
(10) #1 Mess, Mo Alain (11) #1 Mess, Rick Rogers
Courtesy of Art Fallas
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HMCS ANNAPOLIS - Sailing south to the Caribbean
- Canada at War Series 1971-1973
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(1)
Tanning Stations - Art Fallas relaxing on the foc'sle. Note the can of Olands beer
(2) Tanning Stations (3) Tanning stations (4) Three sailors modeling the
latest Canadian Armed Forces tropical rig (5) Art Fallas on the STBD wing
Courtesy of Art Fallas
Webmaster's note: Canada
was not at war at this time ... this is just sailor's humour
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3"50 mount on HMCS ANNAPOLIS 265 |
HMCS ANNAPOLIS
265 conducting a RAS with RAS Hr Ms Poolster - NATO 1975
Photo
taken from Hr Ms Hr MS Poolster
Courtesy
of Cor van Dongen, Ttelegrafist Royal Dutch Navy 1972-1979
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HMCS ANNAPOLIS 265 with the Standing Naval
Force Atlantic, Funchal, Madeira, 1977
Courtesy of Serge Joncas |
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The ship's wheel of former HMCS ANNAPOLIS
which for sale at Trinity Marine |
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HMCS ANNAPOLIS wins
Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Proficiency Shield
Courtesy of Jean Viau
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HMCS ANNAPOLIS 265, Jan 1969
Courtesy of Jean Viau
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Cadillacs at sea in 1972
Photo taken from HMCS ANNAPOLIS 265
Courtesy of John Knudsen |
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HMCS
ANNAPOLIS 1982
The Happy Ship
After about 30 days at sea during an extended exercise the heads of
department and crew members were asked for creative ideas to boost
morale and relieve boredom. The Air Department came up with using
Happy Faces. These photos show the result.
Gary
recalls learning a valuable lesson in planning ahead ... on the
return trip to Halifax he discovered there wasn't any battleship
grey paint left to restore the hanger door. So she was showing her
happy face to the world for several days back alongside.
Artwork by A/B Tom Taylor and M/S Gary Gunnell
Gary Gunnell provided these photos and anecdote
Courtesy of Dave Borrowman
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Crossing the line on HMCS ANNAPOLIS 265 in 1988
Courtesy of Stephane Tardif |
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Former HMCS ANNAPOLIS at Gambier Island, BC
being prepared for becoming an artificial reef
Credit: Artificial Reef Society of BC |
The scuttling of the former
HMCS ANNAPOLIS 265
A cold war warrior becomes an artificial reef
On 04 Apr 2015 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time, ANNAPOLIS
was sunk as an artificial reef near Gambier Island,
British Columbia
Photographer: Dennis Cardy
/ © Dennis Cardy 2015
These photos are not to be
resold, re-used or republished without written permission of the copy write
holder
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February
2022 sonar image of the Former HMCS ANNAPOLIS provided by the
Canadian Coast Guard Base, Sea Island. The image shows a
massive school of shiny perch over the flight deck and forward
safety stop station. The ANNAPOLIS is routinely used by the
Canadian Coast Guard as a training center for their dive team and
share a working relationship with the Reef Society in support of
strengthening mooring lines.
Source:
Facebook post by the Artificial Reef Society of BC
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