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Canadian Submarines Future

Posted on September 15, 2016 by irishroverpei

As a retired submariner I despair every time I hear negative attitudes from Government and their using the deficits as their excuse. There failure to keep updating the RCN is a crime. The four British Upholder classes that we bought … Continue reading →

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The War That Wasn’t

Posted on August 1, 2016 by irishroverpei

I wonder how many people remember the Korean War? or indeed know if it really was a war? I have just finished reading a very good account of the Korean war in a book by Les Peate. His stories of … Continue reading →

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Read a Good Book Lately????

Posted on August 9, 2015 by irishroverpei

This is my second book and retells of my years in the Royal Navy. My adventures, mishaps and moments of danger. The good times and the bad, falling in love and suffering a broken heart (several times). Travel with me … Continue reading →

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First Review – Chapter XXI Armageddon

Posted on January 9, 2015 by irishroverpei

Somehow you combined a whiskey bottle, time travel, Hunter River, a Navy submarine, Jesus, complex machinery, a spy, a world terrorist crisis, Islam, Adam & Eve and a great mystery story all in one book! Wow… well done my friend! … Continue reading →

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Christmas Card from 1964

Posted on December 17, 2014 by irishroverpei

It is at this time of year that my thoughts return to a Christmas past. I remember my first Christmas in Canada in 1964 and how different it was from my homeland of Ireland. The biggest difference I recall was … Continue reading →

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The Royal Navy of the 21st Century

Posted on November 30, 2014 by irishroverpei

I name this ship… after myself’: Queen uses bottle of WHISKY to officially name giant 65,000-tonne vessel that is the Royal Navy’s great white hope HMS Queen Elizabeth was officially named by the monarch at ceremony in Rosyth Dockyard, Fife … Continue reading →

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One Over the Military Police!!

Posted on August 27, 2014 by irishroverpei

Last night I lay in bed unable to sleep, probably because it was a strange bed. My mind wandered back to a time in Londonderry around 1960. The story of my one and only run in with the Military Police, … Continue reading →

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Submarine races????

Posted on July 5, 2012 by irishroverpei

The first international indoor submarine race to be held in Europe is taking place in Hampshire, England. The event is being held at Qinetiq, the former Royal Navy’s testing facility at Haslar, Gosport, in a pool the size of a … Continue reading →

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Submarine Ojibwa Leaves Halifax for Last Time.

Posted on July 2, 2012 by irishroverpei

Submariners salute Ojibwa as she leaves Halifax. Ordinarily the send-off of a ship on her final journey is a somber occasion. This was not the case today in Halifax as retired submariners gathered to send the Cold War submarine HMCS … Continue reading →

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Submarine Ojibwa Last Voyage

Posted on June 1, 2012 by irishroverpei

Ojibwa will become the centrepiece of the new Elgin Military Museum of Naval History to be built in Port Burwell, Ontario on the north shore of Lake Erie. “This is going to be a museum of national and international status, … Continue reading →

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