Tag Archives: submarine
Canadian Submarines Future
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
The War That Wasn’t
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
Read a Good Book Lately????
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
First Review – Chapter XXI Armageddon
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
Christmas Card from 1964
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
The Royal Navy of the 21st Century
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
One Over the Military Police!!
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
Submarine races????
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
Submarine Ojibwa Leaves Halifax for Last Time.
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
Submarine Ojibwa Last Voyage
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
