SeaWaves Today in History June 30, 2009 1398 - Legend has it that Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, lands at Guysborough, Nova Scotia on this day, and visits the sites of Pictou and Stellarton 1578 - Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 takes possession of Greenland for Elizabeth I; calls it West England 1665 - Alexandre de Prouville, Marquis de Tracy c1596-1670 arrives in New France with the Carignan-Salières Regiment to do battle with the Iroquois 1797 - The naval mutiny at the Nore - a naval anchorage in the Thames estuary - was suppressed. The mutiny, against bad food and inadequate pay, was led by Richard Parker, whose punishment was to be hanged from the yardarm of his ship 1815 - USS Peacock takes HMS Nautilus, last action of the War of 1812 1859 - French acrobat Blondin (born Jean Francois Gravelet) crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope as 5,000 spectators watched 1900 - 4 German liners burn at Hoboken Docks NJ, 326 die 1913 - Submarine HMS E2 completed 1916 - Submarine HMS G8 completed 1917 - Destroyer HMS Douglas laid down 1917 - Battleship USS Idaho launched 1919 - Destroyers USS Bancroft & J Fred Talbott commissioned 1922 - Cruiser HMCS Aurora along with submarines CH 14 & CH 15 paid off & placed in hands of caretakers in Halifax 1922 - Trawler HMCS Arleux transferred to Marine & Fisheries as a patrol vessel. Frequently acted as mother ship to winter haddock-fishing fleet off the East Coast of Canada 1926 - Destroyer FS La Palme launched 1927 - Submarine HNLMS Thetis launched 1927 - Destroyer HNLMS Piet Hein launched 1928 - Submarine HMS Parthian laid down 1930 - Submarine HMS Pandora commissioned 1934 - Adolf Hitler began his "blood purge" of political and military leaders in Germany 1937 - Destroyer HMS Imperial commissioned 1938 - Submarine USS Skipjack commissioned 1938 - Sloop HMS Auckland launched 1938 - France, Britain, and United States agreed to increase maximum size for battleships 1939 - Minesweeping trawler HMS Buttermere launched 1940 - German forces occupy the Channel Islands. Only British territory they occupy during war. St. Peter Port, Guernsey - The first that Major John Sherwill, the Attorney General of Guernsey, knew of German occupation was a telephone call telling him that a Junkers aircraft had landed at the small airport. A little while later there was a knock on his door. Two German officers were admiring his early roses. Sherwill invited them in. "Please use the side door," he requested them. "The children are asleep in the hall." The Germans were happy to oblige 1940 - First convoy of Australian & New Zealand troops for defense of Britain landed in England 1940 - Two more German raiders set sail for the Atlantic. 'Thor' makes for the South Atlantic and returns to Germany after 11 months. Pinguin leaves for the Indian Ocean around the Cape of Good Hope. Later she goes into the Antarctic and is finally lost in May 1941. Meanwhile 'Orion' is laying mines off New Zealand that account for the gold-bullion carrying liner Niagara. According to MAANZ (Maritime Archaeological Association of New Zealand) - Niagara-steel-screw steamship of 7582 tons built in 1913. She sank on 19 June 1940 off Bream Head after striking an enemy mine. She was carrying a cargo of gold bars. All but five gold bars were recovered after the incident. Those five bars are still in the wreck 1940 - The loss of Norway means that Britain's blockade line from the Orkneys to southern Norway is outflanked and a new one has to be established between the Shetlands and Iceland. The RN starts the massive task of laying a mine barrage along this line. Within a matter of days the first U-boats are sailing from Bergen in Norway, while others are sent to patrol as far south as the Canary and Cape Verde Islands. Italian submarines join them in this area but without any early successes. Towards the end of the month, U-122 and U-102 are lost off the North Channel, possible on mines. It is in this area and throughout the Northwestern Approaches that such U-boat commanders as Endras, Kretschmer, Prien and Schepke enjoy their 'Happy Time' until early 1941. U-boat strength is no greater than at the beginning of the war, and there are never more than 15 boats on patrol out of the 25 operational, the rest are training or on trials. Yet from now until the end of December they account for most of the 315 ships of the 1,659,000 tons lost in the Atlantic. Many of these are stragglers, independents or in unescorted convoys, but it is among the escorted convoys that U-boat tactics are particularly notable. Instead of attacking submerged where they can be detected by ASDIC, they are operating on the surface at night as 18kt torpedo boats, faster than most of the escorts - and in any case there are few enough of these as many are held on anti-invasion duties 1940 - US Navy now has 1,099 ships and district craft and 189,361 personnel consisting of 160,997 sailors and 28,364 Marines. There are also 13,766 members of the USCG 1940 - Shipping losses for June - German losses - 53 ships of 297,000 tons and 3 armed merchant cruisers. 2 U-boats, dates and causes of loss uncertain. Merchant ship losses in the Atlantic - 77 ships of 209,000 tons. Losses in the Mediterranean - 6 British, Allied and neutral ships of 45,000 tons. 1940 - Force H has assembled at Gibraltar from units of the Home Fleet. Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville flies his flag in battlecruiser HMS Hood and has under his command battleships HMS Resolution and HMS Valiant, carrier HMS Ark Royal and a few cruisers and destroyers. He reports directly to the Admiralty and not to the Commander, North Atlantic. From Gibraltar Force H can cover the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Units can also quickly transfer back to the Home Fleet and UK waters in the event of invasion. The composition of Force H indicates that it was to be employed as two distinct units; one for scouting and the other a main battle force. The carrier and battlecruiser, plus a screen of cruisers were to employ their speed and aircraft to locate the enemy. The scouting force was then to engage in a harassing fashion and report the enemy’s movement, with the intention of slowing or blocking the opponent until the battle force, screened by destroyers, could join for a major fleet action. This concept of operations was consistent with British inter-war doctrine and was how the RN was organized for employment until 1945, when the British Pacific Fleet began cooperative operations with the USN in the Pacific War. Only then did carrier aviation become the centerpiece of RN fleet operations, relegating battleships to a secondary, supporting role 1941 - Minesweeper HMCS Trois Rivieres (ex HMCS Three Rivers) launched Sorel PQ 1941 - Corvette HMCS Camrose commissioned 1941 - Minesweeper HMCS Wasaga commissioned 1941 - Destroyer HMAS Waterhen is sunk off Bardia in North Africa by an Italian JU-87 1941 - US Navy places an order for two Grumman XF6F-1 Hellcat prototypes, Bu Nos 02981 and 02982 1941 - US Navy now has 1,899 ships and district craft and 338,786 personnel consisting of 284,427 sailors and 54,359 Marines. There are also 19,235 members of the USCG 1941 - Insect class river gunboat HMS Cricket escorting a convoy from Mersa Matruh to Tobruk is damaged by a near miss bomb. She is taken in tow but found unfit for further sea duty. She is then employed as a floating AA platform until being scuttled off the south coast of Cyprus where she lay undisturbed, until her hull was discovered by RE divers during the 1980's 1941 - Shipping losses for June - Mediterranean - 3 ships of 9,000 tons. Home waters - 34 ships of 86,000 tons. Atlantic - 70 ships of 329.000 tons. 4 German and 1 Italian U-boat 1941 - Heavy cruiser USS Boston laid down 1941 - Destroyers USS Hobby & Kalk laid down 1941 - Minesweeper HMAS Launceston launched 1941 - Submarine USS Grayback commissioned 1941 - AA cruiser HMS Euryalus commissioned 1941 - HMS Torbay sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Cape Malea, Greece 1942 - Tugs ordered for RCN - HMCS Haysville, Kingsville, Grenville & Lakeville 1942 - The close cover escort for convoy PQ-17 sails from Iceland. The convoy sailed from Iceland on the 27th. The Home Fleet sailed from Scapa Flow to also provide cover on the 28th 1942 - Evacuation of Sebastopol is ordered by the Russian High Command. The Soviet Black Sea fleet will attempt to comply with little success 1942 - US Navy now has 5,612 ships and district craft and 843,096 personnel consisting of 640,570 sailors; 143,528 Marines; and 58,998 Coastguardsmen 1942 - Submarine depot ship HMS Medway which was evacuating Alexandria is torpedoed and sunk by U-372 NE of Alexandria at 31 03N 30 35E. There were 30 casualties but 1105 survivors rescued by HMS Zulu and Hero. The U-boat commander Kaptleut Hans-Joachim Neumann was not aware of the nature of his target, believing it to be a 15 000 ton freighter, and the Germans did not learn about the loss of HMS Medway for some months 1942 - Minesweeper Coastal USS Hornbill sunk collision lumber schooner Esther Johnson San Francisco Bay 1942 - Patrol Vessel District YP-128 destroyed by grounding off Monterey California 1942 - Patrol Vessel District YP-270 destroyed by grounding 1942 - Lt John Stuart Mould (1910-57), RANVR, was awarded the George Cross for his successful handling of dangerous bomb mine disposal problems from 14 November 1941 to date 1942 - Destroyer USS Morrison laid down 1942 - Destroyer escort USS Robert E Peary laid down 1942 - Submarine USS Tunny launched 1942 - Destroyer USS Fletcher commissioned 1943 - In Operation TOENAILS, the USN's Task Force 31, supported by land-based Allied aircraft, lands the 172d Infantry Regiment of the 43d Infantry Division, on Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands; two companies of the 169th Infantry Regiment are also landed on two small islands bracketing the passage through the coral reef to the future landings on New Georgia Island. The 4th Marine Raider Battalion, which had landed at Segi Point on Vangunu Island off the SE coast of New Georgia Island on 21 June, marches overland to seize Viru Harbor on the SE coast of Vangunu. At 1530 hours local, 49 IJN aircraft attack the retiring USN invasion; the attack force consists of 24 torpedo carrying Mitsubishi G4M Navy Type 1 Attack Bombers, Allied Code Name "Betty" escorted by 25 Mitsubishi A6M Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighters, Allied Code Name "Zeke." One "Betty" launches a torpedo that hits the attack transport USS McCawley, the force flagship, in the engine room, killing 15 of her crew, and knocking out all power. The ship is taken under tow but at 1640 hours, all the crew except the salvage party is taken off. At 1730 hours, 30 IJN fighters attack the invasion force and the McCawley is strafed by not damaged. At 2023 hours, the ship is struck by another torpedo and sinks in 30 seconds. The following day, it was learned that six USN PT boats had torpedoed an "enemy" transport in Blanche Channel, after having been informed there were no friendly forces in the area 1943 - In Operation CHRONICLE, the USN's Task Force 76 lands the 112th Cavalry Regiment and the 158th Infantry Regiment, on Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands in Nassau Bay respectively. At the same time, the 1st Battalion, 162d Infantry Regiment lands in Nassau Bay. Airfield construction soon begins on Woodlark Island 1943 - Patrol Boat, 83 Foot Type USCGC 83421 sunk in collision off Florida 1943 - The US Navy now has 18,493 ships and craft and 2,207,720 personnel consisting of 1,741,750 sailors; 310,994 Marines; and 154,976 Coastguardsmen 1943 - Frigate HMCS St Pierre laid down Lauzon PQ 1943 - Frigate HMS Deane laid down 1943 - Submarine HMS Sleuth laid down 1943 - Destroyers USS Blue, McGowan & McNair laid down 1943 - Frigate HMS Affleck launched 1943 - Rescue tug HMS Flaunt launched 1943 - Destroyer HMS Wakeful launched 1943 - Destroyer USS Halsey Powell launched 1943 - Destroyer escorts USS Joseph E Campbell & Richey launched 1943 - Destroyer HMS Ulster commissioned 1943 - Heavy cruiser USS Boston commissioned 1943 - Destroyer USS Caperton commissioned 1943 - Destroyer escort USS Weber commissioned 1943 - Attack Transport USS McCawley torpedoed Japanese aircraft off Rendova Solomon Islands and sunk by US PT-boats 1944 - Frigate HMCS Longueuil arrived Bermuda for workups 1944 - HMC ML 124 commissioned 1944 - US Navy now has 46,032 ships and craft and 3,623,205 personnel consisting of 2,981,365 sailors; 472,582 Marines; and 169,258 Coastguardsmen 1944 - Escort carrier USS Attu commissioned 1944 - Destroyer escorts USS Bright & Maurice J Manuel commissioned 1944 - Minesweeper USS Skirmish commissioned 1944 - Submarine USS Spikefish commissioned 1944 - A Canadian Canso patrol aircraft from RCAF 162 Squadron and a British Liberator patrol aircraft from RAF 86 Squadron sank U-478, OLtzS Rudolf Rademacher, CO, NE of the Faeroes, in position 63.27N, 000.50W. The submarine was first sighted by the Canso, which was unable to release its depth charges during its attack. The Canadian aircraft vectored in the Liberator, which dropped a six-charge pattern that lifted the boat’s bows out of the water. Although survivors were sighted in two dinghies, none of U-478's 52 crewmembers were rescued. U-478 was a medium-range Type VIIC submarine built by Deutsche Werke, at Kiel. She was commissioned on 08 Sep 43, OLtzS Rudolf Rademacher, CO. U-478 was on her first patrol at the time of her loss and had not sunk or damaged any ships. Rudolf Rademacher was born in 1919, at Breslau. He joined the navy in 1937. He served in the battleship Tirpitz from Feb 41 until Jan 43, when he transferred to the U-boat force. He was promoted to OLtzS on 01 Apr 42. After conversion training, Rademacher went directly to the U-boat Commander Course and a period of contact training with the 24th U-boat Flotilla. He was appointed to commission U-478 on 08 Sep 43. OLtzS Rademacher was lost, along with entire crew, when U-478 was sunk NE of Faeroes 30 Jun 44 1944 - HMS Spiteful sinks a Japanese fishing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca 1945 - Tug HMCS Atwood assigned to Sydney for ASW towing vessel duties 1945 - Auxiliary HMCS Lakewood assigned to Prince Rupert for ASW towing vessel duties 1945 - US Navy now has 67,952 ships and craft and 4,031,097 personnel consisting of 3,383,196 sailors; 476,709 Marines; and 171,192 Coastguardsmen 1945 - Destroyer USS Power launched 1945 - Submarines HMS Astute & Auriga commissioned 1949 - CPO2 H.P. Gill RCN(R) awarded Long Service & Good Conduct medal 1950 - RCN Sea Fury #TF997 enroute Montreal to HMCS Shearwater lost. Wreckage found many years later in Northern Maine 1951 - Naval Administration of Marianas ends 1953 - HMCS Athabaskan destroys her 2nd train, bringing the total to 8 trains destroyed by Canadian ships in Korea 1966 - USS Oriskany port call Subic Bay 1967 - Submarine HMS Churchill laid down 1969 - Seattle City Light approved to purchase Kiket Island for a proposed nuclear power plant 1969 - USS Bon Homme Richard port call Sasebo 1970 - US Navy deactivates Sand Point Naval Air Station (later renamed Magnuson Park) 1971 - SS Inverleigh (ex HMCS Festuburt) scuttled off Burgeo Nfld 1972 - USS Constellation completed Vietnam deployment 1972 - USS Kitty Hawk port call Hong Kong 1973 - USS Hancock port call Subic Bay 1966 - USS Oriskany port call Subic Bay 1969 - USS Bon Homme Richard port call Sasebo 1972 - USS Constellation completed Vietnam deployment 1972 - USS Kitty Hawk port call Hong Kong 1973 - USS Hancock port call Subic Bay 1973 - Destroyer HMCS Mackenzie boarded & seized MV Marysville in a reported million dollar drug seizure 1976 - British Columbia Court of Appeal rules that the province owns seabed mineral resources between Vancouver Island and the mainland; rejects federal claims 1981 - Destroyer HMCS Assiniboine grounded on Point Pleasant Shoal 1984 - Lt Donovan Francis Miller & Capt Thomas Charles Pullen awarded Officer-Order of Canada. S/Lt Harry D MacKenzie awarded Member-Order of Canada 1990 - RADM Peter William Cairns Commander-Order of Military Merit. Capt (N) David Christopher Morse, Capt (N) Kenneth "Ken" A Nason, Capt (N) Michael Edward Shannon awarded Officer-Order of Military Merit. CPO2 Gordon Walton Ball, CPO1 Sherwin Joseph Desprey, CPO1 William Elson, CPO1 David Edward Foster, CPO2 Dwight Gordon Grieve, Lt (N) Russell Herman Ingram, CPO1 Rodney James Lavergne, PO1 Debra Jean Mayfield awarded Member-Order of Military Merit 1997 - Union Jack was lowered for the last time over Government House as Britain prepared to hand the colony back to China after ruling it for 156 years 2003 - USCGC Firebush decommissioned & transferred to Nigerian Navy 2003 - Rear Adm. Jeffrey M. Garrett assumed command of the 13th US Coast Guard District 2004 - LCdr Rhonda Fleming-Makell, 41, steps into American history books as the first African-American woman to retire as a commissioned officer in the Coast Guard's 214-year history 2004 - Destroyer USS Forrest Sherman launched Pascagoula MS 2004 - USNR VF-203 Blue Dolphins decommissioned at NAS Atlanta 2005 - An interagency exercise named Embrace, where the Emergency Evacuation Plan for a major incident on Southend Pier will be played out. The Exercise will take place from 1830-2200. The Pier will be closed from 1700. The exercise will be live and primarily intended to test HM Coastguard's (new) Emergency Evacuation Plan for Southend Pier. It will also provide the emergency and rescue services with a unique training opportunity that will allow them to test the interagency response required for an incident where approximately 300 people are trapped at the Pier Head and all will require evacuation by air and sea 2005 - AP Moller-Maersk's multimodal shortsea operator, Norfolkline, is in negotiations to buy Irish Sea specialist Norse Merchant Group. The two sides have signed a letter of intent and hope to complete the deal by the end of August 2005 - The commanding officer of the Boston-based Coast Guard Cutter Spencer will be relieved in a formal change of command ceremony held in Boston. Cmdr. Robert Tarantino will relieve Cmdr. Richard Kermond as commanding officer in a time-honored ceremony that formally restates the continuity of the commanding officer’s authority and represents a total transfer of accountability from one individual to another 2005 - At approximately 1010 the Queen of Oak Bay, which sails between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay, ran aground while coming into Horseshoe Bay. The vessel drifted into Sewell’s Marina, damaging several boats. Preliminary reports are that the vessel lost power. An investigation is currently underway. Emergency-response divers have completed their work at the grounding site of the Queen of Oak Bay. No injuries reported 2005 - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday approved the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Fall River, clearing a major hurdle for plans to store and deliver huge quantities of flammable gas in the midst of a populated area despite fears of terrorism and environmental damage 2005 - USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group concluded operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and maritime security operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf June 30. USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is scheduled to replace the Vinson Strike Group. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 launched more than 6,500 sorties, totaling more than 20,000 flight hours, in support of OIF and MSO since relieving USS Harry S. Truman March 19 2005 - The Coast Guard’s first black admiral retired today, after 33 years of service. Rear Adm. Erroll M. Brown most recent position was the Coast Guard’s top ranking engineer in the position of Assistant Commandant for Engineering and Logistics. Brown, a St. Petersburg, Fla., native, joined the Coast Guard in 1968 and graduated from the Coast Guard Academy as an ensign with a marine engineering degree in 1972. He became the first black Coast Guard flag level officer when he was promoted to Rear Admiral in July 1998. Brown previously commanded Coast Guard forces in the Pacific Northwest as the Coast Guard’s 13th district commander from June 2000 to July 2003. As the Coast Guard’s chief engineer, Brown is responsible for naval, civil and aeronautical engineering and logistics that includes 23,000 facilities, 230 ships, 1,800 boats and 200 aircraft. He is also responsible for managing an annual budget of $1 billion and leading more than 2000 personnel. Brown has served as an assistant engineer officer on the Coast Guard Icebreaker Burton Island in Long Beach, Calif., as engineering officer on the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis in Honolulu and as executive officer on the Coast Guard Cutter Rush, in San Francisco; as the military assistant to the Secretary of Transportation in Washington, and as the commander of Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. "The Coast Guard has challenged me, given me enormous responsibilities and rewarded me with limitless opportunities," said Brown, reflecting on more than three decades of service. Brown holds four masters degrees, including a master’s degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, and Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan; a master’s degree in Business Administration from RPI, and a masters in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. His military awards include three Legion of Merit medals, two Meritorious Service medals and the Secretary’s Award for Meritorious Achievement. He and his wife Monica live in Woodbridge, Va., and have two children; Elise, 25, and Aaron, 23. Brown will retire to Williamsburg where he intends to remain active in the engineering field 2006 - Cdr Brian Murray relieves Cdr Ken Hansen in Naval Dept at Canadian Forces Staff College 2006 - Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. announced delivery of MV Kestrel I, a 2004 built 50,209dwt. Supramax dry bulk vessel. Kestrel I will immediately commence an 18- to 20-month time charter at a rate of $18,750 per day. Two additional Supramax vessels are expected to be delivered in July. The three vessels comprise the company's recent acquisition and charter that was announced on June 23, 2006 2006 - Austal Receives Order For An Additional Two Royal Australian Navy Patrol Boats 2006 - Statoil has awarded Eidesvik Shipping AS the contract for the delivery of a supply ship fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Running for a period of five years from October 2006, with three one-year options, this contract is worth almost NOK 370 million, including options. This is a Vik Sandvik 493 LNG-Avant ship of the same design as Viking Avant, which is already chartered by Statoil 2006 - Deep Marine Technology, Inc. announced the election of Bruce C. Gilman to Chairman of the Board. A businessman with CEO level management expertise, Gilman's four decade Subsea Career is highlighted with professional accomplishments such as President of both Perry Offshore & Oceaneering International Inc 2006 - Arlington Tankers Ltd. announced that Concordia Maritime AB of Sweden (Concordia) has entered into new two-year sub-charter agreements for Arlington's two V-Max tankers, the Stena Vision and Stena Victory. Concordia is the current time charterer for both vessels through 2009 2006 - Rescue crews are searching for a missing teenager who was ejected from a jet ski following the collision of two jet skis in Mill Basin, Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn around 1630. Two people were recovered following the accident and were reported to have no injuries. A Coast Guard rescue crew from Station New York, the New York Police Department Harbor Patrol, an NYPD helicopter and the New York City Fire Department are searching for the missing person. It is unknown if the person missing was wearing a lifejacket 2006 - Another major sea battle was reported in Sri Lanka this time in the Northern Jaffna Peninsula, the seas east of the Sri Lanka Navy's (SLN) Major base at Kankesanthuari, around 2215. The clash, which was said to be erupted between Valalai and Thondamanaru, went on for 30 minutes and re-started again after a short period of lull, says residents along the coastal areas in Vadamaradchi 2006 - Russia test-fired a RSM-54 (Skiff SSN-23 in NATO) ballistic missile from the Project 667BDRM nuclear submarine Tula in the Barents Sea. The missile hit a target on the Kura test range some 3,000 miles away, in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's Far East 2006 - The change of command ceremony at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard had a new feature. Rear Adm. (select) Joseph F. Campbell, the departing commanding officer, handed over the shipyard flag to the new boss, Capt. Richard D. Berkey. The flag has special meaning, Campbell said. It flew in Kuwait during the months that workers from the Portsmouth shipyard were there adding armor to protect soldiers fighting in Iraq. Throughout 2005, about 50 people from here were doing the job at any given time 2006 - The empty 264,340 dwt VLCC Astro Luna was in collision with the 22,078 dwt containership YM Earth. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore confirmed there was no pollution or injury. The authority said the Greek-registered Astro Luna was heading west in the strait when it collided with the Panama-registered containership 2007 - A Coast Guard boat crew assisted in disentangling an endangered sea turtle from fishing gear near Monomoy Island 2007 - USS Curtis Wilbur struck a docked Russian Federation Udaloy-class destroyer in Vladivostok while the American ship was attempting to moor US Navy squadron VC-6 and detachments at Dam Neck and Patuxent River deactivated 2009 - Promotions to Commander Royal Navy and Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Marines: Warfare Branch Lt-Cdr I K Adam; Lt-Cdr J R Barnes; Lt-Cdr D A Bassett; Lt-Cdr SJ Beaumont; Lt-Cdr PC Blythe; Lt-Cdr JP Bowers; Lt-Cdr JC Clay; Lt-Cdr RJ Cox; Lt-Cdr JA Craig; Lt-Cdr DEF Crosbie; Lt-Cdr I Cull; Lt-Cdr PJ Douglas; Lt-Cdr PG Dowsett; Lt-Cdr MB Fitzsimmons; Lt-Cdr BJ Franklin; Lt-Cdr SP Gale; Lt-Cdr JE Gardner; Lt-Cdr DM George; Lt-Cdr D. Goldsmith; Lt-Cdr TC Green; Lt-Cdr NM Greenaway; Lt-Cdr MG Grindon; Lt-Cdr RW Kerslake; Lt-Cdr DJ Lindsay; Lt-Cdr R. D. Lintern; A/Cdr M McKenzie, MBE; Lt-Cdr PHG Moore; Lt-Cdr CD Necker; Lt-Cdr CPJ O’Flaherty; Lt-Cdr B. O. O’Sullivan; Lt-Cdr M. LJ O’Sullivan; Lt-Cdr AD Parnell; Lt-Cdr JS Petherick; Lt-Cdr JP Phillips; Lt-Cdr RM Ryan; Lt-Cdr T. G. Sharpe; Lt-Cdr RJ Small; Lt-Cdr A. BD Smith; Lt-Cdr DPT Stembridge; Lt-Cdr MA Taylor; Lt-Cdr RA Thompson; Lt-Cdr NM Walker; Lt-Cdr D. R. Wilson; Lt-Cdr LM Wilson-Chalon. Engineering Lt-Cdr CBJ Aniyi; A/Cdr P. Appelquist; Lt-Cdr I. Atkins; Lt-Cdr JJ Bailey; Lt-Cdr A. S. Balhetchet; Lt-Cdr PC Carroll; Lt-Cdr DJ Cox; Lt-Cdr JS Donnelly; Lt-Cdr DJ M. Doull; Lt-Cdr SB Etchells; Lt-Cdr PG Game; Lt-Cdr C Greener; Lt-Cdr GA Harding; Lt-Cdr SP Henderson; Lt-Cdr DA Jones; Lt-Cdr SM Krosnar-Clarke; Lt-Cdr MP Langrill; Lt-Cdr A. Loring; A/Cdr PB Matthews; Lt-Cdr SJ McCarthy; Lt-Cdr NL McMullan; A/Cdr GC Millar; Lt-Cdr JS O’Flaherty; Lt-Cdr D. Patterson; Lt-Cdr ME Prince; Lt-Cdr AD Proud; Lt-Cdr JCH Stamper; Lt-Cdr IC Teideman; Lt-Cdr J. E. Voyce; Lt-Cdr CP Walton; Lt-Cdr IP Whyte; A/Cdr PA Windsar; Lt-Cdr NS Wright. Logistics A/Cdr RE Blackwell; Lt-Cdr JR Dean; Lt-Cdr CA Evans; Lt-Cdr M. N. Hanson; Lt-Cdr RP Harris; Lt-Cdr LR Hewitt; A/Cdr GR MacDougall; Lt-Cdr KI Morris; Lt-Cdr KJ Nicholson; Lt-Cdr DG Preece; Lt-Cdr PRW Sparke; Lt-Cdr CR Taylor; Lt-Cdr RJ Whalley. Royal Marines Maj DS Bailey; A/Lt-Col T. S. Blythe; Maj LA Brown; Maj RJW Bucknall; Maj GW Fraser; Maj MA Geldard; Maj N. J. Grace; A/Lt-Col CC Harris, MBE; Maj JW Hedges, OBE; Maj N. C. Jermyn; Maj SP Lee; Maj SJ Liddle; Maj AB Murray; Maj JF Roylance; Maj M. Skuse; Maj N Sutherland, MBE; Maj H. FJ Thomsett; Maj NJ Willson. Selections for promotion to Commander Royal Naval Reserve and Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marines Reserve A/Cdr W. J. Canham; Lt-Cdr PP Gracey; Lt-Cdr SC Jameson; A/Lt-Col J. WA Roberts; Lt-Cdr LT Robertson; Lt-Cdr NG Taylor; Maj NG Watkinson 2008 - US Navy's newest class of large-deck amphibious assault ship, LHA 6, will bear the name USS America, Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced while speaking at the USS America Carrier Veterans Association reunion in Jacksonville 2008 - Canada’s last seagoing radio officer Paul Du Mesnil retired from service on CFAV Quest Copyright 2009 Shirlaw News Group ISSN 1710-6966 Today in History Archives This information is licensed to the recipient only. Images may be subject to copyright. Ask before you right-click. Royal Navy photos are Courtesy of www.oldships.org.uk unless otherwise indicated. To contact us: 418-145 West Keith Rd North Vancouver BC V7M 1L3 Canada Phone: 778-968-7447