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Hello all, I served in HMCS Crescent and Algonquin in the early 60's. Great ships and great memories. I am attaching some pics of them...maybe some are repeats and this is my first attempt at uploading so please bear with me. Some shots are of Algonquin when she was first converted. Hope you like "em. Jim
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[QUOTE=snaptank;10035025]Hello all, I served in HMCS Crescent and Algonquin in the early 60's. Great ships and great memories. I am attaching some pics of them...maybe some are repeats and this is my first attempt at uploading so please bear with me. Some shots are of Algonquin when she was first converted. Hope you like "em. Jim[/QUOTE] Nice pics, Jim. Steve

I have created this gallery for members to post their photographs of Frigates from the Royal Canadian Navy and have moved the first two posts to this thread. Jim

The collection of pictures of HMC Ships Algonquin and Crescent are important as they clearly portray the development of the ships during the early years of their Type 15 style existence as well as the differences between them. HMCS Algonquin was commissioned from conversion (from a V Class emergency program destroyer) in 1954 wearing the dark gray paint of that era. She did not have the raked funnel cap, a shield on her 3 inch 50 cal gun, and mounted Squid instead of Limbo mortars. At a subsequent refit the hull ship was painted light gray, the fibreglass gunshield was fitted and the Squids gave way to the Limbos. However her SPS 6 radar remained. She also had the prototype enclosed bridge for the Canadian designed St. Laurent Class destroyer escorts. HMCS Crescent commissioned from conversion (from a Cr Class destroyer) in 1956 with the 3 inch 50 cal mount aft and the twin 4 inch forward, two Limbo mortars, a raked funnel cap and the SPS 12 radar. In 1960 the experimental VDS equipment was transferred from HMCS Crusader and one Limbo Mortar was removed to compensate for the added weight. These ships were important test platforms for the ASW destroyer escorts that followed. Brian

For the Forum's information. Crescent and Algonquin were classified as Destroyers (DDE 226 and 224) until the day they paid off. The RCN operated Prestonian Class Frigates until the 60's and now run the City or Halifax Class Frigate. Hope this clears up a few "gray" areas. Jim

Various Canadian Patrol Frigates. Jim
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Great pictures Jim. The last one has "gun art" on the hatch of the 57 mm Bofors. Which ship is it? Brian

Thanks Brian. The ship is HMCS Halifax. Jim
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Jim: Thanks. The pictures in your most recent post highlight the real truth about the RCN-it is quite capable of operating in warm and cold waters. Brian

HMCS Stettler 311 HMCS New Glasgow 315 HMCS Astigonish K661 HMCS Beacon Hill 303 HMCS New Waterford 304 Regards John
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John: Excellent photos. The picture of HMCS Antigonish is from the late 1940's and before her renumbering as FFE 301. She is in her World War 2 configuration. The picture of HMCS Beacon Hill is interesting too. Although she is shown in her training configuration from the 1960s, she is missing the raked funnel cap. This is the first picture that I have seen of her without the funnel cap. She was the last Prestonian to be paid off on the West Coast in 1968 and scrapped. HMCS New Waterford was the last seagoing Prestonian on the East Coast and decommissioned on December 22, 1966.She was scrapped in Savonna, Italy in 1967. She did not have the training modification of her West Coast sisters. HMCS Granby, ex-Victoriaville, served her final years as the disarmed static tender to the Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic). She decommissioned in 1974 and was scrapped. Brian

HMCS Saguenay 206 HMCS Ottawa 229 HMCS Fraser 233 HMCS Margaree 230 HMCS Chaudiere 235 Regards John
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HMCS Gat Eau 236 HMCS Columbia 260 HMCS Saskatchewan 262 HMCS Qu'appelle 264 Regards John
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[quote=Stokers Son;10036695]HMCS Stettler 311 HMCS New Glasgow 315 HMCS Astigonish K661 HMCS Beacon Hill 303 HMCS New Waterford 304 Regards John[/quote] Great pics John. They bring back many memories of my time in the RCN. Thanks. Jim

HMCS Yukon 263 Regards John
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John: The correct name for DDE 236 was HMCS Gatineau, named after the Gatineau River of the Province of Quebec. The picture of HMCS Qu'appelle in the same set is noteworthy as she was the only ship of the Mackenzie Class to not mount the 3 inch 70 cal UK designed mounting. She had twin 3 inch 50 cal mountings fore and aft. Brian

HMCS Montréal (FFH 336) a Halifax-class frigate HMCS Toronto (FFH 333) a Halifax-class frigate HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) a Halifax-class frigate Regards John
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HMCS Winnipeg HMCS Charlottetown Regards John
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[quote=Stokers Son;10038595]HMCS Winnipeg HMCS Charlottetown Regards John[/quote] Thank you John. Great photos as usual. Jim

[QUOTE=Stokers Son;10038595]HMCS Winnipeg HMCS Charlottetown Regards John[/QUOTE] Great pics. Have the Halifax class got two FlyCo's? There seems to be an ugly turret type one built into the flight deck and one in a more normal one at the rear of the hanger. Odd.

HMCS Toronto HMCS Ville de Quebec HMCS Montreal HMCS Saskatchewan HMCS Calgarry HMCS Skeena HMCS Winnipeg HMCS St. John's Regards John
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HMCS Vancouver HMCS St. Croix HMCS Yukon HMCS Toronto HMCS St. John's HMCS Ville de Quebec Regards John
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John: The picture of HMCS Yukon shows her in her post DELEX condition. Aside from an extensive overhaul of the whole ship an innovative automated plotting system was installed in the operations room, two sets of Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes were added and the long serving Sperry radar was replaced by a more modern navigation radar. This ship and her three sisters were based at Esquimault as training ships until paid-off in the 1990s. Brian

[B]HMCS Ville de Québec[/B] Her Majesty's (HMCS) Canadian Ship Ville de Québec sails past le cap Trinité in the Saguenay River during the Great Lakes Deployment. High above the ship La grande Dame du Saguenay, a statue of the Virgin Mary, watches over the ship as she passes. [B]HMCS Ville de Quebec[/B] Another fine image of HMCS Ville de Quebec. This time, she is accompanying the Japanese Training Squadron on their departure from Halifax, Nova Scotia. On her starboard side is the JDS Asagiri and on her port side is JDS Kashima. [B]HMCS Fredericton[/B] This beautiful image of the Canadian Patrol Frigate HMCS Fredericton has her framed by a sunrise in the Atlantic. The small zodiac in the foreground is proceeding to the Canadian submarine HMCS Windsor for a personnel transfer. Regards John
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Beautiful shots as usual John. Don't know where you get them. Thanks. Jim

[quote=Shinysheff;10038673]Great pics. Have the Halifax class got two FlyCo's? There seems to be an ugly turret type one built into the flight deck and one in a more normal one at the rear of the hanger. Odd.[/quote] The Halifax Class as well as the St. Laurent Class DDH's all had one Flyco...port side of the Hanger. The "ugly turret type"is the "Howdah" where the Helo Hauldown (Beartrap) Equipment is operated and controlled from. The large square in the middle of the flight deck is the Beartrap. The Beartrap was developed by Canada in the mid 1950'S and was trialed aboard HMCS Assiniboine in the early 1960's. It is/was still being used by many of the Worlds's Navies. Hope this clears up a gray area. Jim

HMCS Swansea 1944 Regards John
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[QUOTE=Stokers Son;10135633]HMCS Swansea 1944 Regards John[/QUOTE] This is a very famous photo taken by Gilbert A. Milne, the RCN's pre-eminent naval photographer of WWII. Some information on him here (excerpt from the Archives of Ontario): " [I]Later, after service in World War II as a lance corporal with the Toronto Scottish reserves, Milne obtained a commission in the Royal Canadian Navy as an official Navy photographer. In this capacity, he took some of the first Allied photographs of Normandy invasion. Milne later published numerous wartime photographs in his book, "H.M.C.S.: One Photographer's Impressions of the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II"[/I]."

[QUOTE=Stokers Son;10135633]HMCS Swansea 1944 Regards John[/QUOTE] Lovely picture, thanks for posting (though SWANSEA was a River Class, not a Flower).

HMCS Cape Breton Regards John
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All that brings to mind is.... [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j0skvbMAsI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j0skvbMAsI[/URL] :D

HMCS Lanark Regards John
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HMCS Waskesiu Regards John
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HMCS Outremont Regards John
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HMCS La Hulloise Regards John
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HMCS Eastview Regards John
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HMCS Buckingham Regards John
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HMCS Beacon Hill Regards John
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Nice shot John..Regards Brian.

John: You have an excellent collection of Canadian River/Prestonian Class frigates. Brian

[QUOTE=Stokers Son;10136371]HMCS Beacon Hill Regards John[/QUOTE] [B]Beacon Hill [/B]was paid off in 1946 and recommissioned in 1949 to be used as a cadet training ship, prior to her subsequent conversion to the [B]Prestonian[/B] Class configuration, starting in 1954. Ergo this shot as taken in the 1949 - 1954 timeframe. Note the cadets on the focsle wearing the old "wash khakis," in my opinion the most practical uniform ever worn by the Canadian Navy!

[QUOTE=Stokers Son;10136171]HMCS Waskesiu Regards John[/QUOTE] [B]Waskesiu[/B] was the first of the Canadian "Rivers" laid down... HMCS [B]Annan[/B] actually proceeded her chronologically, but [B]Annan[/B] which was building in Canada for the RN, was transferred during construction, first to the RCN, then to the USN.

Thank you for the reply's guys I really appreciate them. Regards John

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