D.B. Andrus Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33021/check-out-this-canadian-frigate-painted-in-world-war-ii-era-dazzle-camouflage BiggTim, scvrobeson, Out2gtcha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Here's the original Regina. Just an awesome picture if you ask me! She was sunk in 1944 while trying to rescue the crew of a sunken Liberty Ship. 30 of her 85 crew members were lost. Almost makes me want to break out that old Matchbox Flower Class corvette kit I've got squirreled away somewhere. D.B. Andrus, scvrobeson, R Palimaka and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) Thanks for sharing that. As the article said, the East Coast-based HMCS Moncton was another ship that has been done in a disruptive scheme as well. I think it's very striking, and the whole fleet should be done like that. They were done to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Atlantic, and to bring to mind the heavy work that the Royal Canadian Navy did to escort the convoys across the Atlantic. It's often overlooked how much of the convoy work was the responsibility of the RCN. HMCS Regina (Canadian Forces Photo) Richard Edited April 15, 2020 by R Palimaka Martinnfb, jimbo, D.B. Andrus and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I enjoyed this as well....https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21496/watch-us-army-abrams-tanks-in-world-war-ii-paint-crush-cars-at-german-competition scvrobeson, Martinnfb and D.B. Andrus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Very cool, My wife was on that ship when we lived in Dubai, she had cocktails on it! I was in Egypt and missed it! Martinnfb and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 18 hours ago, LSP_Ron said: Very cool, My wife was on that ship when we lived in Dubai, she had cocktails on it! I was in Egypt and missed it! Ron Too bad you missed it. I served 20 years as a Combat Systems Engineering Officer in the RCN, and we usually had cocktail parties in every port, in conjunction with External Affairs Canada and the Ambassador's Office. Lots of fun, met a lot of very interesting people in very sociable settings. I still work with the RCN as a civil servant/engineer, and got to watch the daily progress of REGINA as they applied the dazzle scheme. There were a number of interesting ideas considered before finally settling on the final version. Dave/Ironman1945 Iain, D.B. Andrus, R Palimaka and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 11 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: Cocktails on a naval vessel!?! Not the USN I loved training with the Canucks. Something truly refreshing (no pun intended) about infantry who deploy to the field with a beer tent! R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 4 hours ago, John1 said: I loved training with the Canucks. Something truly refreshing (no pun intended) about infantry who deploy to the field with a beer tent! Enjoyed having USN officers in our wardrooms when alongside in port. Nothing but respect for their abilities and professionalism. Always had a great time, especially a few drinks in. R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 My grandfather was a Commander, Royal Navy. Somewhere in his service history I have here there's a comment from one of his bosses, commending him on his deportment at cocktail parties - obviously a very important facet of Sea Power! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Iain said: My grandfather was a Commander, Royal Navy. Somewhere in his service history I have here there's a comment from one of his bosses, commending him on his deportment at cocktail parties - obviously a very important facet of Sea Power! Iain Indeed Ian, extremely essential. At one such party in San Diego I spend a few hours chatting with a young lady who happened to have connections to the local USO, the charitable organization that serves active duty US service personnel. She was pleased to hear so many of us were NFL fans, and she managed to arrange for 40 of our ship's company to get free tickets and bus transport to a San Diego Chargers/San Francisco 49rs football game. 40 Canadian sailors, drinking beer, watching football, sitting in the 70+ degree sunshine. A great time had by all! Dave/Ironman1945 R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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