Hamilton Naval Heritage Association

Naval history and heritage relating to Hamilton & HMCS STAR
Skip to content
  • About Us
    • HMCS STAR Historical Collections
  • Our Collection
    • Library
      • Manuals
  • Calendar
  • H.M.C.S. STAR
    • Battle Honours
    • History
      • HMCS STAR – A Naval Reserve History
      • Hamilton Naval Reserve Chronology
      • War of 1812
      • 1837 Rebellion & the CAROLINE Affair
      • The Hamilton Naval Company 1862-1869 & The Fenians
      • RNCVR – Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
      • London Tender / HMCS PREVOST
      • Kitchener Tender
      • Naval Air
      • RCN & HMCS STAR History Quiz
    • People
      • Records of Service
      • Ship’s Company 1942
      • Commanding Officers Hamilton Half Company RCNVR, Hamilton Division RCNVR & HMCS STAR
      • Executive Officers of HMCS STAR
      • Coxswains of HMCS STAR
      • We Will Remember Them!
      • Afghanistan
      • Christenings
      • STARS
    • Places
      • The Sail Loft
      • The Vinegar Works
      • Catharine Street North
        • Building Two
        • The Base, pre-1995
        • Building Forty
        • The House of Refuge
    • Other Warships Called STAR
      • 1st – Honourable East India Company’s Marine STAR – 1625
      • 2nd – The Commonwealth STARR – Battle of Dover 1652
      • 3rd – HMS STARR/STAR 1667 – Fireship
      • 4th – STAR (Bomb) – Siege of Port Royal 1711
      • 5th – HMS STAR (18) 1795
      • 7th – HMS STAR (18) West Indies / METEOR – Rocket’s Red Glare
      • 8th – Brig Lord Melville / HMS STAR – Lake Ontario
      • HMCS STAR XVI
    • Tenders
      • HMCS PATHFINDER
      • WHISPER
      • HC-210 / YFL-113
      • ML106            “HMCS” BEAVER
      • PLAINSVILLE YTS-587 & LISTERVILLE/CAVALIER YTS-578
    • Visiting Ships
      • HMCS MONCTON
      • HMCS PORTE DAUPHINE YMG-186
      • HMCS ORIOLE
      • HMCS OTTAWA DDH-229
      • HMCS SAGUENAY DDH-206
      • HMS BRAVE F94
      • Royal Yacht Britannia
      • ex German UC-97
      • INS TARANGINI
      • HNLMS ROTTERDAM D818
      • USS HURRICANE PC-3
      • USS PROWESS AM-280
      • USS ZELLARS DD-777
  • HMCS PATRIOT & GLTC
    • HMCS PORTE ST. JEAN YMG-180
    • HMCS PORTE ST. LOUIS YMG-183
    • HMCS SCATARI      AKS 514        
  • Hamilton – Steel City & Naval Town
    • Namesake Ships
    • Hamilton’s Fairmiles
    • Warships Scrapped in Hamilton
    • SS John Ericsson
    • USS HAMILTON & SCOURGE
  • Sea Cadets
    • RCSCC DUNDAS
    • RCSCC HILL PARK
    • RCSCC LION
      • Commanding Officers of RCSCC LION
      • S.C.O.B.A.
    • RCSCC SENECA
    • RCSCC TRIUMPH
  • Naval Organizations and Veteran’s Groups
    • Crow’s Nest Officer’s Club
    • Naval Association of Canada (NAC)
      • NAC Toronto Branch
      • Naval Association of Canada (NAC) Hamilton Area Group
      • NAC Scholarships
    • RCNA – Royal Canadian Navy Association
      • RCNA Niagara Region
      • Hamilton Naval Veteran’s Association
      • RCNA Burlington
    • Brant Naval Veterans Association
    • Burl-Oak Naval Veterans
    • Halton Naval Veterans
    • Veterans Service League
    • University Naval Training Divisions (UNTD) Association of Canada
  • Museums & Museum Ships
    • HMCS HAIDA
      • HAIDA References
      • HAIDA Ship’s Company Listing
    • 31 Service Battalion Museum
    • Hamilton Military Museum
    • Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
    • Canadian Military Heritage Museum
    • Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park
    • HMCS OJIBWA
    • USS NIAGARA
    • USS SLATER
  • Naval Affairs
  • References
  • Naval Traditions
    • Orders, Decorations & Medals
      • Cross of Valour
      • Distinguished Service Medal
      • Meritorious Service Medal
      • Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers
    • The Laws of the Navy – Rear Admiral Ronald Hopwood, CB, RN 1986
    • TOASTS OF THE DAY
    • Heart of Oak – March of the Royal Canadian Navy
    • Naval Traditions by Captain (N) Bob Allan
    • Moosemilk
  • Contact US

Naval Traditions by Captain (N) Bob Allan

Spread the love

What You Always Wanted to Know About Naval Tradition (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Naval_Tradition_by_Capt_Navy_Bob_Allan

Featured Artifact

Flag from German supply ship HERMONTHIS, intercepted off Lima, Peru, by the Canadian merchant cruiser HMCS PRINCE HENRY, on 1 April 1941. Hermonthis set fire to herself and PRINCE HENRY sent over a boarding party to extinguish the flames and save what they could. Leading Seaman Ernie Smedley, a member of that boarding party, and later XO of HMCS STAR, managed to “liberate” this flag from the masthead of Hermonthis.

Calendar


« April 2019 »
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
  1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24* NAC Monthly Luncheon Meeting at 12:00
 25 26 27
28 29* HMCS ATHABASKAN 1944 all day
 30        

Calendar by Kieran O'Shea

Proudly powered by WordPress