A sea cadet at RCSCC LION from 1963 to 1968, I joined the Naval Reserve at HMCS STAR in 1968 as a Bos'n. I was an Officer Cadet in the ROUTP, commissioned in 1971, and awarded my watchkeeping ticket in 1973. I served at sea, at one time or another, in all five Gate Vessels and HMCS FORT STEELE & CHAUDIERE as well as the Coast Guard icebreaker Louis St. Laurent and served as OIC of the patrol vessels RALLY and RAPID. At STAR from 1968 to 2007, I served as XO twice and then as CO from 2002 to 2005. I rounded out my career by serving as SSO Training at NAVRESHQ in Quebec City in 2008, retiring in 2009 as CO of HMCS HUNTER in Windsor. I was Executive Director for the Friends of HMCS HAIDA till 2011 and have been an active volunteer onboard HAIDA since she arrived in Hamilton in 2003.
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Although the (Royal) Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve was formed on 31 January 1923, units are dated from the appointment of their first Commanding Officer. Lt Ralph Howard Yeates, a Hamilton lawyer, was appointed CO of the Hamilton Half Company of what was to become the RCNVR on 15 March, 1923, making STAR the second oldest naval reserve division in the country (Montreal Company’s CO, Lt Frank Meade, was appointed the day previously). Yeates had served in the First World War, initially in the army and then later in the Royal Naval Air Service and became a Lieutenant in the RNCVR after the war. He served as Commanding Officer for six and a half years. Initially operating out of the Navy League offices at Main and Hughson Streets, the unit moved into the old W.W. Grant Sail Loft at 469 Bay Street North, less than a kilometre from our present home, later that year.
Curried grains, kale, soubise, apple ~ cucumber raita
OR
Crispy Tempura Fried Tofu
Korean BBQ sauce, coconut basmati rice, stir fried bok choy,
broccoli, shiitakes, red pepper, kimchi
OR
Grilled Breast of Chicken
Pommes puree, Market Vegetables, Natural Pan Jus
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Chocolate Mocha Tart
Orange Caramel, Glazed White Chocolate Mousse
OR
Niagara Fruit & Cream Cheese Pastry
Crisp Crumble, Seasonal Fruit Coulis
Coffee or Tea
Please RSVP by 1 May 2019 to:
Robert Morris
morreng@sentex.ca
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Meal and tour
(tax and tip
included)
X1= $50
X2=$100
X3=$150
X4=$200
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cheques payable to
NAC-HAG
1452
Upper James St.
Hamilton, ON,
L9B 1K3
Or
bring to HAG Luncheon in March or April
Driving Directions
From the QEW:
Get on Queen Elizabeth Way East
Follow Queen Elizabeth Way to Glendale Ave (Outlet Mall) /Regional
Rd 89 in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Take the Regional Road 89/Glendale Avenue S exit from Queen Elizabeth Way
(44.0 km)
Continue on Glendale Ave/Regional Rd 89
to Taylor Rd, left turn onto Taylor Rd
Continue 900m to 135 Taylor Rd. Niagara College entrance lane on left, then Winery
is up on your right!
Please notify
of any dietary restrictions/allergies
While no shipbuilding was done in Hamilton, steel from the city was used all over the country for the war effort. This issue of the newsletter, STELCO Flashes Of Interest from May 1942, highlights the use of Hamilton steel in shipbuilding with an image of the corvette K-165, HMCS BATTLEFORD, which was build in Collingwood and launched 15 April 1941.
