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Location: SACKVILLE is in Downtown at Sackville Landing.
Use the appropriate telephone number below.

Sandwich requirements to CBM NLT secure Thursdays. If you plan to visit every Friday feel free to place a standing order.
Phone 427 2837 (winter) 429 2132 (summer) (leave voice mail if calling after hours).

News/Upcoming Events

 

HURRICANE ALERT!

In the event Hurricane Earl remains on its forecast track, there is a likelyhood the ship will be shifted to a dockyard berth on Friday, 3 Sep.

A final decision will be made on Thursday. Further update will be sent Thursday PM.

 

 

3 Sep. Reception onboard for Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans. The CMNVA will hold a flag raising and wreath laying ceremony on the waterfront at the Maritime Museum this Friday. Afterwards, they will join us for lunch. Sackville veteran Trustees are encouraged to take part. Dress: Blazers and medals. Spouses welcome.

 

19 Sep CONVOY CUP SAILPAST AND RECEPTION

 

The 5th Convoy Cup biennial regatta takes place on the weekend of 17-19 September to honour those who served in the wartime convoys. On Sunday afternoon at 1400, the traditional sailpast of Sackville will take place and veterans are encouraged to watch from the ship. Later at 1700 at the Dartmouth Yacht Club, a reception and awards ceremony will take place. The new Atlantic Fleet Commander, Commodore Larry Hickey will be the guest of honour in view of this year's Navy Centennial. Refreshments will be served. Dress: Blazers and medals. Spouses welcome.

 

 

The Gift Shop in SACKVILLE has a stock of decanters for sale. The benefits are revenue to SACKVILLE and purchasers will not have to be concerned about shipping charges or possible damage in transit. The decanter has been hand cast from porcelain, and hand decorated using glass colored inks, not plastic, that have been permanently fired into the ceramic at temperatures approaching 1600° Fahrenheit. It will provide more than a lifetime of service without any degradation to those who appreciate fine and unusual objects. All of the decanter’s decorative elements are of historical significance. Encircling its neck are the 13 Provincial and Territorial Flags. Of special mention is the bottom of the decanter on which most every RCN ship of note that was commissioned over the past 100 years has been listed in alphabetical order. There are more than 300 in all. If you served, your ship or ships should be on there! There are four cameos on the shoulder above the base. One of the main cameos depicts HMCS SACKVILLE (K181). Commissioned in 1941, she is the last surviving Corvette, and one of the 120 Flower Class Corvettes built in Canada for the RCN during WW II. She saw heavy action from 1941 to 1944. The adjacent cameo to the right of SACKVILLE salutes the Merchant Navy. It encompasses a painting of the FORT WALLACE, one of the Fort Class cargo ships manned by the Merchant Navy that carried vital supplies on perilous voyages to the Allies throughout the Second World War. The third cameo, “READY, AYE READY” - the RCN’s motto, is backed by the White Ensign of World War II on the one side, and Canada’s national flag on the other. The final cameo, composed of maple leaves and Leviathans, quotes Churchill on the importance of winning the Battle of the Atlantic. It was here that the RCN played the major role at a very high cost of ships and the men who sailed them. The blue ribbon surrounding the base lists the Seven Seas in Latin. The top of the decanter’s stopper commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the RCN, with a Maple Leaf center and a killick’s anchor on each side.

 

 

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

 

Under the leadership of VAdm (Ret’d) Dusty Miller, We have concluded and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Waterfront Development Corporation and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which guides us collectively on the path of cooperation and mutual support.

 

ACOA has confirmed significant funding will be made available to the Trust in order to promote and operate SACKVILLE in 2010.

 

Irving Shipbuilding has become a corporate flagship sponsor and is providing is supporting SACKVILLE by painting the ship prior to the Visit of Her Majesty the Queen.

 

An anonymous donor has provided $52,000 in stocks to the Trust.

 

Executive Director.

 

Cdr (Ret’d) George Borgal commenced his work as our executive director on April 1. Mr. Borgal will devote 50 percent of his time to the Trust providing staff support to the work of the Board and its committees.

The Trust office is in Building S-90 in Stadacona. The current Phone number is 902-721-1206 but will change over the summer to 902-721-K181 (5181). Office hours to begin will be Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday morning.

Email is ex.dir@hmcssackville.ca

 

Battle of the Atlantic Memorial Garden – HMCS Prevost

RCNA London has brought to our attention a project from HMCS Prevost - a Battle of Atlantic Memorial Garden. To see more details regarding click on the link below: We feel sure that you will find it interesting.

http://www.boamemorialgarden.com/

 

The Navy Centennial

 

Here is a link to the Website for the Canadian Navy′s 2010 Centennial celebrations

Navy 2010

 

Canadian Naval Centennial Namesake Ship/Community

 

In honour of the Navy Centennial, the navy, along with several civilian naval oriented groups, has commenced planning to commemorate and celebrate the navy's presence in communities throughout the country. One specific activity that promotes the underlying theme of bringing the navy to Canadians is to provide every First Nation, city or town that has had a namesake Canadian warship, a framed photograph (with accompanying text) of their namesake ship so that they may have the opportunity to promote their connection to the ship and to the navy during the centennial year. These presentations are designed for public display so that all might learn of the special relationship between the Canadian Navy and Canada’s various communities.

Research has shown that more than 300 Canadian community names have been used to honour Canadian warships since 1910. Canadian warships carry these names with the utmost pride, and those still in service continue to value and promote the relationship between ship and the community that their predecessors established and enjoyed before them.

These mementos will be presented in an official manner commencing in second half of 2009. The exact schedule for the presentations is currently being developed. This lead up will allow communities time to consider holding local celebration and commemoration ceremonies as part of the naval centennial. The aim is to strengthen the historical link with their namesake ship as well as promote a special relationship between the community and the navy. The project looks to build on existing partnerships and establish new links and outreach to Canadians.

More details are available at this website.

 

Celebrating the Canadian Naval Centennial with

ACTM Navy Lady

Announcing the 2010 Canadian Naval Centennial Rose sponsored by Wren Associations across Canada. Named in honour of the thousands of Canadian women who served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS), known as Wrens, and to the women today who continue to serve as members of the Canadian Navy.

In the 2010 celebration year we dedicate this rose as a tribute to our Shipmates, all the gallant men and women who served at sea and ashore in the Canadian Navy, past, present and future.

The Wrens chose this rose developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and grown exclusively by J.C. Bakker Nurseries to celebrate the Canadian Naval Centennial, 1910-2010. Ceremonial plantings will take place across Canada in the commemorative year 2010 and onward, in locations of naval significance attended by Naval personnel past and present, local officials and the public.

Due to the serious wartime shortage of sailors for sea billets, the Navy decided to organize a women's division of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) "to release a man to go to sea." On July 31, 1942, the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service was established. The WRCNS, unlike other Allied female units, was not an auxiliary but rather a formed unit of the RCN and its officers held the King's Commission. At peak strength, over 6,000 women were fulfilling the various roles of coders, confidential clerks, messengers, telegraphists, cooks, stewards and some 35 other important duties. The WRCNS was disbanded in 1946. In 1951 a WRCNS section was reformed in the RCN, initially in the Reserve but becoming fulltime regulars by 1955. Wrens continued to serve in the RCN and RCNR (reserve) until unification of the Canadian Forces. Women in the navy were still known as Wrens until the late eighties. Today, no longer called Wrens, women serve in the Canadian Navy, both regular and reserve, ashore and at sea.

The aim of the Canadian Naval Centennial is to build and strengthen in Canadians an appreciation for their navy and, as Canada is a maritime nation, to promote the role of the navy within the Canadian Forces. The focus is to honour the past, to showcase the current navy, and to reinforce the future.

"Commemorate, Celebrate, Commit" TM

Please consider planting the rose bushes in your ceremonial events 2010 and beyond.

Available in planting season 2010 at selected retailers across Canada.

 

Mailing address:

WREN Association of Toronto,

P.O. Box 14, Station F,

Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2L4

 

Details: www.canadiannavy100.forces.gc.ca

www.thewrens.com

email us at navylady@thewrens.com

 

Write to the Troops

 

Here is a website to help you boost the morale of our troops overseas.

 

WELCOME ABOARD

 

Trustees

 

 

Crossed the Bar

Cdr Alan Lowe

LCdr Leslie Duncan Ewing

Audrie Mahon

Clifford Stewart