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To mirror what Navy_Pete has posted, it is generally accepted without much ado (at least in the Wardroom).  I once attended a dinner at the Maritime Museum at Stadacona and was complimented by one of the resident curator/historians for carrying forward an unofficial, albeit obscure, Naval...

You don't have to be "different" to come down to boats - but it certainly makes the transition to insanity easier  :nod:  (But as a man far wiser than myself once said, "insanity is often the logic of the accurate mind overtaxed").  Overall, a good day yesterday.  Dolphin 39!

The Mossberg that the OP linked to is actually quite a reliable firearm as well.  When you open up the molded plastic shell it's actually just a Model 702 Plinkster action and barrell pinned inside.  As most probably know, the 702 has been around for years and is a mainstay of the rimfire...

I'd like to make two points.  First off, Lex Parsimoniae is correct.  To further add to his response, it is not only a question of bunking.  Even though a person may become a submariner, they are still required to advance within their individual trade.  If certain trade quals are not met prior...

http://dev.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2005/05/the-birth-of-the-submarine-service/ Dug up this to start with.  The quintessential read on this is J. David Perkins "Canadian Submariners:1914-1923".  I'd ref it directly but I'm afraid it's in my office down at the squadron.

I'll have to dig up something online to support this.  I've read it in several submarine histories - either Perkins or Marc Milner made mention of it for sure.  The construction of submarines was, in reality, the nucleus of the Canadian Submarine service.  Vickers in Montreal built H-boats for...

As for the "torpedoes fired in anger" comment, it is only partially true.  During both the First and Second World Wars Canada produced submarines in our shipyards for our allies, but our RCN (and a few RCNVR) officers and crew sailed in RN submarines.  Most notably, officers who passed the...

Couldn't agree more, Recceguy. With regards to firearms in this country, far too many civil servants and bureaucrats are stepping outside their mandates to in order to attempt to enforce non-existent laws. i.e. by using their bureaucratic authority to create policy and enforcing it like law -...

I have never seen any (un-modified) variant of the Desert Arms Tactical SRS in Canada that wasn't classified as non-restricted. There are several threads on the SRS on a well-known Canadian firearm forum that I have been following for some time.  Each dealer that I have seen that is importing...

Dirt Digger, when were you a rider on COR?  I think I may have been on that trip - you and a sergeant from Bio Med about a two years ago or so, was it not?  I was the guy with the rack that opened up into the Wardroom.  Liked to lounge in my boxers and probably put you off your meals :)  As for...

Never heard of anyone sleeping in the tubes before! Funny enough though, sleeping in the torpedo racks is actually common - there's no bunks allocated for training.  I did, however, sail with a guy who cut the door out of his locker (at the top of his rack) and slept with his head in it.

I am a submariner and, yes, I'd definitely call BS on that!  Incidentally, Bass,  there is such a thing as a decompression chamber - but it has a different purpose.  It's used by surface supplied divers to make decomp stops and is a submersible hyperbaric unit - "hard hat" commercial divers and...

Greatly appreciated.  Also extremely happy to be referred to as a contact in the "Royal Canadian Navy" - my first association with our reclaimed and proud moniker.

I realize that this is probably a long shot, but quite frankly I have almost exhausted all of my traditional research avenues.  Due to my interest and background in history I was approached at work and asked if I could try and fill in some historical gaps that we have down at sub squadron.  We...

Just a bit of an update.  I asked my sister in Miramichi to contact the Miramichi Genelogical Society, when it came to my attention they have compiled all of the burial records for the churches in the area.  Here is the response she emailed me this morning after contacting the society: "Your...