Nicholas Peppas
08-07-2010, 00:20
ΔΩΡΟΘΕΑ ΠΑΞΟΣ!
Τι παραξενο ονομα για ενα πλοιο, επιβατηγο και φορτηγο που παρουσιασθηκε στις θαλασσες μας το 1946! Και μας ειχε ξεφυγει μεχρι τωρα παρα την μεγαλη του ιστορια (σαν πολεμικο πλοιο) και παρα το γεγονος οτι το πρωτο του ονομα συνεχιζει να προκαλει τρομερες συζητησεις ακομη και σημερα στον Καναδα... Το ονομα με το οποιον το ξερουν αυτο το θρυλικο πλοιο οι φιλοι μας; Ville de Quebec! Και τι ονομα!
Διαβαστε επι παραδειγματι μια απλη παρουσιαση (με μια δοση μεγαλου πατριωτισμου) εδω http://historywire.ca/en/article/21175
After the Allies successfully landed in North Africa, Canadian corvettes became part of an escort effort to ensure that land forces were resupplied. Among these was the Ville de Quebec, built in Quebec City and commissioned 24 May 1942. On January 13, 1943, Ville de Quebec was escorting a 15-ship convoy in the Mediterranean when ASDIC operator Stanley Mill reported a submarine presence on the starboard bow. It was U-224. This submarine had been built in Kiel, Germany, and was commissioned on 20 June 1942. The U-boat had slipped through the narrow strait at Gibraltar, when clouds hid the moonlight. It had been sighted in that dangerous passage but escaped attack.
The Ville de Quebec attacked immediately, firing a pattern of 10 depth charges in a diamond pattern, damaging the U-Boat to the degree that it had to surface. The corvette’s guns opened fire keeping the Germans from manning their deck gun. The captain ordered the ship to ram the submarine. The crew reported hearing a grinding noise on our hull and then a loud explosion to our stern. U-224 went down and exploded underwater. There was only one survivor, First Lieutenant Wolf- Dietrich Danckworth. The convoy ships blew their whistles in tribute. The sinking was widely publicized. The Ville de Quebec was visited by admirals and dignitaries, including Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and back in England by the King and Queen. The corvette's captain T/Lt.Cdr. A.R.E. Coleman of Montreal received the DSO.
After the war the Ville de Quebec was decommissioned 6 July 1945, sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Dispina. Its honoured name is still carried on one of Canada's patrol frigates today. One former corvette, HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) Sackville was saved from the wrecker's yard and restored as a floating tribute to all the ships and men who had served. HMCS Sackville is now moored dockside in Halifax Harbour, in the bright white and blue dazzle camouflage paint scheme she once wore in the North Atlantic.
Και δυο φωτογραφιες, πρωτα του πλοιου μας Ville de Quebec και μετα του HMCS Sackville το οποιο ειναι το τελευταιο πλοιο αυτης της σειρας
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The only survivor of the entire class is HMCS Sackville (K181), owned by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. She was laid up in reserve in March 1946 and converted in 1952 to a research vessel for Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries, a role she served in until the early 1980s when she was acquired by the trust.[13] She has been restored to her wartime appearance and serves the summer months as a museum ship on loan to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while wintering securely in the naval dockyard at CFB Halifax under the care of Maritime Forces Atlantic, Maritime Command. Sackville's presence in Halifax is considered very appropriate, given the port was an important North American convoy assembly port during the war. Sackville makes her first appearance each spring when she is towed by a naval tug from HMC Dockyard to a location off Point Pleasant Park on the first Sunday in May to participate in the Commemoration of the Battle of the Atlantic ceremonies held at a memorial in the park overlooking the entrance to Halifax Harbour. Sackville typically hosts several dozen RCN veterans on this day and has also participated in several burials at sea for dispersing the ashes of RCN veterans of the Battle of the Atlantic at this location.
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Πηγη: http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/Flower_class_corvette
Το πλοιο ειχε παρουσιασθει απο εμας για πρωτη φορα εδω http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showpost.php?p=207887&postcount=2 οταν ειχαμε γραψει τηλεγραφικα τα εξης
HMCS Ville de Quebec (K242)
Sold in 1946 as the mercantile Despoina. Resold in 1947 as the mercantile Dorothea Paxos, in 1948 as Tanya, and in 1949 as Medex.
Κατα το Miramar, ιδου η ιστορια του πλοιου
IDNo: 6114008 Year: 1942
Name: QUEBEC Keel: 7.6.41
Type: Patrol frigate Launch Date: 12.11.41
Flag: CAN Date of completion: 24.5.42
Tons: 940 Link: 1824
DWT: 1180 Yard No: 14
Length overall: 62.6 Ship Design:
LPP: 57.9 Country of build: CAN
Beam: 10.1 Builder: Morton Engr
Material of build: Location of yard: Quebec
Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn): 1T-16
Subsequent History: [1946 cv to cargo ship, 771gt/450dw] - 42 VILLE DE QUEBEC - 46 DISPINA - 47 DOROTHEA PAXOS - 48 TANYA - 49 MEDEX
Disposal Data: BU La Seyne 22.1.52 after being laid up at Marseilles
Name Tons Change Registered Owner
QUEBEC 940 1942 Canadian Navy CAN
VILLE DE QUEBEC 940 1942 Canadian Navy CAN
DISPINA 771 1947
DOROTHEA PAXOS 771 1947 Mediterranean
TANYA 771 1947 Tanya Sg Corp
MEDEX 771 1949 S.G.Economides
Το πλοιο ναυπηγηθηκε απο την Morton Engineering σαν κορβεττα του Καναδικου ναυτικου. Ειχε 1.180 τοννους, μηκος 62,6 μετρων και πλατος 10,1 μετρων. Ονομασθηκε Ville de Quebec
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Τι παραξενο ονομα για ενα πλοιο, επιβατηγο και φορτηγο που παρουσιασθηκε στις θαλασσες μας το 1946! Και μας ειχε ξεφυγει μεχρι τωρα παρα την μεγαλη του ιστορια (σαν πολεμικο πλοιο) και παρα το γεγονος οτι το πρωτο του ονομα συνεχιζει να προκαλει τρομερες συζητησεις ακομη και σημερα στον Καναδα... Το ονομα με το οποιον το ξερουν αυτο το θρυλικο πλοιο οι φιλοι μας; Ville de Quebec! Και τι ονομα!
Διαβαστε επι παραδειγματι μια απλη παρουσιαση (με μια δοση μεγαλου πατριωτισμου) εδω http://historywire.ca/en/article/21175
After the Allies successfully landed in North Africa, Canadian corvettes became part of an escort effort to ensure that land forces were resupplied. Among these was the Ville de Quebec, built in Quebec City and commissioned 24 May 1942. On January 13, 1943, Ville de Quebec was escorting a 15-ship convoy in the Mediterranean when ASDIC operator Stanley Mill reported a submarine presence on the starboard bow. It was U-224. This submarine had been built in Kiel, Germany, and was commissioned on 20 June 1942. The U-boat had slipped through the narrow strait at Gibraltar, when clouds hid the moonlight. It had been sighted in that dangerous passage but escaped attack.
The Ville de Quebec attacked immediately, firing a pattern of 10 depth charges in a diamond pattern, damaging the U-Boat to the degree that it had to surface. The corvette’s guns opened fire keeping the Germans from manning their deck gun. The captain ordered the ship to ram the submarine. The crew reported hearing a grinding noise on our hull and then a loud explosion to our stern. U-224 went down and exploded underwater. There was only one survivor, First Lieutenant Wolf- Dietrich Danckworth. The convoy ships blew their whistles in tribute. The sinking was widely publicized. The Ville de Quebec was visited by admirals and dignitaries, including Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and back in England by the King and Queen. The corvette's captain T/Lt.Cdr. A.R.E. Coleman of Montreal received the DSO.
After the war the Ville de Quebec was decommissioned 6 July 1945, sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Dispina. Its honoured name is still carried on one of Canada's patrol frigates today. One former corvette, HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) Sackville was saved from the wrecker's yard and restored as a floating tribute to all the ships and men who had served. HMCS Sackville is now moored dockside in Halifax Harbour, in the bright white and blue dazzle camouflage paint scheme she once wore in the North Atlantic.
Και δυο φωτογραφιες, πρωτα του πλοιου μας Ville de Quebec και μετα του HMCS Sackville το οποιο ειναι το τελευταιο πλοιο αυτης της σειρας
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The only survivor of the entire class is HMCS Sackville (K181), owned by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. She was laid up in reserve in March 1946 and converted in 1952 to a research vessel for Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries, a role she served in until the early 1980s when she was acquired by the trust.[13] She has been restored to her wartime appearance and serves the summer months as a museum ship on loan to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while wintering securely in the naval dockyard at CFB Halifax under the care of Maritime Forces Atlantic, Maritime Command. Sackville's presence in Halifax is considered very appropriate, given the port was an important North American convoy assembly port during the war. Sackville makes her first appearance each spring when she is towed by a naval tug from HMC Dockyard to a location off Point Pleasant Park on the first Sunday in May to participate in the Commemoration of the Battle of the Atlantic ceremonies held at a memorial in the park overlooking the entrance to Halifax Harbour. Sackville typically hosts several dozen RCN veterans on this day and has also participated in several burials at sea for dispersing the ashes of RCN veterans of the Battle of the Atlantic at this location.
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Πηγη: http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/Flower_class_corvette
Το πλοιο ειχε παρουσιασθει απο εμας για πρωτη φορα εδω http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showpost.php?p=207887&postcount=2 οταν ειχαμε γραψει τηλεγραφικα τα εξης
HMCS Ville de Quebec (K242)
Sold in 1946 as the mercantile Despoina. Resold in 1947 as the mercantile Dorothea Paxos, in 1948 as Tanya, and in 1949 as Medex.
Κατα το Miramar, ιδου η ιστορια του πλοιου
IDNo: 6114008 Year: 1942
Name: QUEBEC Keel: 7.6.41
Type: Patrol frigate Launch Date: 12.11.41
Flag: CAN Date of completion: 24.5.42
Tons: 940 Link: 1824
DWT: 1180 Yard No: 14
Length overall: 62.6 Ship Design:
LPP: 57.9 Country of build: CAN
Beam: 10.1 Builder: Morton Engr
Material of build: Location of yard: Quebec
Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn): 1T-16
Subsequent History: [1946 cv to cargo ship, 771gt/450dw] - 42 VILLE DE QUEBEC - 46 DISPINA - 47 DOROTHEA PAXOS - 48 TANYA - 49 MEDEX
Disposal Data: BU La Seyne 22.1.52 after being laid up at Marseilles
Name Tons Change Registered Owner
QUEBEC 940 1942 Canadian Navy CAN
VILLE DE QUEBEC 940 1942 Canadian Navy CAN
DISPINA 771 1947
DOROTHEA PAXOS 771 1947 Mediterranean
TANYA 771 1947 Tanya Sg Corp
MEDEX 771 1949 S.G.Economides
Το πλοιο ναυπηγηθηκε απο την Morton Engineering σαν κορβεττα του Καναδικου ναυτικου. Ειχε 1.180 τοννους, μηκος 62,6 μετρων και πλατος 10,1 μετρων. Ονομασθηκε Ville de Quebec
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