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IN THE NRDs HMCS BRUNSWICKER honours former Commander By Lt(N) Phil Blackmore, Unit Public Affairs Representative, HMCS BRUNSWICKER On Saturday, April 14, 2012, family, friends, and civilian and military colleagues paid their respects to the late Commodore (Retired) William Frederick O’Connell, CD, in a ceremony to name the main conference room of HMCS BRUNSWICKER in his memory. Among other appointments, Commodore O’Connell served as Commanding Officer of HMCS BRUNSWICKER and as Commander Naval Reserve. He had extensive experience at sea in both charge and command of vessels of many classes. He also commanded a number of Coastal Defence and Harbour Defence districts in the Atlantic Region. In civilian life he was a highly respected trial attorney who was appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 2002. The plaque that now marks the entrance to the Commodore O’Connell Conference Room was unveiled as part of a ceremony on HMCS BRUNSWICKER’s Quarter Deck. Commodore David Craig, Commander Naval Reserve, and Commander Elizabeth Syvertsen- Bitten, Commanding Officer HMCS BRUNSWICKER, shared their memories of Commodore O’Connell; and his brother, James O’Connell, QC, emphasized that although his brother had a very successful law career, his first love was always the Navy. 8 LINK Vol. 21, No. 3, November 2012 Don’t forget Let us know your comments and suggestions about your publication by contacting the editor: daniel.turcotte@forces.gc.ca For the next issue ( January 2013 ) December 15, 2012 Left to right, Mr. Robert O’Connell; Cmdre (Ret’d) Gerald Peer, CD; Cmdre David W. Craig, Comd NAVRES; and Mr. James O’Connell, QC. (Photo by Sgt JLY Proteau, CFB Gagetown.) After the dedication ceremony, the Commanding Officer of HMCS BRUNSWICKER escorted the guests to the newly-named conference room. In addition to the plaque at the entrance, the conference room contains memorabilia, certificates and photographs from Commodore O’Connell’s long and distinguished career. At a Wardroom reception Commodore Craig and Commander Syvertsen-Bitten presented Commodore O’Connell’s brothers Robert and James with keepsakes to commemorate the day’s events. The Commodore O’Connell Conference Room is at the heart of HMCS BRUNSWICKER. It is a fitting tribute to Commodore O’Connell and it will serve as a remembrance of his many accomplishments and contributions to Canada’s Naval Reserve.
IN THE NRDs Navy Communicators mark 100 th anniversary of the loss of RMS TITANIC By SLt Tim Woodworth, PAO, HMCS CABOT Mt. Pearl, N.L. — On Monday, April 16, Naval Communicators from HMCS CABOT joined Admiralty House Museum and Archives and amateur radio operators worldwide to remember the loss of the RMS TITANIC. To commemorate the sinking of the RMS TITANIC, the Society of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs (SONRA) invited Naval Communicators from HMCS CABOT to participate in a special event station. Using the same call sign as the Titanic “MGY,” with the Newfoundland designation of “VO1” before it, HMCS CABOT Naval Communicators made contact with over 65 amateur radio operators over a two-hour period. Together with SONRA and the British International Morse Preservation Society “FISTS,” connections were made with many stations across the globe. Mr. Everett Price, a board member of Admiralty House and a member of SONRA said: “Things went wonderfully well this evening. The HF band was open and with the assistance of CPO 2 Joe Earles the Nav Comms enjoyed a VO1MGY pileup.” Stations everywhere recognized the famous call sign and scrambled to make contact. These stations included Belfast, Northern Ireland (where the TITANIC was built), Queensland Maritime Museum Australia, East Asia, Sweden, Spain, Poland and locations across North America. CPO 2 Earles is the Coxswain of HMCS CABOT, a Nav Comm by trade, and has been an avid radio amateur (Ham Radio) operator for over 25 years. "There were countless times during my career as a Sailors provide close escort during Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant By Darlene Blakeley, senior editor and writer, Crowsnest A boat crew from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) stands with the Royal Navy’s First Sea Lord at HMS PRESIDENT (the London shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve) following the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in London June 3. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, led the river pageant aboard the Spirit of Chartwell, navigating along the 11 km route through central London in celebration of the Queen’s 60-year reign. The RCN boat crew, along with crews from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, provided close escort for Her Majesty’s barge. Communicator that my knowledge and skills acquired through amateur radio have assisted me in my duties; such things as understanding when and why to use a vertical antenna over a horizontal wire or vice versa and on what frequency to use,” the Coxn stated enthusiastically. “Additionally, back in the days before email and satellite, most of our ships had at least one Ham Radio Op amongst the Naval Communicators who would conduct phone patches for the ship’s company while deployed. We would make use of both amateur radio and CFARS (Canadian Forces Affiliated Radio System). We would have quite a line-up of people in the flats awaiting their turn to call home from sea.” Communications played an important role on that fateful night one hundred years ago when the TITANIC sank. RMS CARPATHIA heard the morse code distress calls and rescued 710 survivors thanks to Marconi’s wireless device. A similar radio system can be seen at the Admiralty House Museum and Archives in Mt. Pearl. SONRA operates a modern station at the site which was originally constructed in 1914 by the Marconi Telegraph Co. as a top secret H. M. Wireless Station for the British Royal Navy. The station was designed to intercept secret German naval transmissions during the First World War, sea ice reports and distress calls from ships in peril. The TITANIC disaster demonstrated the need for effective messaging between land and sea. A century later we remember those passengers who lost their lives and honour them by continuing to strive for excellence in naval communications. From left to right: MS Jaclyn Hunter, PO 2 Felix Rowsell, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, LS Alecia Barlow, and LCdr Danny O’Reagan. (Photo by Capt(N) Harry Harsch.) LINK Vol. 21, No. 3, November 2012 9
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