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Ships served in:

HMCS STE THERESE - Jan 1961 - Sep 1962

HMCS CAPE BRETON - Sep 1961 - Jan 1963

HMCS ASSINIBOINE - Jun 1963 - Feb 1964

HMCS QU'APPELLE - Feb 1964 - Dec 1964

HMCS ANTIGONISH - Dec 1964 - Jul 1966

HMCS BEACON HILL - Jun 1967 - Sep 1967

HMCS QU'APPELLE - Sep 1967 - Sep 1968

HMCS PROVIDER - Aug 1969 - Jul 1972 as a Leading Seaman / Master Seaman

HMCS MACKENZIE - Jul 1974 - Jul 1978

HMCS YUKON - Sep 1977 - Dec 1977 - TD from MACKENZIE

HMCS RESTIGOUCHE - Jan 1981 - Jun 1983

HMCS KOOTENAY - Jul 1986 - Apr 1987

(RB001) 13 Jan 1972 Issue of the Lookout newspaper.  MCpl (S) Robert Berbeck is mentioned in lead article as a blood donor

(RB002) Undated article - HMCS ASSINIBOINE may not be ready for her re-commissioning on 28 Jun 1963

(RB003) Undated article - HMCS ASSINIBOINE re-commissioned at Esquimalt, BC

(RB004) HMCS ST LAURENT sinks while under tow to scrap yard in Texas  //  The Victoria Times 01 Feb 1980  //  Article mentions the history of the ST LAURENT 205 and her predecessor ST LAURENT H83 and their connection to the dancer Sally Rand.

(RB005) HMCS QU'APPELLE grounds on Weir's Beach near Esquimalt, BC  //  The Victoria Times 17 Jan 1968

(RB006) Rear-Admiral William Hughes forced to retire  //  The Victoria Times Colonist 08 Apr 1982

(RB007) The Royal Canadian Navy in its heyday  //  The Sunday Star 23 Jun 1985

HMCS ANTIGONISH 301

(RB009 - RB010) HMCS ANTIGONISH in Drydock May 1965

(RB011) Crossing the line on HMCS ANTIGONISH enroute to Rio - Feb 1966  //  ABBN John Helgason on the right

(RB012) Left to right: HMCS CAPE SCOTT 101, HMCS GRILSE 71, and HMS ACHERON. Foreground: HMCS ST CROIX (left), HMCS ANTIGONISH (right). Recife, Brazil, Feb 1966

(RB013 - RB014) Canadian sailors being tourists on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janerio - Feb 1966

(RB015) HMCS GRILSE 71 and HMCS ANTIGONISH proceeding through the first lock on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal, heading back to Esquimalt - Feb 1966

(RB016) Undated article - The former HMCS NEW GLASGOW and HMCS ANTIGONISH depart Esquimalt under tow to the breaker's yard in Japan

HMCS NEW GLASGOW 315

(RB017) Sketch of HMCS NEW GLASGOW 315 leaving Sydney, Australia, Spring 1961 by Edward Goodall

(RB018) Undated article - The former HMCS NEW GLASGOW and HMCS ANTIGONISH depart Esquimalt under tow to the breaker's yard in Japan

HMCS BEACON HILL 303

(RB019) Lowering the ensign for the last time on HMCS BEACON HILL.  P2SG Rosie Dale on the right and LSSG Robert Berbeck on the left  

(RB020) Article on the paying-off of HMCS BEACON HILL 303

HMCS PROVIDER 508

(RB021) HMCS PROVIDER arrival in Esquimalt Dec 1969

(RB022) HMCS PROVIDER 508 - 1972

(RB023) HMCS PROVIDER refueling HMCS RESTIGOUCHE on the left, HMCS GATINEAU on the right with HMCS TERRA NOVA in the back in the Lifeguard Station. Photo was taken in May 1983, en route to Japan

HMCS MACKENZIE 261

(RB024) HMCS MACKENZIE 261 departing Vancouver - Jul 1964  //  Note that she is flying her original call sign CGQD. In April 1964, HMCS QU'APPELLE (call sign CYQD) was brought around from Halifax to Esquimalt and became 2nd Squadron Senior ship. To avoid confusion between the call signs, and with MACKENZIE being the junior ship to QU'APPELLE, her (MACKENZIE's) call sign was changed on 01 Aug 1964 to CGYZ.

(RB025) Tug Seaspan scout towing the former HMCS MACKENZIE to be turned over to the Artificial Reef Society of BC for preparations to become an  artificial reef 

HCMS RESTIGOUCHE 257

(RB026) HMCS RESTIGOUCHE 257 firing an ASROC (Anti-Submarine Rocket) - Apr 1983