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HMCS ST JOHN'S 340
DND/RCN
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Crown
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Over the
winter of 2015-16, HMCS ST JOHN'S above Warfare Water Officer petitioned the ship's company for
submissions of gun shield art. The design selected was drawn by SLt E.J.S.
Anglin, coloured by Lt(N) J.C. Olivier, and transferred to the 57mm gun over
the course of several weeks in June. Lt(N) Olivier, a skilled painter and
artist in his everyday life, used marine-grade oil based paint and with the
help of SLt Anglin and SLt Kowalski, transferred the iconic lion, ramparts
and black rock of St. John's to the back of the gun (Source: HMCS ST JOHN'S
facebook page - 19 Jul 2016)
A couple mess deck doors on HMCS ST JOHN'S
Webmaster's
note Sep 2020 - I've recently been advised that during work-ups, Sea
Training Staff advised the CO that the mess deck door paintings did not
present a level of professionalism expected of the crew. It seems that
the doors were painted over - with the exception of the "Ladies of 6
Mess" which was removed and presented to the Crow's Nest in St. John's,
NFLD. My personal feelings is that Sea Training did not help improve
crew moral with their assessment on this.
When
HMCS ST JOHN'S visited her namesake port early this summer she was
sporting brand new gunshield art on her forward gun. Earlier in the spring a
design contest was held among the ship’s company. The winning design was
painted on just hours before St. John’s came through the Narrows. The
accompany- ing picture was taken while the smell of paint was still in the
air. St. John’s has promised us a regulation two feet by two feet version
for the Nest. Fredericton and Halifax have also promised artwork. Let’s
see which will be the first on the wall. The race is on! (Source: The
Scuttlebutt Crow's Nest Officers' Club newsletter - Aug 2008)
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