Frigates: River Class

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Brian James
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Frigates: River Class

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River Class Frigate HMCS Wentworth seen in 1943.
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RiverClass Frigate HMCS Chebogue pictured shortly after commissioning at Esquimalt on March 17th 1944....On October 4th 1944 while escorting ONS 33, a convoy made up of slower ships, Chebogue was hit by a GNAT fired by Type VIIC/41 Submarine U-1277...GNAT was the codename (German Naval Acoustic Torpedo) the Allies gave to the torpedo that tracked targets by the sounds they made. At the time the convoy was 800 miles from the British Isles. Seven men were killed in the resulting explosion with the loss of 33 ft off her stern...With part of her stern missing, she was unable to move under her own steam and had to be taken under tow. A succession of HMCS Chambly, HMS Mounsey, HMCS Ribble and the ocean tug, HMS Earner towed her roughly 900 miles before the towline parted in a gale and she was driven ashore in Swansea Bay, Wales. The RNLI lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales was despatched to aid in the rescue of the ship's crew. The weather worsened going from 40-knot winds to those of 70 knots. For recovering the crew of Chebogue Coxswain William Gammon was awarded the Gold Medal for Gallantry, with Second Coxswain Tom Ace and Mechanic Gilbert Davies receiving the Bronze Medal...Chebogue was re-floated and taken to Port Talbot where she was declared a constructive loss. She was placed in reserve at Port Talbot until December when she was towed to Newport, Wales where it was intended to make her seaworthy enough to be towed across the Atlantic Ocean. That plan was cancelled and she was instead taken to Milford Haven and paid off September 25th 1945. She was broken up in 1948.
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On Board Christina O, the Former Frigate that Wrote the Book on Superyacht Lifestyle

It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact year when a superyacht became a “must” for the world’s richest or, better yet, when the bigger the better became the norm as far as watercraft goes. Christina O would probably be a good place to start, because the former Canadian frigate turned into an ostentatious, outrageous luxury vessel by Aristotle Onassis pretty much wrote the book on the superyacht lifestyle.

August is Sea Month here on autoevolution, a month-long celebration of all things that float, with or without an engine. We couldn’t possibly mark the occasion without a mention of Christina O, a true icon for the modern superyacht era, and the one vessel widely believed to have set the tone for what was to come.

For complete article, photos, videos etc. see - https://www.autoevolution.com/news/on-b ... 95830.html

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Launched in 1943, Christina O started out as a Canadian anti-submarine River-class frigate known as HMCS Stormont. Retired at the end of the war, it was sold at scrap value to Onassis in 1954, who paid US$34,000 for its worth in metal, and then invested another $4 million to convert it into the fanciest, most outrageous and luxurious passenger ship. He named it Christina O, after his daughter.

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HMS Pelican 1938 - 1958 GGCV L86 U86 F86 What I Have I Hold ~ A wonderful bird is the Pelican its beak can hold more than its belly can.
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