All Entries Tagged With: "HMCS Kootenay"
A Solemn Tribute to HMCS Kootenay and the Legacy of Remembrance
Paul Dagonese, Lookout Writer — Members of the Royal Canadian Navy gathered at Memorial Park in Esquimalt on Oct. 23 for a solemn ceremony honouring the nine sailors lost in the 1969 tragedy aboard HMCS Kootenay. The wreath-laying event, marking Canada’s largest peacetime naval loss, drew veterans, sailors, and officials in an act of remembrance. Leading […]
Historic green jacket connects Navy’s past and present
Peter Mallett, Staff Writer — More than 30 years may have passed since his days as a young sailor but Lieutenant (Navy) Richard Rowe and his faded Green Navy Flight Jacket are back at square one. Lt(N) Rowe proudly wore his jacket in the early 1990s as a Bridge Watchkeeper aboard Restigouche-class destroyer HMCS Kootenay. […]
