tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454798339310771617.post548593888115661865..comments2024-03-27T09:58:17.259-03:00Comments on Shipfax: HMCS Iroquois - does life begin at 40Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09559556529557710099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454798339310771617.post-6012912130208061522012-09-23T21:32:14.169-03:002012-09-23T21:32:14.169-03:00I certainly thought they looked better with canted...I certainly thought they looked better with canted out stacks- but you are right they were too distinctive!<br />I'll stay with Canada's oldest fighting ship because I don't think there's much fight left in the AORs - some might disagree, and that's OK, but I don't see then going into combat any time soon-I hear they can't land helos anymore either. And yes that would be in commission. <br />I think the US has kept the Constitution in commission, so she would have a long way to go to beat any other records!Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559556529557710099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454798339310771617.post-24947608474702625822012-09-23T19:45:16.098-03:002012-09-23T19:45:16.098-03:00I still remember the day I first saw her sailing p...I still remember the day I first saw her sailing past Pier 9 heading into the Bedford Basin for some further testing. I grew up in the north-end of Halifax in Mulgrave Park. I had a clear view of the harbour from both indoors and outdoors. She use to have V or Feathered Diesel Stacks. They sure looked pretty but, I heard they stuck out like a, flock of seagulls over the ocean, on Radar. All of the 280 Class Ships had to have this Cosmetic Surgery. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125860910006325322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454798339310771617.post-57986208753564889022012-09-23T10:16:24.151-03:002012-09-23T10:16:24.151-03:00Canada's oldest fighting ship would be the Mar...Canada's oldest fighting ship would be the Maritime Museum's ACADIA, because she was a commissioned naval vessel during the First World War. I think what you meant to say is that IROQUOIS is the oldest vessel in the current fleet, but even that's debatable because both AOR's, PROTECTEUR & PRESERVER, are older and still in service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454798339310771617.post-75994164322137454062012-09-18T12:44:26.770-03:002012-09-18T12:44:26.770-03:00Nice one Mac!
Thanks
JarrodNice one Mac!<br /><br />Thanks<br />Jarrodiroquois280https://www.blogger.com/profile/15138312815493144415noreply@blogger.com