Sandy's Ramblings

A repository for whatever wisdom (or lack thereof) I choose to dispense. Probably consisting mostly of Naval and Maritime history, Photography, or a combination thereof.

Saturday, 14 September 2019

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH arrival in Halifax

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The 65,000 tonne lead ship of the Royal Navy's newest class of aircraft carriers, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, arrived in Halifax on Thursday. ...

Saturday, 7 September 2019

Cutlass Fury Day 2 - Heading out in advance of Hurricane Dorian

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I'm not sure how many images I will get processed, and how much of a blog post I will complete, before the power inevitably goes out du...

Thursday, 5 September 2019

Exercise Cutlass Fury 2019

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Exercise Cutlass Fury 2019 will run from September 9-20, and will begin with a sailpast (and flypast) of the Halifax waterfront on Monday, ...

Friday, 23 August 2019

Upcoming 50th Anniversary of HMCS KOOTENAY gearbox explosion

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On October 23rd, 1969, HMCS KOOTENAY was exercising off the coast of England with a task group of ships of the Royal Canadian Navy when her...

CSS Acadia refit

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Phase I of the ongoing refit of CSS Acadia is nearing its end, and the ship was opened up for visitors for the first time in a long time. Ac...

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Hiatus....and fancy yachts

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I'm on a bit of a hiatus from posting to the blog at the moment, due to a busy summer and a few other projects that I have on the go - s...

Saturday, 11 May 2019

Container Ship CMA CGM Orfeo

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Container ships are getting larger and larger, and CMA CGM Orfeo is one of the larger vessels to call in Halifax these days (though there a...

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