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, 7 October 2023

Two RCN vessels return from deployments

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This past week or so saw the end of two naval deployments. First, I was lucky last Sunday to catch HMCS Harry Dewolf returning to Halifax af...

Saturday, 20 May 2023

ITS Virginio Fasan departs Halifax

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The Italian Navy frigate arrived in Halifax on Thursday and departed this morning just after 0900. The ship is a FREMM type multi-purpose fr...

Sunday, 16 April 2023

Ship watching from Chebucto Head

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The family and I took the opportunity over the Easter long weekend to take a trip out to York Redoubt and Chebucto Head, and my timing at th...

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Deployment for Op Projection

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HMCS Montreal and MV Asterix departed on Sunday for Operation Projection in the Indo-Pacific. This is the first time an East Coast frigate w...

Sunday, 19 March 2023

Recent ship photos

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I usually only manage to catch ship traffic in the harbour during my morning and evening commute on the ferry, but occasionally catch ships...

Sunday, 12 March 2023

Halifax Waterfront at Night - Queens Marque

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I had the change to wander the waterfront around Queens Marque last night and take a few photos. It was a bit windy and I was using long ex...

Monday, 27 February 2023

February and March issues of Warships IFR

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All four issues of Warships IFR magazine with my story of going north with HMCS Margaret Brooke on Operation Nanook in August 2022 have now ...

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