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.

Monday, 16 September 2024

The RCN's future River Class destroyers

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Back on June 28th, the Halifax Shipyard hosted a ceremonial steel cutting for the new River Class of destroyers that are being built for the...

Monday, 26 August 2024

Dazzle paint schemes in Halifax

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Navies aren’t the only ones revisiting dazzle-type camouflage paint schemes. This is the Captain Paul Watson Foundation’s “John Paul de Jori...

Tuesday, 4 June 2024

Sail GP in Halifax

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Sail GP showed up in Canada for the first time with the Rockwool Canada Sail Grand Prix in Halifax on June 1st and 2nd, 2024. I managed to w...

Sunday, 14 April 2024

Capturing the Solar Eclipse

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A friend of mine (with family in the Miramichi) and I elected to head there for the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, in the hope of capturing...

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

MSC Manzanillo off Devils Island

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I haven't been able to take as many photos of late as I have in the past, so I forced myself to get out on Sunday and was lucky enough t...

Sunday, 19 November 2023

USS Marinette delivery trip

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The Freedom-variant Light Combat Ship (LCS 25) USS Marinette stopped by in Halifax this past week for a short visit to refuel during her del...

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Zhen Hua 23 arrives with new cranes for south end container terminal

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As covered elsewhere, the heavy lift vessel Zhen Hua 23 arrived on November 6th from China carrying four new container cranes, two of them...

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