NATO Tours

[TN2IC]

I am trying to find anyone that was on a NATO tour that served on the HMCS Skenna ...around the 1988 era.
I want to find out what ships where with it...I got USS KING... now decomission and there was a West German Ship...what was it's name? They where off the coast of Norway...


This is for my dad.. he already needs an answer..
Or a good lead.. or links that might help...thank you sooo much.

 

[OnTrack]

I was in the OTTAWA that relieved the SKEENA in Ghent, Belgium in the summer of '89.  The German ship was the FGS Emden if memory serves.  Hope this helps.

 

[TN2IC]

What is your name...I want to know ya... you seem to be helpful here. Thank you.


are you sure it was 89? not 88? Do you have an email to help us out... any plaques or anything along those lines of the tour? Like the German ship..

 

[armyvern]

http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/squadrons/423chapter8.htm

"1988 was the 25th Anniversary of the Sea King helicopter. The aircraft did experience some serviceability problems during the year, but despite their age, they allowed the squadron to meet all of its operational commitments. Of course, the perseverance and dedication of maintenance personnel and aircrew helped. All the HELAIRDETs had busy schedules throughout the year. HS 423 manned HMC Ships ATHABASKAN, IROQUOIS, SKEENA, and PROTECTEUR through EXERCISES FLEETEX, CARIBOPS, SAFEPASS, MARCOT, COMBATEX, TACEX, TEAMWORK, and EASTLANT, as well as the usual support to STANAVFORLANT, OPEVALs, air shows and "Shop Windows." SAGUENAY and MARGAREE Detachments would be reborn later in the summer and take their part of the workload.

There were some highlights for the squadron in the summer and autumn. SKEENA Det took part in the search for survivors after a tragic fire on the oil rig PIPER ALPHA in the North Sea early in July. This was SKEENA's last act after a four month SNFL deployment. Later in the same month, LCol Cody and MWO Waddell paid a visit to the Sikorsky plant in Stratford, Connecticut to attend several formal events held in recognition of the 25th Anniversary of the Sea King. The last big event for 423 occurred in October and November when, during the busy MAST audit and OPEVAL season, the squadron won the annual HS Competition. MARGAREE Detachment won the aircrew and maintenance trophies and took top honours overall."

http://www.manw.nato.int/manw/pages/organisation/snmg1.htm

 

[buckahed]

http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/downloads/honours/SSM_NATO_SHIPS_e.pdf

That will give you the dates. 26 April 88 to 21 JUL 88 Skeena was on Stanavforlant. Doesn't look like Ottawa relieved her though.

 

[OnTrack]

I stand corrected.  Based on the SSM eligibility list, it must have been SAGUENAY we relieved in Ghent in July 1989.