It is a seaman's knife. I don't recognize the pattern as a RCN issued one, however. As to the third device, it is usually used to help weaving through rope strands when making back splices and such other weaves.
I am with HT on this one, any trade that goes to sea is a sea trade and works on the basis of the same hardships. I never liked that naming policy.
As for the engineering side, I am from a very old school. In my days (early/mid 70's - before I became a MARS officer), the concept in use was...
Question is, do those cruise ships get a bye? I mean, every time you see them in harbour, out comes the white paint brigade and they are touching up the hull everywhere along the side - no apparent safety precaution to protect the water (or the painters for that matter).
If that picture is from 1975, then the lighting is really bad. The original woman service dress was not the same dark green of the men's one but rather three shades lighter - almost the colour of the old Sprite bottles - which got it the nickname grasshopper green.
P.S., in the Navy (I mean in...
If the US Navy owns the IP of the ASW suite, and is willing to move away from Boeing (that's the big if), the West can fairly easily move the kit to another platform, be it an A220-300 or an A320neo of Airbus. I'm sure Airbus would jump at the opportunity and make sure its engineering is done...
Fully agree with Navy Pete here. The best demonstration of what a useful, cheap, expandable-if-need-be UUV would look like is a recoverable and rechargeable sonobuoy.
Pretty sure the Global 6000 series is mostly built and all assembled in Ontario, not Quebec.
And it's not subsidized - it's a money maker for Bombardier.
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