Feb 14

Life on Board

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 in ---10-Life on Board

Left, Ltn John Joynt and Sub Lieutenant John Dobbs on the bridge. Middle, Jack Leroux on lamp with Johnny Downs, spring 1945. Right. crew 0f Q072, summer 1944. Kevin Joynt collection.

Left, Lieutenant John Joynt and Sub-Lieutenant John Dobbs on the bridge. Middle, Jack Leroux on lamp with Johnny Downs, spring 1945. Right, crew of Q072, summer 1944. Kevin Joynt collection

Ship’s bell Q072. Origin unknown

At wheel of Q074. Musée Naval de Québec & Roy Woodruff collection.

At wheel of Q074. Roy Woodruf f / Naval Museum of Quebec collection

Life aboard Q074. Musée Naval de Québec & Roy Woodruff collection.

Life aboard Q074. Roy Woodruff / Naval Museum of Quebec collection

!943, aboard Q074. Musée Naval de Québec & Roy Woodruff collection.

!943, aboard Q074. Roy Woodruff / Naval Museum of Quebec collection

Gaspé, Québec, June 1943, chart table in a Fairmile. Origin unknown

Mess deck Q127-Kathy Cullen collection

10 may 1943. An unidentified petty officer at the wheel of the fairmile Q078 at sea. Library and Archives Canada / PA-201798

May 10, 1943. An unidentified petty officer at the wheel of the fairmile Q078 at sea. Library and Archives Canada / PA-201798

9 feb.1943, Halifax, N.S. Rating in wheelhouse of unidentified Fairmile transferred to the Free French Naval Forces. Library and Archives Canada / PA-106347

February 9, 1943, Halifax, N.S. Rating in wheelhouse of unidentified Fairmile transferred to the Free French Naval Forces. Library and Archives Canada / PA-106347

10 June 1943, St-John's Nfld. Sailors playing cards aboard Fairmile Q078. Library and Archives Canada / Pa-173319

June 10, 1943, St-John’s, Newfoundland. Sailors playing cards aboard Fairmile Q078. Library and Archives Canada / PA-173319

The tiny galley of a Fairmile has enough room and equipment to enable Cook-Steward R.J. Urquhart, Baddeck, Cap Breton to turn out a hot and satisfying meal for the crew. Royal Canadian Navy and Mike Heenan collection (R-802).

The tiny galley of a Fairmile has enough room and equipment to enable Cook-Steward R.J. Urquhart from Baddeck, Cap Breton to turn out a hot and satisfying meal for the crew. Royal Canadian Navy and Mike Heenan collection (R-802)

1943. Cook-Steward R. Kennedy of Calgary-Fairmile galley. Royal Canadian Navy collection (R-779)

Royal Canadian Navy collection (H-4387)

May 1943, Halifax, N.S. Fairmile engine-room. From left, Chief Motor Mechanic J. Buchan, RCNVR of Toronto. LDG. Sto. J.L. Hill, RCNVR of Hollyburn, B.C. and Sto. G. Coughlin, RCNVR of Chaplin, Sask. Royal Canadian Navy collection ( GM-0096).

May 1943, Halifax, Nova-Scotia. Fairmile engine-room. From left, Chief Motor Mechanic J. Buchan, RCNVR of Toronto. Leading Stoker J.L. Hill, RCNVR of Hollyburn, British Colombia and Stoker G. Coughlin, RCNVR of Chaplin, Saskatchewan. Royal Canadian Navy collection (GM-0096)

Seaman’s mess of a Fairmile. Royal Canadian Navy collection (O-1608)

Chief Motor Mechanic E. Vye of Vancouver B.C.and Leading Seaman E. Singer of Regina Sask. swap snapshots from home in their cabin in a Fairmile. Royal Canadian Navy collection (R-785).

Chief Motor Mechanic E. Vye of Vancouver, British Columbia and Leading Seaman E. Singer of Regina Saskatchewan swap snapshots from home in their cabin in a Fairmile. Royal Canadian Navy collection (R-785)

The table in the tiny messdeck of a Fairmile is used for a friendly game of cards. Left to right are, Ordinary Seaman M. Hines of Vancouver, Telegraphist T. Goldie, Cape Breton, Leading Seaman H. Doucet of Nova Scotia, Ordinary Seaman, A. Nicholson of Vancouver, Ordinary Seaman W.Parker of Regina and Signalman R. Gifford of Windsor, Ontario. Royal Canadian Navy collection ( R-778)