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Press, 25 February 1978, Page 22

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Canadians make a rare appearance

The rather odd looking destroyer which sailed into Lyttelton yesterday, with little green men running round her decks and the Canadian ensign fluttering in a freshening southerly, is Canada’s anti-submarine weapon in a nuclear age. She is the “Restigouche” class destroyer H.M.C.S. Kootenay, built in 1952 and now just completing a tour of duty south of the Equator, engaging in war games with the Australian. New Zealand and United States Navies. Her odd shape is the result of an extensive refit in 1970 after she was crippled by an engine-room explosion while on a fullpower trial in the midAtlantic. The Kootenay was towed back to Plymouth for emergency repairs. She then returned to Halifax, and while full-scale repairs were being made it. was decided to convert her into an “Improved Restigouche Class” destroyer. This involved lengthening her by six feet and enclosing as much of the open deck space as possible to protect crews from nuclear fall-out.

The touch of green in the uniform, instead of the traditional navy blue, is the result of a bold and controversial move by Canadian politicians to cut down defence spending by intergrating the services —- making it difficult for the uninitiated to distinguish between a Canadian sailor, soldier, or airman. ARRIVALS H.M.C.S. Kootenay (7.59 a.m.), Commander B. P. Moore, from sea (R.N.Z.N.) Eastern Academy .(11.25 a.m.), 10.792, Whangarei (Burns Philp). Hero’ Paic (6.23 a.m.), 8000, Dunedin (Guthrey). DEPARTURES Professor Yushenko 15.24 p.m.), 6038. sea (Scales). Union • Lyttelton (8.11 p.m.), 4500. Capt A. Dodds. Wellington (U.S.S.). Straat Clement (3.25 p.m.). 6225. Auckland (Guthrey). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Hupeh, Wellington, February 26. Southland Star, Suva, February 26. Fort Coulonge, from sea, February 27. Holmdale, Chatham Islands. February 27. Evergreen, Wellington, February 27. Coastal Trader, Auckland, Febru-

ary 27. Union Hobart, Wellington, February 28. Union Auckland, Adelaide. Feb- . ruary 28. Valetta, from sea, February 28. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, March 1. Erne, Marsden Point. March 1. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, March 2. . lonic. Whangarei, March 2. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Eastern Academy. Arabian Gulf, today. Southland Star, U.S.A., February 26. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, February’ 27. H.M.C.S. Kootenay, for sea. February 27. Heroi Paic. Auckland, February 28. Union Hobart, Wellington, February 28. Toyu Maru, for sea. February 28. Coastal Trader. Auckland. March 1. Hupeh, Tauranga. March 1. Evergreen, for sea, March 2. VESSELS IN PORT Heroj Pair, .Cashin Quay No. 2. Coastal Ranger, No. 2 West. Toyu Maru, No. 3 West. H.M.C.S. Kootenay, No. 4 West. Eastern Academy. No. 7 East. CONTAINERS Cargo from the following containers is available at Lyttelton: Remuera Bay. voyage 8102.— ACTU 7007710, XIRU 8276271, KNLU 2015607, INTO 2958309, CPMU 27441469. SAMU 2021754, OCLU 0206058. 0267557. 0181704: EGA 02483, SAMU 2040482, HLCU 2185569, OCLU 0240005, NZCU 2102530, LGH 01232. LFF 03948. Botanv Bay, vovage 7151. — TCSU 3001154. Flinders Bav, voyage 5154.— KNLU 2042979.’V0vage 7154: SSiU 2971924.

Godwit. voyage 2112.—JLAU 261006. 261015; OCLU 179287, NZJU 1001462. NZGU 0003758.