HMCS Gatineau was the third Restigouche Class Destroyer Escort built.
I was on the Gatineau from April to November 1964. I good deal of that time the ship was in refit in the Halifax shipyard so, my time at sea on her was limited.
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| This is one of the few photos I have with her original mast configuration. All the other pictures below show a larger mast and after she was fitted with the ASROC anti submarine missile system which can be seen as the boxy shape on her quarterdeck. See notes below. |
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| The Gatineau on the right and the Restigouche on the left getting refueled simultaneously by HMCS Provider |
The ASROC launcher replaced the 3 in/50 cal twin mount and one Mk 10 Limbo mortars aft. The ASROC was rocket-propelled Mk 44 torpedo that had a minimum range of 820 metres (900 yd) and a maximum range of 9,100 metres (10,000 yd).The Mk 44 torpedo had a weight of 193 kilograms (425 lb), was 2.5 metres (100 in) long and carried a 34-kilogram (75 lb) warhead. The torpedo itself had a maximum range of 5,500 metres (6,000 yd) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). The torpedo was acoustically guided
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| A good view of the Anti Submarine ASROC system on her Quarterdeck |
4 comments:
I sailed on the Gatineau drug the Cuban crisis in 1962. I was 19 at the time having just come from Cornwallis . So that was an exciting time for me and spent time in Germany and England , Ireland and Scandinavia.
I joined her in '64
Hey very interesting . I was on board the Gateau from June 1962 until April 1963 . I spent some time on the Victoriaville and the Columbia then I left and became something more appealing . A writer and a poet .
I stayed in for 8 years. I left in 1970. Sailed on La Hulloise, the Gatineau then Restigouche then went into submarines and was on Onondaga
Left to go to college. Worked in broadcasting then for the labour community. I wrote No-Badge Killick after I retired
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