WELCOME TO THE

HMCS VANCOUVER Family Brief18 Sept 2016

Cdr Clive ButlerCommanding Officer

HMCS Vancouver

14 September 2016 was Halfway Day for HMCS VANCOUVER:

Halfway done the trip, halfway around the world,

and halfway home!

Halfway Day

Esquimalt, BCDeparted: 13

June

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Guam

Darwin, AUS

Directed Workups in the SOCAL

area

RIMPAC

BILATEX

Crossing the Line

Ex Kakadu

Where We’ve Been

Goodbye Pearl Harbor

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Transit to GuamTraining

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More Training

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And more Training

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VAN Gets Fit

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SwimEX – Marianas Trench

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SwimEX

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Banyan

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Welcome to Guam

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Guam

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BILATEX

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Crossing the Line

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Crossing the Line

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RAS HMAS Success

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Darwin

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Darwin Multi-Nation Sports Day

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Sports Day

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Darwin Divisions

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Awards

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Medals

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Medals

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Promotions

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Promotions

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1.5 tons of mail

received in Crete!

Interesting Facts!We have steamed over 15,000 nm on

Westploy so far, and over 35,000 nm since January!

In the old days, sailors would get a swallow

tattoo for every 5000 nm they

sailed—that’s 3 swallow tattoos

worth!

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We ate what?!?

Ketchup: 300 Bottles

Eggs: 51, 300 Bacon: 71,250

SlicesPeanut Butter:

285 JarsCheese Whiz: 48

JarsPOP: 13, 272 Cans

More fun facts!VANCOUVER has consumed

1,853,050 litres of fuel

Blackfish 12, our Sea King

helicopter, has flown over 233 flight hours in

87 sorties

And…58 people have celebrated a

birthday since we’ve been

gone!

Biggest Loser participants have collectively lost

33 lbs so far