Ship's Plaque
Crow's Nest Military Artifacts Association
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| Nom de l'objet : | Ship's Plaque |
| Titre : | HMCS Galt Barber Pole Squadron |
| Matériaux : | wood |
| Numéro d'accession : | 2007.Cr.004 |
| Nom de la collection : | Crow's Nest Military Artifacts Association |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Description : | Barber Pole and wood plaque mounted on a another larger plaque. Ship's crest at bottom a barber pole in the middle and and the names of the Brigade ships on the left. There is what appears to be a submarine stack on top of plaque. |
| Commentaires : | The Barber Pole Brigade consisted of 6 ships of varying classes all members of the Fifth Escort; Saguenay, Skeena. Wetaskiwin, Agassiz, Sackville and Galt. They operated out of St. John's for North Atlantic duties and all managed to survive their long and weary service. The name for the Squadron came from a conversation in the Crow's Nest between two navy lieutenants from the Fifth Escort Group. They figured that a band of red and white stripes, painted slantwise on the funnels would allow for quick and easy identification. The idea was adopted and very soon the ships of the Fifth Escort Group were sporting the fancy funnels. So well known did the squadron become that a song praising its exploits was written by a young officer named Tony Paddon (then a surgeon-lieutenant aboard the corvette HMCS Kitchener, he later became Lt. Governor of Newfoundland). The squadron went on to earn quite a reputation on convoy escort duty. Some of the original ship left the squadron and others joined, but all through the war there was a Barber Pole Squadron. After the war the tradition faded until it was no more than a memory in the minds of wartime crews. But in 1958 the idea came back to life when a new Fifth Escort Group was formed and it continued the tradition of the Barber Pole. Missing is the ship's name Agassiz. |
| Fonctions : | ship's badge |
| Hauteur : | 0.000 |
| Longueur : | 46.000 |
| Largeur : | 16.500 |
| Profondeur : | 2.250 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Sujet ou image : | Ship's Crest |
| Établissement : | Crow's Nest Military Artifacts Association |
| Ville de l'établissement : | St. John's |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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