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235

This was the penant number I saw while swimming around the HMCS Chaudière—a Canadian destroyer escort that spent roughly fifty years in active duty.

It saw the Second World War. It saw the first Gulf war. It must have seen much between those times too.

Now it rests in the Sechelt Inlet. It was sunk in 1992 to create an artificial reef for both animal life and divers.

What stories could it tell? Would it speak of acts of heroism?

Tyranny?

I would hope they would mainly fall under the first, but surveying this ancient husk of a war machine, I can’t help but wonder about all the possibilities.

“Fortune smiles on the Brave” – Chaudière’s Motto

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One Response to “235”

  1. sleepingmonk Says:
    July 31st, 2006 at 2:53 am

    Damn you! It’s stories like this that make me want to go get my dive ticket! Ah well, I have a tattoo and you don’t. Na na na boo boo! (I’ve been spending WAY too much time around a 4 year old…)

    Hey, check my site, I posted something about redheads! :)