Fraser Squadron

The Fraser Squadron AGM was held at the Sundance Ballroom on April 20, 2012.

2011 Bridge prepares to step down.

Front: Bob Everson, Bob Juulsen

Back:  Cleve Pryde, Rose Easthom, Byron Buie, Rick Easthom

2012 Bridge assembling to be pledged
Nan Lockie, Bill Hawryluk, Bob Everson, Shane Meyers, Dave Mellis, Peter Lefroy Cleve Pryde, Meredith Williamson, Rose Easthom, Byron Buie, Bob Juulsen 

2012 Bridge

Nan Lockie, Bill Hawryluk, Bob Everson, Shane Meyers, Dave Mellis, Peter Lefroy Cleve Pryde, Meredith Williamson, Rose Easthom, Byron Buie, Bob Juulsen, Rick Easthom, Nancy Gibson

District representative PMD Commander Nancy Gibson

2012 Bridge

Pledging of the 2012 Bridge

Pledging of the 2012 Bridge

2012 bridge being pledged
Cleve Pryde, Carolyn Duguid, Rose Easthom, Byron Buie 

Nan Lockie and Bill Hawryluk

Post Pledging Jocularity
Peter vowed to be more aware of his wake when passing sailboats
(he said nothing about reducing the wake) 

Byron Buie receiving his 5 year Merit Certificate

Carolyn Duguid receiving her Merit Certificate

Rick Easthom receiving his 5 year Merit Certificate

Rose Easthom receiving her 4 year Merit Certificate

Bob Everson receiving his 13 year Merit Certificate

Bill Hawryluk receiving his 28 year Merit Certificate

Bob Juulsen receiving his 17 year Merit Certificate

Peter Lefroy receiving his 10 year Merit Certificate

Nan Lockie receiving her 2 year Merit Certificate

Dave Mellis receiving his 1 year Merit Certificate

Cleve Pryde receiving his 5 year Merit Certificate

Meredith Williamson receiving her 1 year Merit Certificate

Peter Lefroy receiving the John Murray award

Bob Juulsen receiving the Stuart Church trophy

Bob Everson receing the Brimble and Curran award

Commander Rick Easthom addresses the AGM

Jeff Cote of Pacific Yacht Systems gave a talk about boat electrical systems.

Jeff Cote of PY Systems

2012 AGM attendees

Bob Juulsen, Bob Everson, Rick Easthom

Shane Meyer, Nan Lockie

Jeff Cote and Peter Lefroy

2012 AGM attendees

This year we have three cruises lined up.

July 1 - False Creek

Last years anchor and dinner in False Creek proved so popular that we decided to hold the same cruise again this year.

July 27 - 30 - Ladysmith

The Ladysmith cruise has long been a squadron favourite. This year we will be visiting the maritime museum where Alan Eldred donated some of the ship models he built.

August 24-27 - Butchart Gardens

Anchor in Tod inlet or try to pickup a mooring bouy in Butchart cove. This cruise will include a group trip to the gardens to watch the fireworks on Saturday night. 

As I once did, most people probably believe the name Fraser Squadron is derived from the name of the river that divides the communities our squadron serves. Well we were wrong!

The "Fraser" in Fraser Squadron is derived from Canadian Forces St. Laurent class destroyer the HMCS Fraser (DDH 233). The stag in the squadron burgee is in fact the HMCS Fraser's ship mascot.

HMCS Fraser began life at the Burrard Dry Dock and the Yarrows Shipyard and was commissioned at Esquimalt in 1957. For the first ten years or so of her her life she patrolled Pacific waters before moving to the east coast.

The Fraser was one of the first warships to be designed and built in Canada. The Fraser was the last of the St. Laurent class in active commission. Over the course of her working years she functioned as a destroyer escort, and a destroyer helicopter escort. She was used to demonstrate new Canadian designed technology and was the first Canadian ship to carry an Experimental Towed Array Sonar System and was the first to test the NIXIE torpedo decoy system.

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