Great Video. I sailed in HMCS Porte St Jean in 1987 from Halifax to Thunder Bay Ontario and back again between September and November. And no, I couldn't locate my bunk. I think they may have removed it. Just to clarify your history, the vessel was used primarily by the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve as a training vessel. We practiced and tuned our trades as you mentioned, communications, engineering and logistics but more importantly was everyone gained valuable experience in seamanship - "sailor first, tradesman second" . For example, having a single screw and not being particularly manoueverable, coming alongside a jetty was an all hands evolution with up to 4 personnel heaving on each of the 4 lines to get the ship into position.
wow!! Thanks a lot for sharing this! I'm humbled that you liked the video! Regarding your bunk, it will be hard to find as the ship was going thru a transformation into a yacht by the time is was decided to be sunk, although the actual space may still be there on the lower deck! Thanks again for dropping by!
I served on this vessel the 1980's as a Royal Canadian Naval Reservist, this ship and her sister Porte St Louis as mentioned were station at H.M.C.S. Halifax Dockyards. Yearly she or her sister ship would travel the St Lawrence Sea way all the way up to Thunder bay. At various locations Quebec City, Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Thunderbay local naval reservists would take the vessel out for training for 3 days typically. I even sailed to Boston, MA one year for training. I have pictures of this vessel when I was in the navy. I have good memories. I also scuba dive I will have to look her up the next time I am in florida and visit her
Once again - wow! Your whole presentation is really tight, really well-crafted from start to finish. Watching you "leave on the boat" - nice edit - to the little graphic that shows where you are on the wreck are really cool! Love the history! You should compile and sell these.
I'm so glad you are liking the new format! it definitely more hours, but to see the feedback really keeps us going! Maybe some day when we have a good amount of videos in this new format, we'll do a collectible series, that is actually a good idea! but for now the comments and shares are enough for us 😀😀😀 THANKS for the lovely comment!
Muy buen video, la visibilidad parecía excelente al igual qie las condiciones del mar. Y saber la historia del barco es fabuloso. Gracias Felicitaciones Alejandro!!!!! Felicitaciones ISDC!!!!!!!
Thank you for posting this and doing the research associated with it! It's a bit crazy to think that not too long ago we had to put nets across our harbours in order to keep them safe, and that ships like these made this possible. I live in St. John's, Newfoundland, where we had a submarine net protecting our harbour for many years during the war, and it now lives discarded in the hills overlooking the harbour with a mountain biking trail around it appropriately called "Sub Net". Very cool relic of our past, and a reminder of the different reality of those times. We also have four wrecks of vessels from that era (in 20-50m waters) just off our coast that were sunk by U-boats, that show how important those submarine nets really were.
Thanks for sharing Rene!! and indeed it's amazing the things that needed to be done during war! Now I'm curious about those wrecks hehehe "Bucket listed!"
Thanks for the post, great video. I dive quite often in the Fort Lauderdale area. Where is the wreck in relation to Fort Lauderdale? Is it south near Hallandale, you mentioned Haul over inlet, isn’t that more toward Miami? I go out mostly with America Dream out of Portside Drive near the 17th causeway. I plan on doing the Tenneco Towers on the 9th.
hey! it is a "doable" trip for American Dream... for you to have an idea of where this is, if you draw an imaginary line "continuing" Hollywood Bv into the sea... you'll eventually reach the Miss Dania. I'd recommend you take a look at wreckwiki.com, you'll see a map with the exact location there. Thanks for being there!
So True Caleb!! although in this case it wasn't removed as a requirement before sinking, it was removed as one of the first actions to turn it into a yacht... so it was sunk "as was" 🙃
Thanks will watch it tomorrow as i am in Dubai i am sure it will be an amazing video (as usual) I filming the Dubai and UAE wrecks. Nothing as spectacular as your wrecks. We do have a couple of interesting wrecks that i will upload in the next couple of weeks. The most historic is the Dara.
We have warm water but vis is nothing like you get in Florida. We have been fairly lucky this year with the vis though we have had up to 30 feet on the West Coast which is very good.
Great Video.
I sailed in HMCS Porte St Jean in 1987 from Halifax to Thunder Bay Ontario and back again between September and November. And no, I couldn't locate my bunk. I think they may have removed it. Just to clarify your history, the vessel was used primarily by the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve as a training vessel. We practiced and tuned our trades as you mentioned, communications, engineering and logistics but more importantly was everyone gained valuable experience in seamanship - "sailor first, tradesman second" . For example, having a single screw and not being particularly manoueverable, coming alongside a jetty was an all hands evolution with up to 4 personnel heaving on each of the 4 lines to get the ship into position.
wow!! Thanks a lot for sharing this! I'm humbled that you liked the video!
Regarding your bunk, it will be hard to find as the ship was going thru a transformation into a yacht by the time is was decided to be sunk, although the actual space may still be there on the lower deck! Thanks again for dropping by!
I served on this vessel the 1980's as a Royal Canadian Naval Reservist, this ship and her sister Porte St Louis as mentioned were station at H.M.C.S. Halifax Dockyards. Yearly she or her sister ship would travel the St Lawrence Sea way all the way up to Thunder bay. At various locations Quebec City, Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Thunderbay local naval reservists would take the vessel out for training for 3 days typically. I even sailed to Boston, MA one year for training. I have pictures of this vessel when I was in the navy. I have good memories. I also scuba dive I will have to look her up the next time I am in florida and visit her
Great story @tormedic! let me know if you are around south florida and want visit it! I'll gladly show the way!
👍 Nobody makes better wreck dive videos than you (full stop). 👍
wow Thanks a lot!!! I hope the ones coming up are of everyone's like too!!
Dove this site yesterday and I really enjoyed your video and the history you shared! Gave the dove a lot more perspective for me. Thank you!
That's the gist of the videos! I'm so glad you took advantage of that! Cheers!!
Once again - wow! Your whole presentation is really tight, really well-crafted from start to finish. Watching you "leave on the boat" - nice edit - to the little graphic that shows where you are on the wreck are really cool! Love the history! You should compile and sell these.
I'm so glad you are liking the new format! it definitely more hours, but to see the feedback really keeps us going! Maybe some day when we have a good amount of videos in this new format, we'll do a collectible series, that is actually a good idea! but for now the comments and shares are enough for us 😀😀😀 THANKS for the lovely comment!
Muy buen video, la visibilidad parecía excelente al igual qie las condiciones del mar.
Y saber la historia del barco es fabuloso. Gracias
Felicitaciones Alejandro!!!!! Felicitaciones ISDC!!!!!!!
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Thank you for posting this and doing the research associated with it! It's a bit crazy to think that not too long ago we had to put nets across our harbours in order to keep them safe, and that ships like these made this possible. I live in St. John's, Newfoundland, where we had a submarine net protecting our harbour for many years during the war, and it now lives discarded in the hills overlooking the harbour with a mountain biking trail around it appropriately called "Sub Net". Very cool relic of our past, and a reminder of the different reality of those times. We also have four wrecks of vessels from that era (in 20-50m waters) just off our coast that were sunk by U-boats, that show how important those submarine nets really were.
Thanks for sharing Rene!! and indeed it's amazing the things that needed to be done during war! Now I'm curious about those wrecks hehehe "Bucket listed!"
Great video as always!!!.. I love everything! the diving, photos, video, design, graphics... and the history section! :)
Thanks a lot! this new style requires more post production work, but it is worth the effort!
Loved the old to now comparison of the wreck through the photos. nice touch and brings the feel of the history
those are hard to find! :D
@@InternationalScubaDiversClub ha yeah that is so true
Excellent footage and a great history lesson at the end!
Thanks Travis! we will start putting the history section at the end of the videos so whoever is interested in learning more about the wreck can do it!
Love the old pics in there, really nice job as usual!
Thanks Jonah! knowing the history of our wrecks makes them more interesting right?!
Wow, ISDC lo hizo de nuevo! Increíble video, me encanto! Gracias por compartirlo!
💪 El nuevo formato está gustando, asi que seguiremos con él! 🙃 Gracias por el comentario!!
Glad I found your channel
Great videos on here
Thanks
Welcome aboard!!!
Muy lindas imágenes . !!
Muchas gracias Alfredo!!
Thanks for the post, great video.
I dive quite often in the Fort Lauderdale area. Where is the wreck in relation to Fort Lauderdale? Is it south near Hallandale, you mentioned Haul over inlet, isn’t that more toward Miami? I go out mostly with America Dream out of Portside Drive near the 17th causeway. I plan on doing the Tenneco Towers on the 9th.
hey! it is a "doable" trip for American Dream... for you to have an idea of where this is, if you draw an imaginary line "continuing" Hollywood Bv into the sea... you'll eventually reach the Miss Dania. I'd recommend you take a look at wreckwiki.com, you'll see a map with the exact location there.
Thanks for being there!
Great French pronunciations!
LOL, imagine the many times we did that shot!
I’m a little disappointed every time I see a ship sank that has had its superstructure removed. I like to see them as they were before.
So True Caleb!! although in this case it wasn't removed as a requirement before sinking, it was removed as one of the first actions to turn it into a yacht... so it was sunk "as was" 🙃
I to was disapointed at how little of her remains
Think there is a technical issue the video stops just after you enter the water
please re-fresh.... I had to touch "something" sorry about it
Thanks will watch it tomorrow as i am in Dubai i am sure it will be an amazing video (as usual) I filming the Dubai and UAE wrecks. Nothing as spectacular as your wrecks. We do have a couple of interesting wrecks that i will upload in the next couple of weeks. The most historic is the Dara.
Will be waiting to check it out!!! I bet viz and temperature over there are just amazing! Some day we'll pay you guys a visit!
We have warm water but vis is nothing like you get in Florida. We have been fairly lucky this year with the vis though we have had up to 30 feet on the West Coast which is very good.