HMCS ST Laurent

HMCS ST LAURENT Sept 22^nd, 2011

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jamesbredin.com

Montreal may be nicer than Toronto but I'm not sure,

Unfortunately I can't speak French but I'd like to take a tour,

We picked up the HMCS St Laurent from there long ago,

Then Halifax, Key West, Havana and Washington in a row.

Where are the shipmates I worked with way back then?

Escort the Royal Yacht Britannia with the Queen and her men,

All the way to Stockholm – what a beautiful place and clean,

And our captain, Commander Timbrell was always quite keen.

Now I wish that the navy had taught me how to speak French

The system even back then, couldn't be changed -- it was entrenched

They taught the Quebecois how to speak English real good,

They became bilingual but not me, which I never understood.

Sept 22^nd 2011

Crew members

Jim Bredin holding up a circle from HMCS La Hulloise in Halifax harbour.

HMC Navy mid 1950s

HM Queen Elizabeth with crew of HMCS St Laurent in Stockholm harbour.