A true testament to the courage and training of my fellow engineers. Bravo Zulu to you all!

What a great video thank you for posting it. It's nice to see such a focus on not just saving the ship, but also making sure to save each other, and from the description and the photos in the video, it looked like one hell of a fire they were fighting. Salute to every sailor there!

My first ship, was there during the fires.

some absolutely brilliant work from those sailors. PO1 Aubry did a fine job leading his sailors and acting on quick orders

Protecteur was also my first ship, though I was out long before this happened. Bravo Zulu folks, and thanks so much for this video.

@JohnMartin-yj3gv

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Chuck, greetings from Colwood, BC

Very awesome video.....amazing how quickly you're transported back to all your memories of your time at sea and how much you miss your onboard family! BZ to all involved in HMCS Protecteur!!!

Great team respect. .UK

Well done video of the fire situation. Well done to the officers and sailors of HMCS Protecteur. BZ

@donnie8917

3 күн бұрын

The MSEO and command team lost the ship. They should have activated the AFFF immediately.

As a mere cadet i was aboard for Boxtop, Montreal to Thule. Interesting experience 1978. In those days the old WW2 barracks at Thule werent burnt down yet. We were behind US CG icebreaker, following a huge USN Sealift Command freighter. Seen a polar bear and walrus on the sea ice. Often the US military personnel at Thule reminded me of drunken villains in a spaghetti western. Not a healthy place for long living. USAF security police used 357s to eliminate any arctic fox they could see. yay.....

Salute to these heroic men and women. Excellent demonstration of courage and mastery braving the elements and fighting for their comrades.

My first ship as well...absolutely the most amazing team ever!!!

It was a great pleasure meeting you today.

@racerbugg1

Жыл бұрын

Always happy to tell my part in the story.

Brilliant Video!

Fantastic video!!

Great job by all the sailors, PO1 Aubry especially seemed brave for his efforts. BZ to the whole crew

Outstanding video

I'm proud to say I've cried like a baby watching this... Cried for the pride that I can say I've worn that uniform, sailed on her for years (Halifax), cried for the crew who did an amazing job saving her. Very proud....BZ I guess they've stopped using CHEMOX for fire fighting, no bottles to fill, pop a canister in and wait 10 seconds. they should have some in backup (my humble opinion, we learn from mistakes). Slept in 21 Port, by the exploding head. some back flow valve was defective and in rough weather the surge of the water would make the head explode with water, a bitch to clean all that salt once it stopped... Easy cleaning station to report though, the XO would shake his head every night and not even enter the compartment lol... Did they ever fix it? And a question only a few can answer... It's killing me... I see it... Doing rounds... turning keys... walking in the engine room... facing "Heatcliff" painted on one engine.... what was the name of the other?!? "Bertha"? Sorry, I was a Signalman and 25 years lol****** Edit: took me all day, but I finally found the answer in some gulf war footage, "Gertrude" was the name :) It's weird knowing that I've patrolled that place so many times to avoid something exactly like that from happening, and it actually happened, with a vengeance. HMCS Protecteur "The Chuckwagon" AOR-509, 30 August 1969-14 May 2015, a war vet that always brought us back home, even when she couldn't.

@abrahamdozer6273

Жыл бұрын

Those Chemox cartridges had a short lifespan and I recall that they didn't want us to immerse them in water! (What do you do when you're fogging yourself so that you don't catch fire in crap polyester work dress?) The catalytic reaction that produced the oxygen accelerated rapidly in water. I never dropped one in a bucket to find out. I just followed the advice that I was given. I question the safety of having a potentially explosive Chemox cartridge strapped to my chest while fighting a real fire.

@donnie8917

Жыл бұрын

I cried due to the incompetence of the command team. They should have hit the fitted systems at the beginning. That clown elbourne ended up losing the ship. He shouldn't be treated like a hero.

@abrahamdozer6273

Жыл бұрын

@@donnie8917 I'm amazed that no one died at the beginning. A lube oil fire like that after an explosion is what happened to Kootenay.

And from these interviews the CHT and LCO are absent. They might not have been so kind to Command in their comments.

@donnie8917

3 күн бұрын

The CO is an immature twat waffle. The CHT gave very bad advice wrt to when to activate the AFFF system. Look at the BOI.

11:45 is that an ICBC N magnet HAHAHAHAA good to know there were British Columbians on that ship :')

@racerbugg1

3 жыл бұрын

yes thats exactly what that is , we have trainees learning to steam the plant as well...

One of the sailors is now at the dc school

This is the very mentality and professionalism between Anglo-Sphere nations, that brought the world through two world wars!

BZ Protecteur! I'm proud of our Navy.

This was the current generation of sailors Kooteney, a lot of lesson's learned from this event. without the training and bravery of the crew it would have been a deadly incident.

@racerbugg1

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, I am currently an instructor at Damage Control Facility Kooteney, instructing firefighting and flood repair. Just had the surviving members of HMCS Kooteney celebrate the 50th anniversary with us.

@TheSgtFrank

4 жыл бұрын

@@racerbugg1 i was there for fire/flood refresher and DCOT recently

The real question is does any one remember that first night on the prison barge the party on top that was one I will never forget.

@racerbugg1

4 жыл бұрын

Being told to keep it down to prevent waking up the top brass in pearl harbour..... yea I remember

All was in good order

Do you know if there is a version of this great doc in French?

@racerbugg1

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t believe there is , at least I haven’t seen it....

@Caperhere

10 ай бұрын

The cc is French.

Does anyone have a copy of that last group photo 1:00:28??

@aidanbegovic9584

3 жыл бұрын

If you have a smartphone you can just screenshot it

Seems all ships do not address emergency exhaust when there is a fire... none... no ships have an emergency ventilation system.

They need to to talk to Phillipinian Chief Engineers....they could learn a thing or two...

1:50 I know this scar. He's legit.

Now razor blades ❓

@racerbugg1

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

Can't believe a millitary oiler doesn't have a fixed water mist or fixed CO2 system. Literally a prime target in a war and they can't fight a fire with non-destructive means. No mention of boundary cooling. Engineering officer complains of the heat melting her boots. Spray some water on the floor. Why is the emergency bus not seperate from the main bus? Literally no reason to have all your electrical generation capability burn up with a fire in one compartment. Emergency bus and all its feeds should be in the compartment with the emergency generator, seperated from the main bus by a tie breaker. It's literally a SOLAS requirement for commercial shipping. Who built this ship? The people in charge of deploying the fixed foam should be embarrassed. If the foam is going to damage equipment, why wait until all the equipment is destroyed by fire first. Just let the foam rip when headcount is complete and everyone is accounted for. How was the engineering department so clueless that someone can continue opening a steam stop when a turbo alternator literally sounds like it's going to explode. Where is the supervision or better yet, maybe keep the crayon eaters out of engineering? Who was in charge of warming through the steam turbines? Who let it warm unequally? How do crew in a steam engine room not understand that steam turbines need to be slow turned with a little steam for even heating before chucking full steam on them?

They should have activated the fitted system immediately. Read the BOI. Look how quickly the fire was extinguished after it was activated. They endangered matelots needlessly and lost the ship. The command team and MSEO should have been taken to task for their incompetence.