I can, sadly.....my old "HMCS FRASER" is tied up at a jetty in Brisgewater, Nova Scotia, slowly turning back into the iron ore from which she was made. A fellow I knew went down recently to have a look and she was so badly rusted he didn't have the heart to take any photos for me. She may just end her days as an "Artificial Reef".

Too bad, too. FRASER, (A "River", or "ST LAURENT", Class Destroyer), was the last remaining member of Canada's first domestically designed and produced class of warships. Their beautiful lines and relatively luxurious interiors earned the Class the nickname "Cadillacs of the Sea".

(If FRASER is sunk I hope that, just like her sister HMCS SASKATCHEWAN, she astonishes everyone by settling gently despite being stripped of all innards and riddled with huge flooding holes - "on a perfectly even keel".)

Oh well. Time Marches On.