This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees the North to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course.

Canadians: No. I say again, you divert your course.

Americans: This is the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, the second largest ship in the United States' Atlantic fleet. We are accompanied by three destroyers, three cruisers and numerous support vessels. I demand that you change your course 15 degrees north, that's one five degrees north, or counter-measures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

brilliant!!!

Perhaps the Canadians had too much Molsens, and only thought they were in a lighthouse??????[&:]

Or perhaps they were French Canadians, and then that would explain everything

Most Canadians drink Kokanee or Budweiser, also there are very few French citizens in Newfoundland and none that currently operate the light house.

There's a lot of land ... and culture between the coasts. In my area, most Canadians drink Canadian (Molson) or Blue (Labatt)... it's a question of Ale or Beer.[8D]

As for French, "dey keep ta dem selves, motly in KayBec un da Nord dere Eh!"

Lighthouse ... hubris ... too funny.[sm=lol.gif]

I think he may have thought I was bashing the US and I was not, just came accross it on the net.

Cheers

[link=http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm]Didn't happen anyway [/link]

It's still funny!

Westridge,

I thought that area of Canada was loaded with Brits who were loyal to the King and fled the US around the time of the US Revolution????

I too was only joking.......heard this story was originally circulated by Sponge Bob Square Pants.....He too is all wet!

PS: I'm also partial to Molsens

Not really, To escape mistreatment, many loyalists fled to areas held by the British army. Around 100,000 went to Canada. But most stayed and tried not to attract any notice. To uncover these secret Tories, the states required everyone to swear an oath of allegiance. Some angry loyalists served in the British army. The Revolutionary War was actually America's first civil war in which brother killed brother...ect the rest I am sure you know...

OOCH!!

They lert me in hisry that Torries thought they were headed South (to buy vacation property in Florida), or that they had a hankerin for the Red Mounty uniforms.

I think it's funny that the navy took it seriously enough to issue an official denial with what was obviously a fair bit of effort to disprove.

I guess they feel it's believable?[8D]

so many big egos

Well then it must be true.

Almost lends new meaning to the term "Military intelligence" doesn't it?

As told to me by the very ATC officer involved-

Circa 1985, at RAF Lossiemouth on the coast of the north of Scotland one morning during a NATO combined forces maritime exercise, he had a call from a NATO callsign and the conversation went something like this:

Lossiemouth approach, this is Dogtooth One

Dogtooth One, position for a downwind join, circuit height 1000 feet, QFE 998, call tower on stud 5.

Lossiemouth approach, err, Dogtooth one is the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal!



He got a massive cheer when he went into the bar that night, very red faced.