Canadian Navy Centennial
1910 – 2010
# 4 - Anchors Aweigh
On May 04, 1910, The Naval Service Bill received Royal Assent. This was the start of Canada’s Navy, a distinct Naval Service separate from the Royal Navy allowing Canadians to serve on Canadian Ships under the command of Canadian born Officers and Non-Commissioned members rather than serving on ships of the Royal Navy.
100 years later, Canada is celebrating this momentous milestone both in our navy and nation’s history. We will honour the past, and celebrate the achievements of Canada’s Navy.
Ships may use a number of different types of anchors. Bower anchors are the largest and are used for anchoring or mooring the ship. They are stowed one on each side of the bow in a hawsepipe. Stream anchors are used by some ships a stern anchor while Destroyers and Frigates need a light anchor or “Killick” for use as a stern anchor and for general purposes.
This is the fourth in a series of caches to be placed to acknowledge the Centennial of Canada’s Navy. There will be 5 caches in this series with a final mystery cache to be published in the future. In each of the 5 caches there will be a clues to solving the final mystery cache. Make sure you record the information but please, do not remove the clues from the cache. Either record the information in a notebook, take a photo of the clue.
Go to the posted coordinates along Lion’s Promenade at the Whitby Harbour. You will find a railing running alongside the entrance to the harbour. Count the number of anchors you see in the entire length of the railing. Add one more for luck and divide this number by four to equal AAA (# of anchors + 1) / 4 = AAA
Next, move to the two large Bower Anchors lying on the ground close to the starting coordinates. Located on one of the anchors is a two digit number. This number will be BB. Read the plaque at the base of the anchors and find the four names of ships identified in the Tribal Class. Count the number of letters in the name of each ship. Add them up to get the sum = CC.
(Note: the digital root of this sum = 5).
Take the sum (CC) and multiply by the two digit number (BB). Divide by 2 and add 90 to get EEE. [(BB x CC) / 2 ] + 90 = EEE.
Enter your values in the coordinate N 43 51.AAA W 78 55.EEE
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