The idea was adopted and very soon the ships of the Fifth Escort Group were sporting the fancy funnels. They figured that a band of red and white stripes, painted slantwise on the funnels would allow for quick and easy identification.
The name for the Squadron came from a conversation in the Crow's Nest between two navy lieutenants from the Fifth Escort Group. John's for North Atlantic duties and all managed to survive their long and weary service. "The Barber Pole Brigade consisted of six ships of varying classes all members of the Fifth Escort Saguenay, Skeena. Thought it might be worthwhile reaquainting forum member of the specification of said Barber Pole, see:. Out of curiosity, why was the barber pole adopted in the first place? Did the navy ever consider something similar for the Pacific Fleet, MOG 2? Restricting this tradition to the east coast is not surprising as it was a World War 2 Atlantic Fleet thing. I suppose by putting all the commissioned units into MOG 5 the RCN avoids having the need to remove or replace the emblem as ships cycle into and out of refit or reserve. Tim: The result is that every commissioned ship on the east coast is a permanent part of MOG 5 and therefore, all but the SSK, HMCS Windsor, wear the barber pole emblem. The Fifth Canadian Escort Squadron ceased to exist in the late 1960s and was replaced by the Fifth Canadian Destroyer Squadron (CANDESRON Five).ĬANDESRON Five in turn ceased to exist in 1995, being replaced by Maritime Operations Group (MOG) 5. Today the "barber pole" is displayed on all Canadian warships (except submarines) based on the Atlantic coast.Ĭan anybody tell me: (1) when did the Fifth Canadian Escort Squadron cease to exist and (2) when did the "barber pole" began to be displayed on all Atlantic-based Canadian warships? a band of red and white diagonal stripes that originally appeared around the funnels of ships in Escort Group C-3 and then EG C-5 in World War II. Fifth Canadian Escort Squadron & "Barber Pole" marking World Naval Ships Forums Archiveįifth Canadian Escort Squadron & "Barber Pole" markingīy 1959 or so, ships of the Fifth Canadian Escort Squadron began to wear the "barber pole" marking - i.e.
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