Below is listed the plaques and the Person's responsible for removing it from the different locations. Some of the dates and people may not be correct, so if anyone has information in these areas please contact us

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Plaques Fitted On
The Shovel

Starting Date Sept. 26/1961



CHIEF & PETTY OFFICERS MESS

HMCS STADACONA

SOD TURNED

BY

CMDRE .M.A. MEDLAND R.C.N.

26 SEPT 1961







MISAPPROPRIATED BY

THE SODS OF

H.M.S/M. ALDERNEY

10 APRIL 1963







RE-APPROPRIATED IN '63

BY THE SODS OF

"ATHABEE"

HMCS ATHABASKAN

17 OCTOBER, 1963







RETURNED TO PROPER

OWNERS AND STOWAGE

"INDIANS OF STAD"

8 NOV 1963

STOWED BY

CDR. JOHNSTON







RE-MISAPPROPRIATED

BY THE 'KIPPERS' OF

AURIGA

10 SEPT. 1964







Unaccounted for from

10 Sept 1964

to

9 Jan 1969







NICKED FROM THE DINKS OF PLATYPUS

BY THE POMMS OF SPARE CREW

AND TRUMP

9-1-69

R.I.P.







Unaccounted for from

9 Jan 1969

to

June 1971







NICKED FROM THE

DINKS OF PLATYPUS

BY THE BULLS OF

OXLEY JUNE 1971







LIFTED

FROM

THE AUSSIES

21 JULY 1972

USS SALMON SS 673







Unaccounted for from

21 July 1972

to

1975







STOLEN BY THE SODS

OF

HMS/M ODIN

FROM

CHIEFS MESS HMAS PLATYPUS

AUSTRALIA 1975







CAPTURED BY

THE S.O.D.S. OF OKANAGAN

5 JUNE 1973

FROM

CPO'S MESS HMS DOLPHIN







REMOVED FROM HMCS OKANAGAN

BY GEORGE GALLEY

ON 28-6-80

RETURNED HOME

TO WOs & CPOs HMS DOLPHIN







REMOVED TO HALIFAX

AGAIN

NOV. 1980

FORE ENDS - ONONDAGA







RECOVERED BY

2 AIR MOVEMENTS UNIT

AIR MOVERS

OF THE WORLD

DECEMBER 1980







REMOVED FROM HALIFAX

AGAIN

MAY 1981

FORE/ENDS HMS/M OPPORTUNE







RE-RE-APPROPRIATED BY

CPO1 G. SULLIVAN

FROM PO'S MESS HMS DOLPHIN

20 SEPT 1982







INADVERTENTLY

REMOVED FROM

CANSUBRON ONE

BY AUSSUBRON

PERSONNEL

1983







'FILCHED'

BY THE ROYAL NAVY'S

SPECIAL BREED OF BIRDS

'THE WRENS'

FROM HMAS PLATYPUS

ON SEPTEMBER 8th 1985

ASSOCIATION OF WRENS

SYDNEY BRANCH

AUSTRALIA







FETCHED

FROM

HMAS PLATYPUS

BY

OKANAGAN COMMAND TEAM

MARCH 1986







ONE FOR ONE

CAN'T BE BAD

OPPOSUM JULY 1986







RAN AWAY TO CANADA

FROM DOLPHIN MESS

WITH BOB P. ROD L.

JOE H. AND SPUD T.

1 NOV 1986







SKIMMED

FROM CANSUBRON 1

MESS BY

"IROQUOIS RENEGADES"

18 JUN 87







Unaccounted for from

18 June 1987

to

17 Jan 1988







EASY COME, EASY GO

BACK TO CANADA, I DID GO

JANUARY 17, 1988

R. MILES M. DESPATIES

R. MACDONALD J. CLAHANE

DOLPHIN CODE

22 26A







SEIZED THRU TRICKERY & DARING

BY FLYNN & RILEY, CPO'S OF

USS SKIPJACK (SSN 585)

US SUBMARINE BASE, GROTON, CT

14 MARCH 1988







SHOVEL STOLEN BUT NOT

FORGOTTEN CPO2 BYZEWSKI

STOLEN BACK FROM ROTTEN GROTTEN

APRIL 04, 1988







"MOUNT BATTEN NIGHT"

IN THE PRESENCE OF

H.R.M. PRINCE CHARLES

AT WO AND CPO'S MESS

HMS DOLPHIN 1988







SET FREE TO RUN

BACK HOME TO CANADA

FROM DOLPHIN BY

THE TRAMP (PO2 YEMEN)

02/10/88







STOLEN BY

MSS NORFOLK

DUE TO THEIR CARELESSNESS

RETURNED BY STICKY & DES

THE SAME DAY

MARCH 1985







ITS OURS NOW

WITH EYES AGLEAM

TWAS STOLEN BY OTTAWA'S

"O" BOAT TEAM

W. BROYDEN B. CARBRAY

HMCS OTTAWA OCT 88







TAKEN AWAY ACCROSS THE BROW

AND SO I REST ON WARSPITE NOW

D. KINGSTON 15th OCT 89







"CONNED" FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S SIGNATURE

"SUBRON WILL ACCEPT ANY OLD STORY,

TO GET THE SHOVEL A LITTLE MORE GLORY.

HOWEVER AS MUCH AS I REALLY DID TRY,

THE OLD PRIME MINISTER JUST WOULDN'T COMPLY."

DECEMBER 1989

NDHQ OTTAWA

CPO1 GEORGE SULLIVAN







PRESENTED BY

CPO'S AND PO'S MESS

HMS ONYX

2 NOV 90







SWIPED FROM HMS DOLPHIN

23 MARCH 1992

CPO'S USS BERGALL

ALEXANDER GENERALLY SIMONS

AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE

"MAKE YOUR OPPORTUITY

AND SEIZE THE MOMENT"







WO TIM GREENSIDES &

DAVE BIRD UKSUBCAMS

SPIRITED OFF USS BERGALL

FOR HMS DOLPHIN

MAY 1992







HOME AGAIN

JIM HEWITT

DAVE VROOMAN

APRIL 93