A RCN (or RN) ship flying the naval ensign (possibly the HMCS Vancouver or HMS Colombo) in the Georgia Strait (possibly off Vancouver Island or Gulf Islands) during the amphibious landing exercise at Maple Bay, BC (near Duncan), 2 July 1929. Details on HCMS Vancouver attached to media. Regimental History, pages 27-28: Possibly the most interesting of a series of camps occurred in 1929, and came about as a result of a study of the Gallipoli campaign made by Col. G. R. Pearkes, VC, then G.S.O. I on the staff of Military District XI. Pearkes went to considerable trouble to arrange a combined operations exercise as part of the local militia's summer training. Ships from the Royal Navy and marines and the Royal Canadian Navy were to take part. On June 11th Pearkes met with the officers of the 23rd Infantry Brigade and outlined the plan and gave a talk on the loading and unloading of troops into boats. On June 24th detailed orders were issued to the militia units which would be taking part in the landings at Maple Bay on Vancouver Island. Five days later, early on Saturday morning, the regiment embarked on H.M.C.S. Vancouver and, together with details from the 15th Field Brigade, R.C.A. and the 11th Divisional Signals, sailed across the Strait and landed "in the face of a hostile force'' on the beach. On the following day the role was reversed. The Seaforths and the Canadian Scottish acted as the defending force against an attack made by the other units of the 23rd Infantry Brigade and a naval detachment of sailors and Royal Marines. For three more years this type of training was to be common to the Seaforths, with "landings" made at Maple Bay, Tod Inlet and Macaulay Point. HMCS Vancouver, was a Thornycroft S-class destroyer, formerly HMS Toreador built for the Royal Navy in 1917–1919. Seeing limited service with the Royal Navy, the ship was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy in March 1928. The destroyer served primarily as a training vessel on the west coast until 1936 when the vessel was discarded.