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RCN Destroyers (St. Laurent Class): HMCS Assiniboine (DDH 234); HMCS Fraser (DDH 233); HMCS Margaree (DDH 230); HMCS Ottawa (DDH 229); HMCS St. Laurent (DDH 205); HMCS Skeena (DDH 207); and HMCS Saguenay (DDH 206)

Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) 1950-1989, St. Laurent Class Destroyers (RCN Photo) Restigouche-class destroyer HMCS Kootenay (DDE 258), Replenishment oiler HMCS Provider (AOR 508), Restigouche-class destroyer HMCS Gatineau (DDE 236), Cape-class maintenance ship HMCS Cape Scott, St. Laurent-class destroyer HMCS Ottawa (DDH 229), Majestic-class aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure, St. Laurent-class destroyer HMCS Margaree (DDH 230), Annapolis-class … Read more

RCN Destroyers (Tribal Class): HMCS Athabaskan (G07), HMCS Athabaskan II (R79) (219), HMCS Cayuga (R04) (218), HMCS Haida (G63) (215)

Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (Tribal Class): HMCS Athabaskan (G07), HMCS Athabaskan II (R79) (219), HMCS Cayuga (R04) (218),  HMCS Haida (G63) (215) The Tribal class destroyers were built for the RN, the RCN and the RAN and served during and after the Second World War.  They were originally intended to serve as light fleet cruisers, but … Read more

RCN Destroyers (Tribal Class): HMCS Huron (G24) (216),  HMCS Iroquois (G89)(217),  HMCS Micmac (R10) (214),  HMCS Nootka (R96) (213)

Royal Canadian Navy  Destroyers (Tribal Class): HMCS Huron (G24) (216),  HMCS Iroquois (G89)(217),  HMCS Micmac (R10) (214),  HMCS Nootka (R96) (213) HMCS Huron (G24) (216) (TheEastCoastRoys Photo) HMCS Huron (G24).  Built by Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd., at Newcastle-on-Tyne, she was commissioned there on 19 Jul 1943.  She was assigned, like HMCS Haida, to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla … Read more

RCN Destroyers (V class): HMCS Algonquin (R17) (224), HMCS Sioux (R64) (225)

Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Destroyers (V class): HMCS Algonquin (R17) (224), HMCS Sioux (R64) (225) The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th of fourteen War Emergency Programmes during the First World War and generally treated as … Read more

RCN DeWolf-class offshore patrol ships: HMCS Harry DeWolf (AOPV 430), HMCS Margaret Brooke (AOPV 431), HMCS Max Bernays (AOPV 432), HMCS William Hall (AOPV 433), HMCS Frédérick Rolette (AOPV 434), HMCS Robert Hampton Gray (AOPV 435)

Harry DeWolf-class Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) (RCN Photo) Harry DeWolf-class Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) In July 2007 the federal government announced plans for acquiring six to eight icebreaking warships for the RCN.  They are intended to conduct armed seaborne surveillance and sovereignty in Canada’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as well as on the Atlantic, … Read more

RCN Dun class tankers: HMCS Dundalk, HMCS Dundurn

RCN Dun class tankers HMCS Dundalk, HMCS Dundurn HMCS Dundalk Z40 /501 (RCN Photo) The Dun Class tanker HMCS Dundalk was built originally for the Royal Canadian Navy to fill a Second World War need. Prior to building HMCS Dundalk, a barge and a dredge had been converted to tankers, but they were not sufficient to … Read more

RCN Escort Maintenance Ships: HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100); HMCS Cape Scott (ARE 101); Icebreaker: HMCS Labrador (AW 50); Survey: HMCS Cedarwood (AGSC 539); Diving Support: HMCS Cormorant (ASL 20); Diving Tender: CFAV Raccoon (YDT 10)

RCN 1950–1989, Escort Maintenance Ships (Cape Class), Icebreaker (Wind Class), Surveyor, Diving Support Ship and Yard Diving Tenders Escort Maintenance ships (Cape Class) HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100); HMCS Cape Scott (ARE 101) HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100) (DND Photo via CFB Esquimalt Naval Museum) HMCS Cape Breton ARE 100 was an RCN Cape-class escort … Read more

RCN Examination Vessel: HMCS Zoarces (FY62)

Examination Vessel, HMCS Zoarces (FY62)  (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3566757) HMCS Zoarces (FY62), Harbourcraft, 24 Oct 1940. During the Second World War, Zoarces (Z36), was an examination vessel at Saint John, New Brunswick, 27 Jun 1940 – 14 Aug 1945. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3566759) HMCS Zoarces (FY62), Harbour … Read more

RCN Fairmile Motor Launch: ML Q050 to ML Q100

RCN Fairmile Motor Launches (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950863) Fairmile Motor Launch, with an RCN Rating using a Signal lamp, 1943. The Fairmile Type B and D motor torpedo boats were designed to combat the known advantages of the German E-boats over previous British coastal craft designs.  At 112 feet, they were … Read more

RCN Corvettes (Flower class): HMCS Lunenburg (K151), HMCS Matapedia (K112), HMCS Mayflower (K191), HMCS Merrittonia (K688)

RCN Flower class Corvettes: HMCS Lunenburg (K151), HMCS Matapedia (K112), HMCS Mayflower (K191), HMCS Merrittonia (K688) HMCS Lunenburg (K151) (DND Photo) HMCS Lunenburg (K151) Flower class Corvette.  Launched on 10 Jul 1941 at Lauzon, Quebec, she was commissioned on 4 Dec 1941, at Quebec City.  She arrived at Halifax on 13 Dec 1941 and after working … Read more