RCN Halifax class Frigates
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331), HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332), HMCS Toronto (FFH 333), HMCS Regina (FFH 334), HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
Listed on a separate page on this website:
HMCS Montreal (FFH 336), HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337), HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338), HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339), HMCS St. John’s (FFH 340), HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341).
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330)
(MC2 Kristopher Wilson, USN Photo)
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) transits the Caribbean Sea, 18 Jan 2010.
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces since 1992. Halifax is the lead ship in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Halifax. She carries the hull classification symbol FFH 330.She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax in her namesake city, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a name that was also borne by HMCS Halifax (K237), a Flower-class corvette during the Second World War as well as the first warship built in Halifax, HMS Halifax (1768).
(MC2 Kristopher Wilson, USN Photo)
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) transits the Caribbean Sea.
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(LS Peter Frew, Formation Imaging Services Halifax Photo)
Members of HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) Boarding Team participate in a boarding exercise with NRP Vasco Da Gama during Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE, on 24 October, 2015.
HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331)
(U.S. Navy Photo, PH1(SW/NAC) Spike Cal)
HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) patrols off the coast of Australia with a U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter on board. The crew from the HSL-51 aircraft were practicing landing on the Canadian frigate during exercise “Tandem Thrust”.
HMCS Vancouver is a Halifax-class frigate, of the Royal Canadian Navy launched on 8 July 1989, as the second vessel of her class. She is based at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast of Canada, and is the third vessel to be named after Vancouver, British Columbia.
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HMCS Vancouver (CPF 331) steams along side USS John C. Stennis as ships from the Stennis Battle Group return from deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002.
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HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331）participating in the International Fleet Review 2022.
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HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) sails in formation off the coast of Hawaii during RIMPAC 2024.
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HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331), transits under the Golden Gate Bridge in the annual parade of ships event during San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) 2018.
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Tugboats assist the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) in departing from Pearl Harbor to participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. The destroyer HMCS Algonquin (DDH 283) is visible on the right. Eight nations were participating in RIMPAC, the world’s largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brought together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and the Royal Canadian Navy frigates HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) and HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) underway in the Philippine Sea, 30 October 2022.
HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332)
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HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332), 10 Sep 2016.
HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332) (commonly referred to as VDQ) has served in the Canadian Forces the RCN since 1993. Ville de Québec is the third vessel in her class.
She is the second RCN ship to be named Ville de Québec and is Canada’s only fully bilingual warship. She is assigned to (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax. The vessel serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada’s sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and exclusive economic zone.
(US Army Corps of Engineers Photo, Carmen Paris)
HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332) passing through the Poe Lock while visiting cities in Canada and the U.S. on the Great Lakes, 12 Aug 2012.
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(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Carmen Paris)
HMCS Ville De Quebec deployed to the Gulf of Mexico to support relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina in 2008.
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HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) sails in The Minch during Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2, 9 Oct 2020.
HMCS Toronto (FFH 333)
(U.S. Navy Photo, Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Brien Aho)
HMCS Toronto (FFH 333).
HMCS Toronto (FFH 333) has served in the Canadian Forces since 1993.Toronto is the fourth ship in her class and the second RCN ship to be named for Canada’s largest city. When not on operations, she is assigned to(MARLANT) and is based at CFB Halifax. Toronto serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada’s sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and exclusive economic zone.
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HMCS Toronto (FFH 333).
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HMCS Toronto (FFH 333) passes the Statue of Liberty during the parade of ships on opening day of Fleet Week 2008 in New York.
HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
(S3 Owen Davis, Canadian Armed Forces Photo)
HMCS Regina (FFH 334), prepares to conduct a Replenishment At Sea with Naval Replenishment Unit Asterix during Operation LATITUDE on 15 August, 2025.
HMCS Regina has served in the CF and RCN since 1993. Regina is the fifth vessel in her class and is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Regina. She is assigned to MARPAC and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt.
(USN Photo, Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Reckard)
HMCS Regina (FFH 334), 23 June 2008.
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HMCS Regina (FFH 334), 23 Dec 2011.
(Defence Imagery Photo, MC3 Diana Quinlan)
HMCS Regina (FFH334) navigates off the coast of Hawaii, 4 March 2013.
HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
(U.S. Navy photo by Canadian Armed Forces Sgt. Matthew McGregor)
HMCS Calgary (FFH-335) departs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), to begin the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014.
HMCS Calgary has served in the CF and RCN since 1995.Calgaryis the sixth vessel in her class and the second vessel to carry the name Calgary. Calgary began the FELEX (Frigate Equipment Life Extension) refit in June 2012. She is assigned to MARPAC and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt.
(U.S, Navy Photo, MC2 Diana Quinlan)
HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 25 June 2014.
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HMCS Calgary (FFH-335).
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HMCS Calgary (FFH-335).