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HMCS Glace Bay is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy since 1996. Glace Bay is the second ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project.

She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Glace Bay. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Glace_Bay_(MM_701)

Ship Formation in the Gulf of Oman. From right to left HMCS Algonquin,HMCS Protecteur and HMCS St-Johns. The formation took place during a (RAS) Replenishment at sea, followed by manouvers.

Ship Formation in the Gulf of Oman. From right to left HMCS Algonquin,HMCS Protecteur and HMCS St-Johns. The formation took place during a (RAS) Replenishment at sea, followed by manouvers.

HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canada as HMCS Niobe

HMCS NIOBE. The Naval Service of Canada became the Royal Canadian Navy in August 1911. The ship was nearly lost when she went aground off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia overnight 30–31 July 1911. Repairs were completed at the end of 1912 and the ship returned to service in late 1914. During the First WorldContinue reading “HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canada as HMCS Niobe”

HMCS OJIBWA, HMCS OKANAGAN, HMCS ONONDAGA – May 1983

Tea and sympathy: Canadian frigate helps Royal Navy solve a high-seas catering crisis

HMCS Winnipeg boosted British morale with three boxes of Earl Grey 498 comments Had it gone on any longer, it could have been a calamity. Sailors in all navies are used to austere conditions, but there are certain things — especially in the Royal Navy — that are simply sacrosanct. Things like tea — that steaming amberContinue reading “Tea and sympathy: Canadian frigate helps Royal Navy solve a high-seas catering crisis”