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The Canadian corvette HMCS Charlottetown at sea in 1941.Used in the North Atlantic to escort convoys between Halifax and the Western Approaches.Sunk on September 11, 1942, by a torpedo from the German submarine U-517 off the coast of Canada. 1941

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has accepted the sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS), HMCS Robert Hampton Gray.

August 22, 2025, by Fatima Bahtić As disclosed, the delivery ceremony took place on August 21, 2025. The vessel was recently christened at the Halifax shipyard of Irving Shipbuilding. Related Article The RCN’s sixth AOPV is named in honour of Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, VC, a Canadian naval hero of the Second World War. Specifically designed toContinue reading “The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has accepted the sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS), HMCS Robert Hampton Gray.”

HMS V252 GREENOCK 1942 British motor torpedo boat V-252 Warships in Greenock harbour in Scotland in January 1942. In the foreground at the wharf was a British motor torpedo boat (type MTV5). In the background is the Canadian Corvette HMCS Trillium

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HMCS Vancouver is a Halifax-class frigate, of the Royal Canadian Navy launched on 8 July 1989, as the second vessel of her class.

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 was based at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast of Canada. She is the third vessel to be named for Vancouver, British Columbia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Vancouver_(FFH_331)

HMCS ATHABASKAN R79 / 219 1956.

Laid down: 15 May 1944Launched: 04 May 1945Commissioned: 20 Jan 1948Paid off: 1954Re-commissioned: Oct 1954Paid off: 21 Apr 1966Fate: Broken up in 1970The last of her class to be completed, “Athabee” was commissioned at Halifax on 20 Jan 1948, and sailed in mid-May 1948 for the west coast, where she trained new entries and officerContinue reading “HMCS ATHABASKAN R79 / 219 1956.”