HMCS St Francis
Commissioned on 30 Jun 1919 as USS BANCROFT, her career almost exactly paralleled that of her sister, USS MCCOOK, and she was turned over to the RCN at Halifax on…
HMS Nabob – Survival after U-Boat Attack in the Arctic 1944
By Gordon Angus Mackinlay Naval Historical Society of Australia HMS Nabob started life in Tacoma, Washington shipyard as a merchant vessel, converted to a Lease-Lend escort carrier, and the first…
The Transition to War: HMAS Perth and the Canadian West Coast Destroyers
By Roger Buxton Naval Historical Society of Australia In the late northern summer and autumn of 1939 HMAS Perth and the Canadian West Coast destroyers HMC Ships Fraser, Ottawa, Restigouche…
Despite Having No Seagoing Submarines, Canada Trains Foreign Submarine Captains
Naval officers from around the world participated in the Submarine Officer Continuation Training (SOCT) in Halifax, NS from the 5th to 18th of September. Canada regularly organizes this type of…
Defueling of USAT Brigadier General M.G. Zalinski Wreck
Canada announced October 10th the award of a $4.9 million contract to Resolve Marine to remove oil from historic shipwreck USAT Brigadier General M.G. Zalinski, which sunk in Grenville Channel…
HMCS Ottawa Deploys to Asian Waters
HMCS Ottawa deployed from Esquimalt October 16, 2024 for Asian waters. HMCS Ottawa will sail across the Pacific Ocean while deployed on Operations HORIZON and NEON. Operation HORIZON is Canada’s…
Philippines, Canada and US Begin Exercise Sama Sama
The U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and allied forces commenced the eighth iteration of Exercise Sama Sama in the vicinity of Subic Bay, Philippines, marking…
Ships Arrive for San Francisco Fleet Week 2024
The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7); San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) and the Unmanned Surface Vessel Ranger (OUSV 3) arrived in San…
NATO DIANA Opens North American Headquarters in Halifax
On October 2, the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, accompanied by the Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, with NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)…
Backgrounder on Bentinck Island
The first case of leprosy in New Brunswick, on the east coast of Canada, was noted in 1815. In 1842, reports began to circulate that leprosy was making serious inroads…