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(Took two months for this news to be released July 29th) The future HMCS Margaret Brooke returned to her homeport of Halifax on May 26 after nearly a month at sea for warm weather trials. The trials are part of the ship’s post-acceptance program to demonstrate that the ship can operate safely in both the icy Arctic waters and the…
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At a ceremony today at Halifax Shipyard, Rear Admiral Brian Santarpia and Ross Langley, Vice Chairman of Irving Shipbuilding marked the official keel laying of the fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) – The future HMCS Frederick Rolette. The keel laying ceremony is a centuries-old tradition, dating back to the ancient Romans, that marks the formal start of a…
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The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has achieved two new milestones in 2021 in meeting its mission to defend Canada’s interests at home and abroad, in all three oceans that border Canada. On June 26th HMCS Harry DeWolf was commissioned into service with the RCN, and during July 2021, the second of Canada’s AOPS, the future HMCS Margaret Brooke, was delivered…
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June 26, 2021 – The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has officially welcomed into service the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry DeWolf, with the time-honored tradition of a Commissioning Ceremony. This significant occasion represents a great achievement for the Canadian shipbuilding industry and for the RCN, with the first ship of the RCN’s future…
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June 15, 2021 – The temperature was a little different this time around. After a month of conducting cold weather and ice trials off the coasts of Northern Labrador and Nunavut earlier this year, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf found itself in warm waters near Puerto Rico in late April. With the water temperature hovering at 29 °C and the…
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Project approval: December 11, 2014 Contract award: December 23, 2014 Cut steel for ship 1 : September 1, 2015 Cut steel for ship 2: August 25, 2016 Cut steel for ship 3: December 19, 2017 Revised project approval for 6 ships: November 2, 2018 Revised contract award for 6 ships: December 21, 2018 Cut steel for ship 4: May 3,…
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May 20, 2021 – Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has cut first steel for the future HMCS Frederick Rolette to officially begin production of Canada’s fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) built under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. Construction of Canada’s future combat fleet begins at Irving Shipbuilding’s Marine Fabricators facility in Dartmouth, where 32 people are involved in the computerized plasma…
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From DCC In August 2020, DCC at Work checked in with the project team at CFB Esquimalt as they marked the installation of the first piles on the large B Jetty replacement project. Now, the team is 65 piles in—and hitting their stride on the three-year, 269,400‑m3 jetty that will require 273 piles in total. “There’s always a learning curve…
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April 22, 2021 – Rosborough Boats is expanding its product and service offerings to provide complete design, tooling and build of custom and production Composite Components for the Defence, Aerospace and Ocean Tech industries. In 2018 Rosborough re-opened its Composites Manufacturing facility on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia as a result of the contract awarded by Irving Shipbuilding Inc…
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February 18, 2021 – Today at Halifax Shipyard, Irving Shipbuilding Inc. officially laid the keel for the future HMCS William Hall, Hull Number 433 and Canada’s fourth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS). The keel laying ceremony is a centuries old tradition that marks the formal start of a ship’s construction. Today’s ceremony included the tradition of the welding of…
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