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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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The first two mega-blocks for the future HMCS Max Bernays were safely and successfully transferred from the Halifax Shipyard Assembly Hall to land level dockside in preparation for final assembly and launch later this year as part of Canada’s combat ship package under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. Halifax Shipyard is the most modern and largest indoor shipbuilding facility in North…
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December 7, 2020 – The future HMCS Harry DeWolf sailed under RCN command for the first time in early October 2020, and has since been at sea regularly, with the crew conducting training, testing and trials on the new vessel. The work is part of a normal process to incrementally test Harry DeWolf’s systems, and as sailors gain experience with…
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August 12, 2020 – The first of six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) – HMCS Harry DeWolf – has been delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). HMCS Harry DeWolf is the first full-electric power and propulsion ice class patrol vessel for the RCN. The electric propulsion solution delivers efficiency, redundancy and reduced cost-of-ownership; state of the art automation…
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August 12, 2020 – On July 31, 2020 at CFB Halifax dockyard, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) was officially delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). HMCS Harry DeWolf, named for Canadian wartime naval hero Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf, is the first ship built for the Royal Canadian Navy under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS)…
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July 27, 2020 – Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding has cited Thordon Bearings as one of a number of partners playing a pivotal role in ensuring the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) are capable of environmentally sustainable operations. The first two in a series of six twin-screw vessels entrusted to Irving Shipbuilding, have been put to…
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August 5, 2020 – Thales Canada congratulates Irving Shipbuilding, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Department of National Defence on the successful delivery of the HMCS Harry DeWolf, the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. As the In-Service Support (ISS) provider for the HMCS Harry DeWolf and all of the Royal Canadian Navy’s future…
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