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In an historic milestone for Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Harry DeWolf, a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter landed on its flight deck May 19, 2021. In actual Arctic operations, it is intended that Harry DeWolf will operate helicopters from the Canadian Coast Guard or Royal Canadian Mounted Police. With almost no combat capability, embarking a CH-148 would be a waste of a combat…
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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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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 – 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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