The Royal Canadian Navy has a number of professional brass-reed bands on ships: HMCS Carleton in Ottawa, Ontario ; HMCS Chippawa in Winnipeg, Manitoba ; HMCS Discovery in Vancouver, British Columbia ; HMCS Donnacona in Montreal, Quebec ; HMCS Montcalm in Quebec, Quebec ; HMCS Star in Hamilton, Ontario ; HMCS Tecumseh in Calgary, Alberta and HMCS York in Toronto, Ontario.

* HMCS Ontario ( C53 ), a Royal Canadian Navy Minotaur class light cruiser

The Canadian Armed Forces built and tested a number of hydrofoils ( e. g. Baddeck and two vessels named Bras d ' Or ), which culminated in the high-speed anti-submarine hydrofoil HMCS Bras d ' Or in the late 1960s.

* HMCS Vancouver ( F6A ), Royal Canadian Navy S-class destroyer

* HMCS Vancouver ( FFH 331 ), Canadian Forces Halifax-class frigate

* HMCS Huron ( G24 ), a World War II Tribal class destroyer

* HMCS Huron ( DDG 281 ), Iroquois class destroyer active from 1972 to 2005

* HMCS Huron ( G24 ), a Tribal class destroyer built by Vickers-Armstrongs on the River Tyne in England

* HMCS Cougar ( Z15 ), a Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1940 to 1945

On October 5, 2004 HMCS Chicoutimi ( SSK 879 ), sailing from Faslane Naval Base, Scotland to Nova Scotia declared an emergency north-west of Ireland following a fire on board.

HMCS Iroquois ( DDG-280 ), an Iroquois class destroyer

CCGS Hudson | CCGS Hudson searches for Swissair Flight 111 debris with HMCS Anticosti ( MSA 110 ) | HMCS Anticosti ( centre ), USS Grapple ( ARS-53 ) | USS Grapple ( right ), and either HMCS Halifax ( FFH 330 ) | HMCS Halifax or HMCS Ville de Québec ( FFH 332 ) | HMCS Ville de Québec ( rear ).

* HMCS Onondaga ( S73 ), a submarine in the Royal Canadian Navy

* HMCS Mayflower ( K191 ), a World War II corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy

* HMCS Galt ( K163 ), ship of the Canadian navy

* HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Canadian Navy

HMCS Algonquin ( DDH 283 ) | HMCS Algonquin, a Canadian destroyer

* Royal Canadian Naval Base, HMCS Somers Isles, 1944-1945

Canadian corvette HMCS Rimouski, equipped with an active camouflage system in the form of diffused lighting with projectors beaming light dimly on to its hull to match the faint glow of the night sky, stealthily approached the submarine.

* HMCS Toronto, the name of two Canadian ships

* HMCS Cayuga, a Tribal class destroyer with the Royal Canadian Navy

That led to his most famous exploit, in which he masqueraded as Dr. Cyr, working as a trauma surgeon aboard HMCS Cayuga, a Royal Canadian Navy destroyer, during the Korean War.

In 1974, Garneau began his career in the Royal Canadian Navy as a Navy combat systems engineer on HMCS Algonquin.

* HMCS Saguenay, two ships that served the Royal Canadian Navy

For the Royal Canadian Navy submarine referred to as CC2, see HMCS CC2.

* HMCS Carleton, a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve Division in Ottawa

Brandon's Army Reserve unit is the 26th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, and the Canadian warship HMCS Brandon was named after the city.

Queen Elizabeth II Monarchy of Canada | of Canada in her role as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Militia, Naval, and Air Forces, pictured with the crew of Her Majesty's Canadian Ship | HMCS St. Laurent in Stockholm, Sweden, 11 June 1956.

* HMCS Star, a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command

The corvette HMCS Sackville ( K181 ) is not part of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic but is located adjacent to the museum in the summer and works with the museum to interpret the Royal Canadian Navy.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were given overall command of the recovery operation with HMCS Preserver remaining on-scene commander.

* HMCS Algonquin, at least two ships of the Canadian Navy

Despite being far from Canada's coasts, Edmonton is also the home of HMCS Nonsuch, a naval reserve division.

During the fall of 1914, HMCS Rainbow patrolled the west coast of North America, as far south as Panama, although these patrols became less important following the elimination of the German naval threat in the Pacific with the December 1914 defeat of Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee's German East Asiatic Squadron off the Falkland Islands.

On 22 July 1940, this facility was commissioned as HMCS Protector, taking its name from Patrol Vessel Protector ; RCN regulations at the time dictated that the name of a naval shore establishment must have been borne by a vessel afloat.

Several Canadian naval ships have been named HMCS Athabaskan.

A few examples of prefixes for naval ships are " USS " ( United States Ship ), " HMS " ( Her / His Majesty's Ship ), " HMCS " ( Her / His majesty's Canadian Ship ) and " HTMS " ( His Thai Majesty's Ship ), while a few examples for prefixes for merchant ships are " RMS " ( Royal Mail Ship, usually a passenger liner ), " MV " ( Motor Vessel, powered by Diesel ) and " SS " ( Steam Ship, now seldom seen, powered by steam ).

Designed to support Canada's naval war effort, the facility began operating in December 1940 as an officer training establishment known as HMCS Royal Roads.

HMCS Royal Roads is a Canadian naval training centre commissioned on 13 December 1940.

* HMCS Protector, a Canadian naval base at Sydney, Nova Scotia, 1943-1965

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Chicoutimi.

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Halifax.

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Vancouver after the city.

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Nootka.

* HMCS Restigouche, two naval vessels

: HMCS Saguenay was the first Canadian naval vessel hit by torpedo in the Battle of the Atlantic, attacked 300 miles west of Ireland by a submarine while escorting Convoy HG-47.

: HMCS Ottawa was torpedoed by U-91 while escorting Convoy ON-127 500 nautical miles ( 930 km ) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, at 47 ° 55 ′ N 43 ° 27 ′ W  /  47. 917 ° N 43. 45 ° W  / 47. 917 ;-43. 45Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ N 43 ° 27 ′ W  /  47. 917 ° N 43. 45 ° W  / 47. 917 ;-43. 45 ( German naval grid BC 6191 ).

* HMCS Prevost, Canadian naval reserve unit in London, Ontario

* HMCS Discovery, a naval base on Deadman Island.

The naval base HMCS Shelburne opened on Shelburne Harbour during the Second World War, requiring construction of a short 1 mile spur.

He helped found the old Winnipeg Winter Club on land that is now the HMCS Chippawa naval reserve division, and after World War II he organized the current Winter Club.

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Calgary.

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Charlottetown after the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island.

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Montreal.

Four Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Ottawa.

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Regina.