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

Even though by 1922 the RCN had been cut back to 366 men and had paid off its last remaining cruiser HMCS Aurora, the Navy kept two destroyers donated by the Royal Navy, HMCS Patriot and HMCS Patrician, until they were replaced in the late 1920s by two other ex-Royal Navy vessels HMCS Champlain and HMCS Vancouver, and thereby maintained ships in service throughout the lean years.

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.

Badge of HMCS Vancouver

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

* HMCS Vancouver ( K225 ) ( II ) was a Flower class corvette that was renamed before her launch in November 1941.

* HMCS Vancouver ( IV ) was a survey ship launched in June 1965 and sold in 1982.

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* HMCS Discovery, the Vancouver stone frigate of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command reserve, established as a volunteer half-company of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1924 and commissioned as Discovery in 1941.

** HMCS Vancouver ( FFH 331 )

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 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 Ontario ( C53 ), Canadian naval vessel

* 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

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

* 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.

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.

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.

Nevertheless, this decade saw the RCN slowly begin its rebuilding, as Ottawa joined London, Paris, and Washington in a growing apprehension of the ramifications of Nazi Germany's rearmament and the adventurism of Italy and Japan, and procured two more destroyers from the Royal Navy: HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Restigouche.

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

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

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

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 Carleton, a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve Division in Ottawa

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

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

* HMCS Yukon, a Canadian destroyer launched in 1961 that later became an artificial reef off the coast of San Diego, California

On 30 July, the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan received orders to close with the Katie about 225 kilometres off Newfoundland, in international waters, and maintain visual contact with her.

* HMCS Haida ( G63 ) is a decommissioned Second World War destroyer that was open to the public.

* Decoy, a D-class destroyer launched in 1932 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 as HMCS Kootenay, then broken up in 1946.

* HMCS Terra Nova ( DDE 259 ), a Canadian Restigouche-class destroyer escort

*, was a Wickes-class destroyer commissioned in 1919, She was decommissioned and turned over to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1940 and recommissioned HMCS Annapolis.

* HMCS Qu ' Appelle ( H69 ), World War II River class destroyer

* The, was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St. Francis.

* was an F-class destroyer launched in 1934, transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944 and renamed HMCS Qu ' appelle, and sold in 1948.