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

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 )

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 St. John's ( FFH 340 ), a Halifax-class frigate in the Canadian Navy

From left to right: Vasco da Gama class frigate | NRP Alvares Cabral ( F331 ) HMCS Toronto ( FFH 333 ) | HMCS Toronto ( FFH 333 ) USS Normandy ( CG-60 ) | USS Normandy ( CG-60 ) Rhön class tanker | FGS Spessart ( A1442 ) HNLMS Evertsen ( F805 ) | HNLMS Evertsen ( F805 ) HDMS Olfert Fischer ( F355 ) | HDMS Olfert Fischer ( F355 )

** HMCS Regina ( FFH 334 )

** HMCS Calgary ( FFH 335 )

** HMCS Winnipeg ( FFH 338 )

** HMCS Ottawa ( FFH 341 )

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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

* 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