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: HMCS Levis was the first Canadian corvette sunk during the war.
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This was augmented on 24 June 1943 by a long cable between Cemaes Bay in Anglesea and Port Erin, which had the world's first submerged repeater, laid by HMCS Iris.
The supply ship HMCS Protecteur was also sent to aid the gathering coalition forces.
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 early part of the war also saw HMCS Niobe actively patrolling off the coast of New York City as part of British blockading forces, but she returned to Halifax permanently in July 1915 when she was declared no longer fit for service and was converted to a depot ship.
HMCS Preserver was assigned on-scene commander of OPERATION PERSISTENCE and had authority over all aircraft and vessels within the area surrounding the crash site.
She was launched in 1956 and renamed HMCS Bonaventure.
was the first ship with the HMCS designation.
Little presented himself at HMCS York in Toronto, but after he mentioned that he was a teacher of German and that he had just returned from a trip to Germany, he was immediately sent to Ottawa.
In 1954, HMCS Naden ( III ) was converted to a cadet training base and was renamed HMCS Quadra in 1956.
* The third Lysander ( J379 ) was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1943 as HMCS Hespeler, renamed Cornflower in 1956, and broken up 1957.
She was launched as the River-class frigate HMCS Toronto with pennant number K538 on 25 November 1943 at Lauzon, Quebec, Canada.
* HMCS Haida ( G63 ) is a decommissioned Second World War destroyer that was open to the public.
HMCS Protector was the name of a Royal Canadian Navy base located in Sydney Harbour on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island.
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.
HMCS Protector was initially stationed on the Sydney waterfront and used commercial wharves and buildings along Esplanade Street where the present armouries and marine terminal are located.
After the end of the war, the RCN relinquished use of the commercial facilities on the Sydney waterfront ( eastern side of the harbour ) but maintained the use of HMCS Protector at Point Edward on the western side of the harbour until the base was closed and decommissioned in 1965.
During the 1960s, the aerodrome at the former RCAF Station Debert was attached to HMCS Shearwater as a training location for carrier landings.
She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed HMCS Ontario.
Built in 1956 by Saunders-Roe ( Anglesey ) Ltd .( This should not be confused with HMCS Bras d ' Or, a 240 tonne hydrofoil patrol vessel, which was the result of the tests performed by the R-103 )
HMCS Northumberland was to have been a River class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy, but the order was cancelled in 1943.
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With their tender, HMCS Shearwater, they became the first warships to transit the Panama Canal flying the White Ensign ( the RCN's service flag ).
* May – HMCS Halifax, the first Halifax class frigate is launched in Saint John, New Brunswick
On the first day of the First World War, the provincial government purchased and took possession of two submarines ( HMCS CC-1 and HMCS CC-2 ) to defend the province from the threat of German attack.
Active camouflage has its origins in the diffused lighting camouflage first tested on Canadian Navy corvettes including HMCS Rimouski during World War II, and later in the armed forces of the United States of America in the Yehudi lights project, and of the United Kingdom.
: The first Allied " fast convoy " HXF-1 sets sail from Halifax escorted by HMCS Fraser.
: Canada lost its first navy vessel during an accident off the coast of France, when HMCS Fraser was cut in two by Royal Navy cruiser HMS Calcutta, with 45 lives lost aboard the Fraser and 19 aboard Calcutta.
: 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.
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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 Vancouver ( F6A ), Royal Canadian Navy S-class destroyer
* HMCS Vancouver ( FFH 331 ), Canadian Forces Halifax-class frigate
* 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 Ontario ( C53 ), Canadian naval vessel
* HMCS Cayuga, a Tribal class destroyer with the Royal Canadian Navy
* HMCS Cougar ( Z15 ), a Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1940 to 1945
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
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
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