Amphibious Capability – Canadian Naval Review

How the RCN delivers an Expeditionary Force – then and now

By Peter Sanderson, 13 April 2023. The early 1950s were a busy time for the Canadian Forces. As a founding member of NATO, the Army sent 27 Brigade and the […]

A Possible Canadian Arctic Amphibious Capability

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By Les Mader, 6 December 2022 Over the past three years, Colonel (Ret’d) Brian Wentzell, Mr José Cañadas Mendez and I (with advice from Mr Guy Lavoie) have written a […]

Sea-to-Shore connectors achieve milestone

By Garry Noble, 15 November 2022 The RCN issued a news release including a video on November 1 regarding training on the Sea-to-Shore connectors https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/rcn/2022/11/new-barges-bring-exciting-capability-to-the-rcn.html The two minute video shows […]

Continued NATO membership may require buying Mistral LHDs

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By P.M. Sanderson, Capt (Ret’d), Canadian Army, Reserve, 9 October 2022 Presently there is no ‘push’ by the Canadian government for amphibious ships nor is there any ‘pull’ from the […]

Some Lessons for Canada – Australia’s Development of a ‘Green water’ Amphibious Capability

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By Les Mader, 25 July 2022 The 19:41 minute video from 2020 [link below] describes the 20-year Australian effort to convert the country’s basic amphibious capability into a world-class regional […]

CCG Polar Icebreaker and Strategic Sealift Concept for Canada: Something to Consider

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By David Dunlop, 28 June 2022 This concept has been bantered about before but deserves a second look for the acquisition of Canadian Polar-class icebreakers and Strategic Sealift Capabilities. The […]

Ship-to-Shore Connectors

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By Garry Noble, 12 March 2022 When the news release was published in September 2019 that the Navy would acquire 5 connectors, did anyone think it would be 26 months […]

Transporting People and Material from Ship to Shore

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By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 11 February 2022 We’ve all seen depictions of the D-Day landings in France in the Second World War. These landings provide a classic example of how […]

Mistral-class Assault, Helicopter Carriers

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By Roderick Steckhahn, 14 January 2022 A Mistral-class ship would assert the RCN’s capability to perform amphibious assaults, withdrawals, demonstrations and raids. This would allow it to further integrate into […]

The Navy is NOT in Crisis

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Retired RCN, 06 December 2020. A reply to the post “Canada’s Navy in Deep Crisis – 2021” I think the RCN is NOT in crisis. The RCN certainly has a […]

Mexeflotes in Manitoba

“Third Base: The Case for CFB Churchill” is an intriguing and timely article written by Jose Assis Giammaria in the latest issue of CNR (Volume 15, No. 1). If the […]

Use of Mexeflote Rafts?

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27 November 2018. ABCO Industries of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, is building a 12 metre landing craft for each of the six AOPS — a landing craft to provide a ship-to-shore […]