By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 30 January 2025 There has been much criticism – some of it written by me – about the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships. I still think […]
By Les Mader, 11 January 2025 Over the years Canada’s new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) have been the source of much discussion. The points made have tended to […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 19 June 2024 At the request of the Commander of Joint Operations Command and the head of the Canadian Navy, Minister of National Defence (MND) Bill Blair […]
By Les Mader, 10 December 2023 The fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the future HMCS Frédérick Rolette, was launched on 9 December 2023 […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 19 November 2023 In its written submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence (dated 7 November, published 16 November 2023), Irving Shipbuilding noted […]
By Les Mader, 3 September 2023 As of 31 Aug 23, the Halifax Shipyard has delivered four Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). The […]
By Dr. Timothy Choi, 5 January 2023 Ottawa and Irving have signed the contract for the construction of AOPS 7 and 8 for the Canadian Coast Guard. These two will […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 19 December 2022 Would it be fair to say that there have been serious teething problems with the new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships? Not long […]
By Les Mader, 5 December 2022 The future HMCS William Hall was launched (technically floated-out) on 27 Nov 22. For those who are keeping score, this means that the NSS has now […]
By Bill Featherstone, 4 October 2022 There has been much rhetoric about the viability and use of the new AOPS/V Harry DeWolf (HDW) class, of which we now have three […]
By Moderator, 12 September 2022 Canadians of a certain age will remember tv commercials for Participaction, a government program formed to encourage Canadians to exercise more. The commercials involved an […]
By Les Mader, 17 August 2022 The first steel for Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) 6 – the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray – was cut only 47 days (see link […]
By Les Mader, 9 August 2022 From its initial appearance, the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) and the warships that it is producing have generated a great deal of public comment. […]
By Les Mader, 6 July 2022 Given all of the bad news and negative comments linked to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, especially with respect to the Joint Support Ship and […]
RCN Public Affairs, 13 May 2022 On April 19, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry DeWolf, alongside members of the United States Coast Guard, seized 231 kg of illicit drugs in […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 30 April 2022 The world has changed since the last issue of Canadian Naval Review. We had all hoped that Russia was bluffing as it massed […]
CNR Fan, 16 December 2021. According to The Canadian Press, the federal government’s plan to build new ships for Canada’s navy and coast guard has been impacted by more skyrocketing […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 25 October 2021 On 23 October 2021, the third Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) – the future HMCS Max Bernays – was launched into the […]
By Timothy Choi, 1 October 2021 On 1 October, 2021, HMCS Harry DeWolf, first-of-class of the Arctic & Offshore Patrol Vessels, arrived in Vancouver following its 10,050 km long journey […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 5 August 2021 On 3 August, two US Coast Guard ships, plus HMCS Goose Bay and HMCS Harry DeWolf set sail from Halifax. From 3 August to 12 […]
