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, 21 May 2024 The commissioning of HMCS William Hall on 16 May 2024, only 13 days after the commissioning of HMCS Max Bernays, marks a truly noteworthy milestone in the […]
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 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 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 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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 1 July 2021 The first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship was commissioned into the navy last week. And hopefully the second one will come soon. Here is […]
David Dunlop, 28 June 2021 HMCS Harry DeWolf was commissioned into the RCN Fleet 26 June 2021, the first ship to be commissioned for many years. After extensive tests, trials […]
