By Les Mader, 4 December 2023 To my knowledge, only two movies have ever been made about the RCN – the World War II Corvette K 225 and the 1993 Lifeline to Victory. […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 2 December 2023 So, how bad can it get for the RCN and the CAF as a whole? During the past year, senior officers have been publicly […]
RCN Public Affairs, 11 October 2023. HMC Ships Shawinigan and Summersideare currently deployed to the Baltic region on Op Reassurance as part of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1. From August 21st to September 1st Shawinigan and Summerside took […]
RCN Public Affairs, 11 October 2023. On October 3rd HMCS Montréal became the first Halifax-class frigate from the Canadian Fleet Atlantic to complete a deployment on Op Projection Indo-Pacific. While deployed the ship […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 10 September 2023 Halifax enjoyed the first International Fleet Week this past weekend. The good weather – and the presence of a few cruise ships – brought […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 23 August 2023 Former Vice-Admiral Mark Norman has provided another informed, yet disheartening, assessment of the current state of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). (Mark Norman, “Striking […]
By Alexander Sikora, 9 April 2023 Earlier this week, the Royal Canadian Navy issueed a release of information regarding their desire to procure up to 12 submarines at a cost […]
RCN Public Affairs, 10 February 2023. After years of collaboration, the Halifax Class Combat System (HCCS) In-Service Support (ISS) Major Surface Combatant (MSC) team met with the General Dynamics Mission […]
RCN Public Affairs, 08 December 2022. HMCS Montreal returned to its home port of Halifax last month, after having sailed in the North Atlantic with the U.S. Navy’s 2nd Fleet and the Gerald […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 11 November 2022. Unlike most Remembrance Days, this year the weather was beautiful in Halifax. The usual cold and rainy weather suits the sombre ceremony, but […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 26 October 2022 For those who have not seen it, there is an excellent, authoritative, new account of Canada’s maritime role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Please […]
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 […]
RCN Public Affairs, 21 September 2022. Sailors on board His Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Margaret Brooke and Goose Bay have been busy with several training exercises since the ship departed earlier this month for […]
RCN Public Affairs, 12 July 2022 On June 14, 2022, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Vancouver and Winnipeg, and their CH-148 Cyclone helicopter air detachments, departed Esquimalt, B.C., to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) […]
By CNR Fan, 17 May 2022 An interesting article by a former ADM(Mat) Mr. Alan Williams was published in The Globe and Mail on 18 April 2022: Can Canada really […]
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 […]
RCN Public Affairs, 03 May 2022 Op Reassurance: Halifax joins Standing NATO Maritime Group 1; Montréal continues operations in Mediterranean Sea HMCS Halifax recently completed its sea readiness trials 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 […]
RCN Public Affairs, 26 April 2022 On April 8, 2022 the first of four Sea to Shore Connector systems completed final sea trials after being delivered to the Royal Canadian […]
RCN Public Affairs, 22 March 2022 As announced by Defence Minister Anita Anand, HMCS Halifax and an embarked maritime helicopter will be re-tasked and soon join HMCS Montréal on Operation Reassurance. This change-of-mission […]
