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Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile Motor Launch: ML Q101 to ML Q129
RCN Corvettes (Castle Class): HMCS Humberstone K497/HMCS Huntsville K499/HMCS Kincardine K490/HMCS Leaside K492/HMCS Orangeville K491/HMCS Petrolia K498/HMCS St. Thomas K488/HMCS Tillsonburg K496
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS West York K369/HMCS Wetaskiwin K175/HMCS Weyburn K173/ HMCS Whitby K346/HMCS Windflower K155/HMCS Woodstock K238)
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Strathroy K455/HMCS Sudbury K162/HMCS Summerside K141/HMCS The Pas K168/HMCS Thorlock K394/HMCS Timmins K223/HMCS Trail K174/HMCS Trentonian K368/HMCS Trillium K172/HMCS Vancouver K240/HMCS Ville de Québec K242
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Owen Sound K340/HMCS Parry Sound K341/HMCS Peterborough K342/HMCS Pictou K146/HMCS Port Arthur K233/HMCS Prescott K161/HMCS Quesnel K133/HMCS Regina K234/HMCS Rimouski K121/HMCS Rivière du Loup K357/HMCS Rosthern K169
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Midland K220/HMCS Mimico K485/HMCS Moncton K139/HMCS Moose Jaw K164/HMCS Morden K170/HMCS Nanaimo K101/HMCS Napanee K118/HMCS New Westminster K228/HMCS Norsyd K520/HMCS North Bay K339/HMCS Oakville K178/HMCS Orillia K119
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Hawkesbury K415/HMCS Hepatica K159/HMCS Kamloops K176/HMCS Kamsack K171/HMCS Kenogami K125/HMCS Kitchener K225/HMCS La Malbaie K273
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Edmundston K106/HMCS Eyebright K150/HMCS Fennel K194/HMCS Fergus K686/HMCS Forest Hill K486/HMCS Fredericton0 K245/HMCS Frontenac K335/HMCS Galt K163/HMCS Giffard K402/HMCS Guelph K687/HMCS Halifax K237
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Belleville K332/HMCS Bittersweet K182/HMCS Brandon K149/HMCS Brantford K218/HMCS Buctouche K179/HMCS Calgary K231/HMCS Camrose K154/HMCS Chambly K116
RCN Frigates (River Class): HMCS St. Catharines K325/HMCS Saint John K456/HMCS St. Pierre K680/HMCS St. Stephen K454/HMCS Ste. Thérèse K366/HMCS Stettler K681/HMCS Stone Town K531/HMCS Stormont K327/HMCS Strathadam K682/HMCS Sussexvale K683
RCN Frigates (River Class): HMCS Montreal K319/HMCS Nene K270/HMCS New Glasgow K320/HMCS New Waterford K321/HMCS Orkney K448/HMCS Outremont K322
RCN Frigates (River Class): HMCS Kirkland Lake K337/HMCS Kokanee K419/HMCS La Hulloise K668/HMCS Lanark K669/HMCS Lasalle K519/HMCS Lauzon K371/HMCS Levis K400/HMCS Longueuil K672/HMCS Magog K673/HMCS Matane K444/HMCS Meon K269/HMCS Monnow K441
RCN Frigates (River Class): HMCS Coaticook K410/HMCS Dunver K03/HMCS Eastview K665/HMCS Ettrick K254/HMCS Fort Erie K670/HMCS Glace Bay K414/HMCS Grou K518/HMCS Hallowell K666/HMCS Inch Arran K667/HMCS Joliette K418/HMCS Jonquiere K318
Royal Canadian Navy Vacuum Ship YBS-61
RCN Minesweepers (Lake Class): HMCS Hickory Lake J488/HMCS Larch Lake J489/HMCS Maple Lake J490/HMCS Oak Lake J491/HMCS Pine Lake J492/HMCS Poplar Lake J493/HMCS Spruce Lake J494/HMCS Willow Lake J495
RCN Minesweepers (Llewellyn Class): HMCS Coquitlam J364/HMCS Cranbrook J372/HMCS Daerwood J357/HMCS Kalamalka J395/HMCS Lavallee J371/HMCS Llewellyn J278/HMCS Lloyd George J279/HMCS Revelstoke J373/HMCS Rossland J358/HMCS St. Joseph J359
RCN Minesweepers (Fundy Class): HMCS Comox (J64), HMCS Fundy (J88), HMCS Gaspé (J94), HMCS Nootka/Nanoose (J35)
RCN Minesweepers converted from civilian use, 1919-1939
RCN Minesweeper: (YMS-1 Class): HMCS Cordova (MCA 158), and Minesweeping Auxiliary Ships: HMCS Anticosti (MSA 110) (II); HMCS Moresby (MSA 112) (III)
RCN Minesweepers (Bangor Class): HMCS Guysborough J52/HMCS Ingonish J69/HMCS Kelowna J261/HMCS Kenora J281/HMCS Kentville J312/HMCS Lachine J266/HMCS Lockeport J100) Bangor-class)
RCN Minesweepers (Bangor Class): HMCS Cowichan J146/HMCS Digby J267/HMCS Drummondville J253/HMCS Esquimalt J272/HMCS Fort William J311/HMCS Gananoque J259/HMCS Georgian J144/HMCS Goderich J260/HMCS Granby J264/HMCS Grandmère J258
RCN Minesweepers (Bangor Class): HMCS Thunder J156/HMCS Transcona J271/HMCS Trois-Rivières J269/HMCS Truro J268/HMCS Ungava J149/HMCS Vegreville J257/HMCS Wasaga J162/HMCS Westmount J318
RCN Minesweepers (Bangor Class): HMCS Port Hope J280/HMCS Quatsino J152/HMCS Quinte J166/HMCS Red Deer J255/HMCS Sarnia J309/HMCS Stratford J310/HMCS Swift Current J254
RCN Frigates (Prestonian Class): HMCS New Glasgow 315/HMCS New Waterford 304/HMCS Outremont 310/HMCS Penetang 316/HMCS Prestonian 307/HMCS Ste. Thérèse /309/HMCS Stettler 311/HMCS Sussexvale 313/HMCS Swansea 306/HMCS Toronto 319/HMCS Victoriaville 320
RCN Minesweepers (Bangor Class): HMCS Mahone J159/HMCS Malpeque J148/HMCS Medicine Hat J256/)HMCS Melville J263/HMCS Milltown J317/HMCS Minas J165/HMCS Miramichi J169/HMCS Mulgrave J313/HMCS Nipigon J154/HMCS Noranda J265/HMCS Outarde J161
Royal Canadian Navy Examination Vessel: HMCS Zoarces (FY62)
Royal Canadian Navy Patrol Torpedo Boat: HMCS S-09
Royal Canadian Navy Armed Yachts (Q, S, and Z Class)
Royal Canadian Navy Armed Trawlers (Isles Class): HMCS Anticosti (T274); HMCS Baffin (T275); HMCS Cailiff (T276); HMCS Ironbound (T284); HMCS Liscomb (T285); HMCS Magdalen (T279); HMCS Manitoulin (T280); HMCS Miscou (T277)
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers: HMCS Patrician, HMCS Patriot, HMCS Champlain, and HMCS Vancouver
RCN Minesweepers (Lake Class): HMCS Alder Lake J480/HMCS Ash Lake J481/HMCS Beech Lake J482/HMCS Birch Lake J483/HMCS Cedar Lake J484/HMCS Cherry Lake J485/HMCS Elm Lake J486/HMCS Fir Lake J487
RCN Minesweepers (Algerine Class): HMCS Border Cities J344/Fort Frances J396/Kapuskasing J326/Middlesex J328/New Liskeard J397/Oshawa J330/Portage J331/Rockcliffe J355/Sault Ste. Marie J334/St. Boniface J332/Wallaceburg J336/Winnipeg J337
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (River Class): HMCS Fraser (DDGH), Saint-Laurent (DDGH), and Mackenzie (DDGH)
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (Annapolis Class): HMCS Annapolis (DDH 265) (II); HMCS Nipigon (DDH 266) (II)
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (Mackenzie Class): HMCS Mackenzie (DDE 261), HMCS Saskatchewan (DDE 262), HMCS Yukon (DDE 263), and HMCS Qu'Appelle (DDE 264)
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (V, and C Class): HMCS Algonquin (R17) (224); HMCS Sioux (R64) (225); HMCS Crescent (R16) (226); and HMCS Crusader (R20)
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers, (D, E, F, G, and H Class): HMCS Margaree (H49); HMCS Chaudière (H99); HMCS Gatineau (H61); HMCS Kootenay (H75); HMCS Qu’Appelle (H69); HMCS Ottawa (H31); and HMCS Saskatchewan (H70)
Royal Canadian Navy Frigates (Loch Class): HMCS Loch Achanalt (K424), HMCS Loch Alvie (K428), and HMCS Loch Morlich (K517)
RCN Frigates (River Class): HMCS Penetang K676/HMCS Port Colborne K326/HMCS Poundmaker K675/HMCS Prestonian K662/HMCS Prince Rupert K324/HMCS Ribble K525/HMCS Royal Mount K677/HMCS Runnymede K678/HMCS Sea Cliff K344/HMCS Springhill K323
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS St. Lambert K343/HMCS Sackville K181/HMCS Saskatoon K158/HMCS Shawinigan K136/HMCS Shediac K110/HMCS Sherbrooke K152/HMCS Smiths Falls K345/HMCS Snowberry K166/HMCS Sorel K153/HMCS Spikenard K198/HMCS Stellarton K457
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Charlottetown K244/HMCS Chicoutimi K156/HMCS Chilliwack K131HMCS Cobalt K124/HMCS Cobourg K333/HMCS Collingwood K180/HMCS Dauphin K157/HMCS Dawson K104/HMCS Drumheller K167/HMCS Dundas K229/HMCS Dunvegan K177
Royal Canadian Navy Gun Systems: Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
Royal Canadian Navy Aircraft Carrier: HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21)
Royal Canadian Navy Aircraft Carrier: HMCS Warrior (R31)
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (Restigouche Class): HMCS Chaudière (DDE 235); HMCS Columbia (DDE 260); HMCS Gatineau (DDE 236); HMCS Kootenay (DDE 258); HMCS Restigouche (DDE 257); HMCS St. Croix (DDE 256); HMCS Terra Nova (DDE 259)
Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile Motor Launch: ML Q050 to ML Q100
Royal Canadian Navy Protecteur-class Joint Support Ships: HMCS Protecteur, and HMCS Preserver
Royal Canadian Navy History: 1968 - 2022
Royal Canadian Navy Sloops: HMCS Algerine, and HMCS Shearwater
Royal Canadian Navy ASDIC anti-submarine SONAR
Royal Canadian Navy Submarines: HMCS CC-1, HMCS CC-2, HMCS CH-14, and HMCS CH-15
Royal Canadian Navy Ships of the Fishermen's Reserve, 1938-1944
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Lachute K440/HMCS Lethbridge K160/HMCS Levis K115/HMCS Lindsay K338/HMCS Long Branch K487/HMCS Louisburg K143/HMCS Louisburg K401/HMCS Lunenburg K151/HMCS Matapedia K112/HMCS Mayflower K191/HMCS Merrittonia K688
RCN Corvettes (Castle Class): HMCS Arnprior K494/HMCS Bowmanville K493/HMCS Copper Cliff K495/HMCS Hespeler K489
Royal Canadian Navy .50 cal Vickers and Browning anti-aircraft guns
Royal Canadian Navy QF 2-pounder pom-pom Anti-Aircraft Gun
HMCS Coverdale Naval Radio Station (NRS)
Royal Canadian Navy History: 1944-1945
Royal Canadian Navy History: 1946-1967
Royal Canadian Navy Sail training ships: HMCS Oriole, and HMCS Pickle
Royal Canadian Navy History: 1939-1943
Royal Canadian Navy: HMCS Assiniboine's battle with U-210 in the North Atlantic, 6 Aug 1942
Royal Canadian Navy: The Mariner Miracle, 1953
Royal Canadian Navy Guns
Royal Canadian Navy DeWolf-class offshore patrol ships: HMCS Harry DeWolf (AOPV 430), Margaret Brooke (AOPV 431), Max Bernays (AOPV 432), William Hall (AOPV 433), Frédérick Rolette (AOPV 434) and Robert Hampton Gray (AOPV 435)
Royal Canadian Navy Naval Replenishment Unit (Resolve Class), MV Asterix
Royal Canadian Navy Submarines (Victoria Class), HMCS Victoria SSK 876, Windsor SSK 877, Corner Brook SSK 878 and Chicoutimi SSK 879
RCN Frigates (Halifax Class): HMCS Halifax FFH 330/Vancouver FFH 331/Ville de Québec FFH 332/Toronto FFH 333/Regina FFH 334/Calgary FFH 335/Montreal FFH 336/Fredericton FFH 337/Winnipeg FFH 338/Charlottetown FFH 339/St. John’s FFH 340/Ottawa FFH 341
Royal Canadian Navy Coastal Defence Vessels (Kingston Class), HMCS Kingston, Glace Bay, Nanaimo, Edmonton, Shawinigan, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Goose Bay, Moncton, Saskatoon, Brandon and Summerside
Royal Canadian Navy Torpedo and Sound Ranging Vessels, Oceanographic Research Ship, Mine Layer/Loop Layer, Yard Diving Tenders, Yard Craft, Fireboats and Tugboats
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (Iroquois Class), HMCS Iroquois (DDG 280), HMCS Huron (DDG 281), HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282), and HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283), 1972-2017
Royal Canadian Navy Hydrofoil: HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE 400)
Royal Canadian Navy Replenishment Oiler (AOR): HMCS Provider AOR 508, and Auxiliary Vessels: HMCS Protecteur AOR 509, and HMCS Preserver AOR 510
Royal Canadian Navy Submarines: HMCS Grilse (SS 71), Rainbow (SS 75), Ojibwa (S72), Onondaga (S73), Okanagan (S74), HMS Olympus, and HMS Osiris
Royal Canadian Navy Patrol Vessels (Bird Class), Gate Vessels (Porte Class), Training Vessels (YAG 300 Series) and (Orca Class)
RCN Minesweepers: (Bay Class): HMCS Chaleur MCB 144/ HMCS Chaleur MCB 164/ HMCS Chignecto MCB 156/ HMCS Chignecto MCB 160/ HMCS Comox MCB 146/ HMCS Cowichan MCB 147/ HMCS Cowichan MCB 162/ HMCS Fortune MCB 151/ HMCS Fundy MCB 145/ HMCS Fundy MCB 159
Royal Canadian Navy Escort Maintenance Ships (Cape Class): HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100); HMCS Cape Scott (ARE 101); Icebreaker (Wind Class): HMCS Labrador (AW 50); Diving Support: HMCS Cedarwood (AGSC 539); Yard Diving Tender: CFAV Raccoon (YDT 10)
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (St. Laurent Class): HMCS Assiniboine (DDH 234); HMCS Fraser (DDH 233); HMCS Margaree (DDH 230); HMCS Ottawa (DDH 229); HMCS St. Laurent (DDH 205); HMCS Skeena (DDH 207); and HMCS Saguenay (DDH 206)
Royal Canadian Navy Aircraft Carrier: HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22)
Warships of the Royal Navy, Aircraft Carriers HMS Nabob and HMS Puncher, manned by RCN crews, 1944–1945
Royal Canadian Navy Cruisers (Crown Colony Class): HMCS Uganda (C66), renamed HMCS Québec (C31), and (Minotaur Class): HMCS Ontario (C32)
RCN Frigates (Prestonian Class): HMCS Antigonish 301/HMCS Beacon Hill 303/HMCS Buckingham 314/HMCS Cap de la Madeleine 317/HMCS Fort Erie 312/HMCS Inch Arran 308/HMCS Jonquiere 318/HMCS La Hulloise 305/HMCS Lanark 321/HMCS Lauzon 322
Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile Support Ships: HMCS Preserver (F94), and HMCS Provider (F100), 1942–1964
RCN Frigates (River Class): HMCS Annan K404/HMCS Antigonish K661/HMCS Beacon Hill K407/HMCS Buckingham K685/HMCS Cap de la Madeleine K663/HMCS Cape Breton K350/HMCS Capilano K409/HMCS Carlplace K664/HMCS Charlottetown K244/HMCS Chebogue K317
Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando W, 1942-1945
Royal Canadian Navy Motor Torpedo Boats (MTB), Motor Gun Boats (MGB), 1939–1945
RCN Minesweepers (Bangor Class): HMCS Bayfield J08/HMCS Bellechasse J170/HMCS Blairmore J314/HMCS Brockville J270/HMCS Burlington J250/HMCS Canso J21/HMCS Caraquet J38/HMCS Chedabucto J168/HMCS Chignecto J160/HMCS Clayoquot J174/HMCS Courtenay J262
RCN Corvettes (Flower Class): HMCS Agassiz K129/HMCS Alberni K103/HMCS Algoma K127/HMCS Amherst K148/HMCS Arrowhead K145/HMCS Arvida K113/HMCS Asbestos K358/HMCS Atholl K15/HMCS Baddeck K147/HMCS Barrie K138/HMCS Battleford K165/HMCS Beauharnois K540
Royal Canadian Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training submarines: HMS P.514, HMS P552, HMS P.554, and HNLMS O 15
Royal Canadian Navy Armed Merchant Cruisers (Prince Class): HMCS Prince David, HMCS Prince Henry, HMCS Prince Robert, 1939-1960
Royal Canadian Navy Landing Craft, 1939-1945
Royal Canadian Navy History: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945
Royal Canadian Navy U-boats: HMCS U-190, and HMCS U-889, 1945–1947
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers, (A and C Class): HMCS Saguenay (HO1/D79/179); HMCS Skeena (D59); HMCS Fraser (H48) HMCS St. Laurent (H83); HMCS Restigouche (H00); and HMCS Ottawa (H60); and HMCS Assiniboine (I18)
Royal Canadian Navy Town Class Destroyers (Wickes Class): HMCS Columbia (I49), Niagara (I57), St. Clair (I65), St. Croix (I81), St. Francis (I93), Annapolis (I04), Hamilton (I24), (Clemson Class): HMCS Buxton, (Annapolis Class): HMCS Georgetown (I40)
Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers (Tribal Class): HMCS Athabaskan (G07); HMCS Athabaskan II (R79) (219); HMCS Cayuga (R04) (218); HMCS Haida (G63) (215); HMCS Huron (G24) (216); HMCS Iroquois (G89) (217); HMCS Micmac (R10) (214); and HMCS Nootka (R96) (213)
Royal Canadian Navy Auxiliary Vessels, 1931-1940
Royal Canadian Navy Patrol Ships, Armed Yachts and Sloops, 1910-1939
Royal Canadian Navy Cruisers: HMCS Rainbow, HMCS Niobe, HMCS Aurora
Dominion of Canada Warship: HMS Charybdis, 1881 to 1882
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