Canadian Naval News Past, Present & Future
HMCS Ottawa returned to Esquimalt March 24, 2025 after a Western Pacific deployment. Canada now has no deployed combatant ships or submarines. HMCS Ottawa conducted multinational exercises and maneuvers with…
HMCS Harry DeWolf returned to Halifax on March 22, 2025 after assisting the USCG (US Coast Guard) in narcotics interdiction. With no legal authority to conduct arrests, Canada provides a…
ltra Maritime received a CA$89 million contract from Lockheed Martin Canada, Inc. to supply three shipsets of Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) for the River-class destroyer (RCD) program. SSTD provides…
By Alexander Dalziel March 18, 2025 “In Canada, I often use the word ajuinnata. It’s a word in Inuktitut that has great meaning for Inuit. It is persevering in the…
SEA is pleased to announce that its subsidiary SEA Canada has been awarded a £15.1 million contract to cover the production of lightweight Torpedo Launch Systems (TLS) for a major…
A contract has been signed between BAE Systems and Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc. (ISI), marking the start of the next major phase on the River-class destroyer program. It follows the…
Updates on National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) activities from January 1 to December 31, 2024. The NSS is Canada’s long-term plan to renew the fleets of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)…
The WALLACEBURG Minesweeper was commissioned at Port Arthur on November 18, 1943, she arrived at Halifax on December 13, and after working up was assigned to EG W-8, Western Escort…
This article was published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Washington office, the Center for North American Prosperity and Security (CNAPS.org). It originally appeared in the Washington Times. By Anthony De Luca-Baratta…