On July third, Canada will deploy HMCS Shawinigan and Summerside from Halifax to join Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) in European Waters.
Both ships have embarked Royal Canadian Navy clearance diving teams from Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic & Pacific, and mine countermeasure search capabilities using autonomous underwater vehicles.
As the two ships are built to civil specifications, they will not be able to operate near any explosions of significance.