SNMG2 Took Part in NATO’s Neptune Strike 24-2
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) took part in NATO’s Neptune Strike 24-2 between 24 – 30 October, showcasing NATO’s commitment to collective defence and maritime readiness. During a series…
HMCS Montreal Returns Home Via Panama Canal
HMCS Montreal returned to Halifax October 22, 2024, avoiding the Red Sea and using the Panama Canal. With no ballistic missile defense, the Halifax class frigate was escorted through the…
“NATO will defend Allied interests in the Arctic”
On 19 October 2024, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer attended the 11th edition of the Arctic Circle Assembly. While in Iceland, he also met with…
Canada, Philippines and US in Exercise Sama Sama 2024
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), the Philippine Navy’s first-in-class frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF 150), and the Royal Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH-331)…
USS Higgins and HMCS Vancouver Transit Taiwan Strait
USS Higgins (DDG 76) and Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on Oct. 20 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedom…
HMCS St Francis
Commissioned on 30 Jun 1919 as USS BANCROFT, her career almost exactly paralleled that of her sister, USS MCCOOK, and she was turned over to the RCN at Halifax on…
HMS Nabob – Survival after U-Boat Attack in the Arctic 1944
By Gordon Angus Mackinlay Naval Historical Society of Australia HMS Nabob started life in Tacoma, Washington shipyard as a merchant vessel, converted to a Lease-Lend escort carrier, and the first…
The Transition to War: HMAS Perth and the Canadian West Coast Destroyers
By Roger Buxton Naval Historical Society of Australia In the late northern summer and autumn of 1939 HMAS Perth and the Canadian West Coast destroyers HMC Ships Fraser, Ottawa, Restigouche…