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For a list of current vessels, see List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy.

The Royal Navy was responsible for all of British North America, until Canadian Confederation in 1867. After Confederation the Royal Navy increasingly shared naval responsibilities with Canada but retained sole responsibility for other British colonies in North America, until they joined Canada. In 1910, the Department of the Naval Service was created to consolidate all naval services in Canada, receiving royal assent in 1911 to become the Royal Canadian Navy. Within a few years many of the non-military naval services and vessels integrated under the RCN were returned to their original departments.[1] The list of ships of the Royal Canadian Navy contains the surface warships, submarines and auxiliary vessels in service from 1910 up to the early 1990s. This includes all commissioned, non-commissioned, loaned or hired ships in service within the RCN.[2] Ships in this list also include Royal Navy vessels with RCN crews, such as TR-series minesweepers of the First World War, and aircraft carriers of the Second World War.

Commissioned 1910–22

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See also: List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the First World War
Ensign of Canadian government ships from 1865 to 1911

The Canadian navy was created in 1910 as the Department of the Naval Service. The Naval Service integrated other marine arms of the government of Canada with which it had a common professional background and the objective of security in the Canadian maritime environment and national sovereignty. In addition to a combat capability, the naval service included the Fisheries Protection, Hydrographic Survey, tidal observation and wireless telegraph branches. Each branch, including the quasi-military Fisheries Protection, contributed their fleet of ships to the new Naval Service. The service thereby commanded a number of Canadian Government Ships (CGS) ships in addition to the two purchased Royal Navy warships. Initially, eight fisheries cruisers (under the command of Rear Admiral Charles Kingsmill), were brought into the Department of the Naval Service, including CGS Vigilant, the first modern warship built in the country.[3][1][2][fn 1] With the outbreak of the First World War government and commercial vessels were pressed into naval service. Great Britain and Canada planned to significantly expand the RCN but decided that Canadian men could enlist the Royal Navy or the RCN with many choosing the former. Following the demobilization after the war, the RCN undertook many of the civilian responsibilities of the Department of Transport.[4]

Cruisers

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HMCS Vigilant, the first purpose-built warship in Canada

Destroyers

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Cruiser HMCS Aurora dockside, with destroyers Patriot and Patrician nearby, at HMC Dockyard Esquimalt, British Columbia (1921)

Submarines

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Trawlers

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Minesweepers

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  • HMCS Baleine
  • HMCS Constance[5]
  • HMCS Curlew[5]
  • HMCS P.V. I (PV type)[6]
  • HMCS P.V. II (PV type)
  • HMCS P.V. III (PV type)
  • HMCS P.V. IV (PV type)
  • HMCS P.V. V (PV type)
  • HMCS P.V. VI (PV type)
  • HMCS P.V. VII (PV type)
  • HMCS TR 1 (Castle class TR series)[7]
  • HMCS TR 2 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 3 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 4 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 5 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 6 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 7 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 8 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 9 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 10 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 11 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 12 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 13 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 14 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 15 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 16 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 17 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 18 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 19 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 20 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 21 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 22 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 23 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 24 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 25 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 26 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 27 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 28 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 29 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 30 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 31 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 32 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 33 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 34 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 35 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 36 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 37 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 38 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 39 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 46 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 47 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 48 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 49 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 50 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 51 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 52 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 53 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 54 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 55 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 56 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 57 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 58 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 59 (Castle class)
  • HMCS TR 60 (Castle class)

Torpedo boats

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Hospital ship

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Auxiliary and other

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CGS Stanley escorting two vessels through ice. Date unknown.

Icebreakers

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Training vessels

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Motor launches

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  • Adelaide
  • Alase
  • Alva and May
  • Amos B.
  • Atlantic
  • Fantom
  • Foam (late Spray)
  • Icthus M.
  • Lilly
  • Lillian
  • Maude Mosher
  • Meredith
  • Mildred
  • Mohawk
  • Paragon
  • Rambler
  • Roanoke
  • Roamer
  • Rose
  • Rover
  • Ruth
  • Shark
  • Shamrock
  • Swan
  • Thistle
  • Virginia

Patrol boats

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  • HMCS Acadia (2)[8]
  • Albacore
  • HMCS Algerine (later, depot ship)[8]
  • Frank T. Coote
  • Atlanta (III)
  • CGS Bayfield
  • HMCS Canada[9]
  • Deliverance
  • HMCS Florence[5]
  • HMCS Galiano[10]
  • Grib
  • HMCS Grilse (ex-Winchester)[10]
  • HMCS Gulnare[11]
  • HMCS Hochelaga[11]
  • HMCS Lady Evelyn[11]
  • HMCS Lansdowne[12]
  • HMCS Laurentian[13]
  • HMCS Malaspina[13]
  • HMCS Margaret[14]
  • HMCS Newington (minelayer)[14]
  • HMCS Petrel
  • HMCS Premier[15]
  • HMCS Restless[6]
  • HMCS Sable I[15]
  • HMCS Seagull[16]
  • HMCS Sinmac[16]
  • HMCS Stadacona[17]
  • HMCS CD 1 (CD class)[7]
  • HMCS CD 2 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 3 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 5 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 6 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 7 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 8 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 10 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 11 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 12 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 13 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 14 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 15 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 16 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 17 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 18 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 19 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 20 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 21 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 22 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 23 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 24 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 25 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 26 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 27 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 28 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 29 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 30 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 31 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 32 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 33 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 34 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 35 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 36 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 37 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 38 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 39 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 40 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 41 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 42 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 43 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 44 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 45 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 46 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 47 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 48 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 49 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 50 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 51 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 52 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 53 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 54 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 55 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 56 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 57 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 58 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 59 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 60 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 61 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 62 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 63 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 64 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 65 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 66 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 67 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 68 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 69 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 70 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 71 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 72 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 73 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 74 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 75 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 76 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 77 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 78 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 79 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 80 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 81 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 82 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 83 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 84 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 85 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 86 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 87 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 88 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 89 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 90 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 91 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 92 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 93 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 94 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 95 (CD class)
  • HMCS CD 96 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 97 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 98 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 99 (CD class, transferred to USN)
  • HMCS CD 100 (CD class, transferred to USN)

Survey vessels

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  • Karluk
  • CGS Chrissie C. Thomey
  • Gladiator
  • CGS La Canadienne
  • CGS Mary Sachs
  • CGS North Star (III)

Tenders

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Tugs

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  • Alaska (II)
  • C.E. Tanner
  • Coastguard
  • G.S. Mayes
  • Gwennith
  • Highland Mary (I)
  • Ruth (II)
  • Shark (ex-Nereid (II))
  • Trusty
  • M.W. Weatherspoon
  • C. Wilfred

Other

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  • CGS Alaska
  • Berthier (examination vessel)
  • Speedy (II) (examination vessel)
  • HMCS Gate Vessel 3 (ex-W.H. Lee)
  • HMCS Gopher (auxiliary minesweeper)
  • HMCS Musquash (auxiliary minesweeper)
  • CGS Vigilant (cruiser, third class)
  • Falcon
  • CGS Kestrel
  • HMCS Naden (depot ship)[16]
  • Ruth (I)
  • Ruth (IV)
  • Scotsman

Commissioned 1922–47

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See also: List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Second World War
Royal Canadian Navy ensign 1911 to 1965

The Department of the Naval Service was replaced in 1922 by the Department of National Defence. The Fisheries Protection, Hydrographic Survey, tidal observation and wireless telegraph branches, along with many ships, were transferred to other government departments and delisted by the RCN.[3] In 1931, the RCN commissioned HMCS Saguenay and HMCS Skeena, the first ships specifically built for the service.[18][19] While a large "Fisherman's Reserve" was formed in 1938, at the outbreak of the Second World War, the RCN had been reduced to six River-class destroyers, five minesweepers, two small training vessels bases at Halifax and Victoria, 145 officers and 1,674 seamen.[20][21][22][23] The RCN expanded rapidly during the Second World War, with vessels transferred or purchased from the Royal Navy and US Navy and the construction of many vessels in Canada, such as corvettes and frigates. The RCN ended the war with a fleet of approximately 950 ships, the third-largest navy in the world and an operational reach extending into the Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean and Mediterranean.[24][25] Due to the terms of the Lend Lease agreements between the United States and the United Kingdom, a few of the US built vessels that were crewed by the RCN remained under the "HMS" designation of the Royal Navy (RN); the two "HMS" aircraft carriers were mixed crews, as the RCN crewed the ship, while the air crews were provided by the RN's Fleet Air Arm.[26]

Aircraft carriers

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Nabob returning home after being torpedoed in August 1944

Cruisers

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Cruiser HMCS Uganda underway in 1944

Light cruisers

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Armed merchant cruisers

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Destroyers

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HMCS Crusader underway in 1946

*(US Navy Wickes and Clemson-class vessels commissioned into the Royal Navy as Town class, and later loaned to the RCN. Some also commissioned into the RCN.)

Frigates

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Frigate HMCS Swansea rescuing survivors of its second U-Boat kill. 1944

Corvettes

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HMCS Edmundston (Flower class)
Mealtime aboard HMCS Agassiz

Submarines

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Minesweepers

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Crew of HMCS Daerwood. 1944
View of HMCS Lloyd George from HMCS Llewellyn off Halifax 1943.'

Motor launches

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German submarine U-889 surrendering to motor launch Q117 off Nova Scotia, 1945.
  • HMC ML Q050 (Fairmile B Type A)[27]
  • HMC ML Q051
  • HMC ML Q052 (loaned to FFN)
  • HMC ML Q053
  • HMC ML Q054
  • HMC ML Q055
  • HMC ML Q056
  • HMC ML Q057
  • HMC ML Q058
  • HMC ML Q059
  • HMC ML Q060
  • HMC ML Q061
  • HMC ML Q062 (loaned to FFN)
  • HMC ML Q063 (loaned to FFN)
  • HMC ML Q064
  • HMC ML Q065
  • HMC ML Q066
  • HMC ML Q067
  • HMC ML Q068
  • HMC ML Q069
  • HMC ML Q070
  • HMC ML Q071
  • HMC ML Q072
  • HMC ML Q073
  • HMC ML Q074
  • HMC ML Q075
  • HMC ML Q076
  • HMC ML Q077
  • HMC ML Q078
  • HMC ML Q079
  • HMC ML Q080
  • HMC ML Q081
  • HMC ML Q082
  • HMC ML Q083
  • HMC ML Q084
  • HMC ML Q085
  • HMC ML Q086
  • HMC ML Q087
  • HMC ML Q088
  • HMC ML Q089
  • HMC ML Q090
  • HMC ML Q091
  • HMC ML Q092
  • HMC ML Q093
  • HMC ML Q094
  • HMC ML Q095
  • HMC ML Q096
  • HMC ML Q097
  • HMC ML Q098
  • HMC ML Q099
  • HMC ML Q100
  • HMC ML Q101
  • HMC ML Q102
  • HMC ML Q103
  • HMC ML Q104
  • HMC ML Q105
  • HMC ML Q106
  • HMC ML Q107
  • HMC ML Q108
  • HMC ML Q109
  • HMC ML Q110
  • HMC ML Q111
  • HMC ML Q112 (Fairmile B Type B)[27]
  • HMC ML Q113
  • HMC ML Q114
  • HMC ML Q115
  • HMC ML Q116
  • HMC ML Q117
  • HMC ML Q118
  • HMC ML Q119
  • HMC ML Q120
  • HMC ML Q121
  • HMC ML Q122
  • HMC ML Q124
  • HMC ML Q125
  • HMC ML Q126
  • HMC ML Q127
  • HMC ML Q128
  • HMC ML Q129

*(Canadian Fairmiles were not commissioned. They were not named, until sold off, or assigned as tenders to various bases post-war. Ships loaned to Free French Navy (FFN) served under Canadian command.)

Motor torpedo boats

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MTB 460 somewhere off England 1944.
  • HMCS CMTB-1[28]
  • "S-03" (ex USN PT-3)
  • "S-04" (ex USN PT-4)
  • "S-05" (ex USN PT-5)
  • "S-06" (ex USN PT-6)
  • "S-07" (ex USN PT-7)
  • HMCS S-09 (ex USN PT-9)[28]
  • MTB 459 (G type)[29]
  • MTB 460 (G type)
  • MTB 461 (G type)
  • MTB 462 (G type)
  • MTB 463 (G type)
  • MTB 464 (G type)
  • MTB 465 (G type)
  • MTB 466 (G type)
  • MTB 485 (G type)
  • MTB 486 (G type)
  • MTB 491 (G type)
  • MTB 726 (Fairmile D type)[29]
  • MTB 727 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 735 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 736 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 743 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 744 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 745 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 746 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 747 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 748 (Fairmile D type)
  • MTB 797 (Fairmile D type)

Armed trawlers and yachts

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Armed yacht HMCS Cougar c1943.

Armed trawlers

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Armed yachts

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Landing craft

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Canadian landing craft approaching Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, D-Day, 1944.
  • LCI (L) 115
  • LCI (L) 117
  • LCI (L) 118
  • LCI (L) 121
  • LCI (L) 125
  • LCI (L) 135
  • LCI (L) 166
  • LCI (L) 177
  • LCI (L) 249
  • LCI (L) 250
  • LCI (L) 252
  • LCI (L) 255
  • LCI (L) 260
  • LCI (L) 262
  • LCI (L) 263
  • LCI (L) 264
  • LCI (L) 266
  • LCI (L) 270
  • LCI (L) 271
  • LCI (L) 276
  • LCI (L) 277
  • LCI (L) 285
  • LCI (L) 288
  • LCI (L) 295
  • LCI (L) 298
  • LCI (L) 299
  • LCI (L) 301
  • LCI (L) 302
  • LCI (L) 305
  • LCI (L) 306
  • LCI (L) 310
  • LCI (L) 311
  • LCA 736
  • LCA 850
  • LCA 856
  • LCA 925
  • LCA 1021
  • LCA 1033
  • LCA 1057
  • LCA 1059
  • LCA 1137
  • LCA 1138
  • LCA 1150
  • LCA 1151
  • LCA 1371
  • LCA 1372
  • LCA 1374
  • LCA 1375

Auxiliaries

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Sickbay of support ship HMCS Provider
Examination vessel Zoarces

Accommodation vessels

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Anti-submarine target towing vessels

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  • CNAV Atwood (Z 47)
  • CNAV Brentwood (Z 48)
  • CNAV Eastwood (Z 49)
  • CNAV Greenwood (Z 50)
  • CNAV Inglewood (Z 51)
  • CNAV Kirkwood (Z 53)
  • CNAV Lakewood (Z 63)
  • CNAV Oakwood (Z 64)
  • CNAV Wildwood (Z 65)

Auxiliary minesweepers

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Cable layers

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  • HMCS Cyrus Field

Diving vessels

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  • Diving Tender No 2
  • Diving Tender No 3
  • Diving Tender No 4
  • Diving Tender No 5
  • Diving Tender No 6

Examination vessels

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Gate vessels

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Mine laying vessels

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Mobile deperming crafts

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Patrol boats

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  • HMCS Adversus (J17)[33]
  • HMCS Alachasse (Z18/J18)[33]
  • HMCS Allaverdy (Fy 06)
  • HMCS Andamara (Z 22)
  • HMCS Anna Mildred (Fy 87/Z12A)
  • Bantie (W 04)
  • HMCS Barkely Sound (Fy23)
  • HMCS Barmar (Fy 10/Z115)
  • Bartlett
  • HMCS B.C. Lady (Fy 07, later to RCAF)
  • HMCS Billow (Fy 25), ex-(Fy 32)
  • HMCS Camenita (Fy 41)
  • HMCS Cancolim (Z10)
  • HMCS Canfisco (Fy 17)
  • HMCS Capella (Fy 31)
  • HMCS Chamiss Bay (Fy 39/F50)
  • HMCS Cleopatra (Fy 89/Z35)
  • HMCS Combat (later to RCAF)
  • HMCS Comber (Fy 37) (ex-C.S.C. II)
  • HMCS Crest (Fy 38) (ex-May S)
  • HMCS Dalehurst (Fy 35) (ex-Glendale V)
  • HMCS Departure Bay (Fy 48)
  • HMCS Earl Field (Fy 40)
  • HMCS Ehkoli (Fy 12)
  • HMCS Eileen
  • HMCS Fifer (Fy 00/Z30)
  • HMCS Interceptor (Z15)
  • HMCS Howe Sound I (Fy 19)
  • HMCS Johanna (Fy 28)
  • HMCS Kuitan (Fy 14)
  • HMCS Leola Vivien (Fy 15, also called Leelo)
  • HMCS Lil II
  • HMCS Louis Herbert (Fy 92/J22)
  • HMCS Loyal I (Fy 43)
  • HMCS Loyal II (Fy 22/Z25) (ex-Foam)
  • HMCS Maraudor (Fy 03)
  • HMCS Margaret I (Fy 29)
  • HMCS Meander (Z04)
  • HMCS Merry Chase (Fy 46)
  • HMCS Moolock (Fy 16)
  • HMCS Moresby III (Fy 42)
  • HMCS Nenamook (Fy 13)
  • HMCS San Tomas (Fy 02)
  • HMCS Santa Maria (Fy 08)
  • HMCS Smith Sound (Fy 18)
  • HMCS Snow Prince (later to RCAF)
  • HMCS Spray (Fy 33/Z09) (ex-Hatta VII)
  • HMCS Springtime V (Fy 09)
  • HMCS Starling (II)
  • HMCS Surf (Fy 24) (ex-Arashio)
  • HMCS Talapus (Fy 11)
  • HMCS Tordo| (Fy 20)
  • HMCS Valdes (Fy 21)
  • HMCS Vanisle (Fy 01)
  • HMCS Vencedor (Z21)[32]
  • HMCS West Coast (Fy 04)
  • HMCS Western Maid (Fy 36)

Support ships

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Survey vessels

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Tankers

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Tenders

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  • HMCS Chief Seagay
  • HMCS Chief Tapeet
  • HMCS "Crusader"

Training vessels

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W/T Calibration vessels

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  • HMCS Aristocrat (Z46)
  • HMCS Seretha II (Fy 45/Z45)

Other

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(The symbol FY in the pennant number denotes fishing vessels of the Fisherman's Reserve which comprised a large portion of the auxiliary fleet throughout the Second World War.[43])

Tugboats

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Ex-HMCS Glenada remains a working tug 73 years after launch.
  • HMCS Glenada (W30) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenbrook (W64/YTB 501) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenclova (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glencove (W37) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glendevon (W38/YTB 505) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glendon (W39/YTB 506) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glendower (W24) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glendyne (W68/YTM 503) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Gleneagle (W40) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenella (W41) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glen Evis (W65/YTB 502) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenfield (W42) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenholme (W28) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenkeen (W67) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glen Lea (W25) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenlivet (W43/YTB 504) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenmont (W27) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenora (W26) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenside (W63/YTB 500) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenvalley (W44) (Glen class)
  • HMCS Glenwood (W45) (Glen class)
  • Adamsville (YTS 582) (Ville class)
  • Auburnville (W50) (Ville class)
  • Barkerville (Ville class)
  • Beamsville (YTS 583) (Ville class)
  • Blissville (W56) (Ville class)
  • Bonnyville (Ville class)
  • Coalville (YTS 576) (Ville class)
  • Eckville (W58/YTS 580) (Ville class)
  • Grenville (W20) (Ville class)
  • HMCS Haysville (W18) (Ville class)
  • Hartville (Ville class)
  • Hodgeville (W53) (Ville class)
  • Innisville (Ville class)
  • Jamesville (Ville class)
  • Johnville (Ville class)
  • Kayville (Ville class)
  • Kingsville (W19) (Ville class)
  • Lakeville (W21) (Ville class)
  • Lawrenceville (YTS 584) (Ville class)
  • Listerville (YTS 578) (Ville class)
  • Loganville (YTS 589) (Ville class)
  • Luceville (Ville class)
  • Mannville (W57/YTS 577) (Ville class)
  • Martinville (W61) (Ville class)
  • Marysville (YTS 585) (Ville class)
  • Merrickville (Ville class)
  • Neville (Ville class)
  • Otterville (W32/YTS 590) (Ville class)
  • Parksville (W49/YTS 579) (Ville class)
  • Pierreville (Ville class)
  • HMCS Plainsville (W01/YTS 587) (Ville class)
  • Queensville (YTS 586) (Ville class)
  • Radville (W52) (Ville class)
  • Roseville (Ville class)
  • Streetsville (W55) (Ville class)
  • Shawville (Ville class)
  • Youville (YTS 588) (Ville class)
  • HMCS Alberton (W48) (Norton class)
  • HMCS Beaverton (W23) (Norton class)
  • HMCS Birchton (W35) (Norton class)
  • HMCS Clifton (W36/ATA 529) (Norton class)
  • HMCS Heatherton (W22/ATA 527) (Norton class)
  • HMCS Maxwellton (W46) (Norton class)
  • HMCS Norton (W31) (Norton class)
  • HMCS Riverton (W47/ATA 528) (Norton class)
  • FT 1 (Fire tug)
  • FT 2 (Fire tug)
  • FT 3 (Fire tug)
  • HMCS Bally (Fy 88)
  • HMCS Bersimis
  • Brighton (W35)
  • HMCS D.W. Murray
  • HMCS J.A.Cornett
  • HMCS Frank Dixon
  • HMCS Haro
  • HMCS Helena
  • HMCS Helen S
  • HMCS Lisgar
  • HMCS North Lake
  • HMCS North Shore
  • HMCS North Star
  • HMCS Northwind
  • HMCS Ocean Eagle (Fy 71/J07)
  • HMCS Patricia McQueen
  • HMCS Pugwash (W01)
  • HMCS Stanpoint

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Harbour craft Captor off New Brunswick 1940
RCN Harbour craft 79 (Miss Kelvin) with recovered mine aboard, St. John's, Newfoundland. 1942
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  • HC 31 (ex-Zig Zag, ex-HMCS Avalon III)
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  • HC 39 (ex-Clair L)
  • HC 40 (I) (ex-Doris May)
  • HC 40 (II) (ex-HMCS Invader)
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  • HC 98 (ex-Soma I)
  • HC 99 (ex-Spartan III)
  • HC 100 (ex-Sidney River)
  • HC 101 (ex-Tantramar)
  • HC 102 (ex-HMCS Tuna II)
  • HC 103 (ex-Valinda)
  • HC 104 (ex-HMCS Vigil II)
  • HC 105 (ex-Wild Duck II)
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  • HC 339 (Fy 45, ex-Sea Flash)
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Commissioned 1948–89

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See also: List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Cold War
The national flag served as the naval ensign from 1965 to 2013

As the Second World War drew to a close the RCN stopped its rapid expansion and dramatically reduced its military expenditures. This resulted in a significant reduction in personnel and ships by 1947. A planned transfer of two light aircraft carriers from the Royal Navy, HMCS Warrior and HMCS Magnificent was slowed, and Warrior eventually returned. With the emergence of the Cold War and the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, followed by the outbreak of the Korean War, the Canadian government increased military spending. The RCN recommissioned and modified Second World War ships held in reserve, launched new classes of ships, and upgraded its aviation capabilities. In 1968, the RCN was amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Army to form the unified Canadian Forces. All personnel, ships, and aircraft became part of Maritime Command (MARCOM), as an element of the Canadian Armed Forces.[44]

HMCS Bonaventure underway in 1961
Destroyer escort HMCS Nipigon on NATO exercises in 1985

Aircraft carriers

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Destroyers

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Destroyer escorts

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Submarines

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Minesweepers

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Patrol vessels

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Auxiliary

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HMCS Bras d'Or at the Musée maritime du Québec, L'Islet-sur-Mer

Auxiliary minesweeping

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Diving support ship

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Escort maintenance ships

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Fireboats

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Gate vessels

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High speed launch vessels

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  • HSL-208 (ex-RCMP M208)
  • HSL-231 (ex-RCMP M231)
  • HSL-232 (ex-RCMP M232)
  • HSL-233 (ex-RCMP M233)
  • HSL-234 (ex-RCMP M234)
  • HSL-235 (ex-RCMP M235)

Hydrofoil prototype

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Icebreaker

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Survey ships

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Replenishment oilers
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Tugboats
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Training vessels
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Utility and other boats

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Yard diving tenders

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  • CFAV Granby (YDT 12)
  • CFAV Raccoon (YDT 10)
  • Unnamed (YDT 11)

Submarine non-operational

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Commissioned 1990 to present

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Main article: List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy

See also

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Naval vessels of Canada prior to 1910, and other British North American colonies

Naval vessels of other Canadian government departments

Naval vessels of other British imperial and commercial entities in North America

Notes

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  1. ^ Data for force level, ship names and commissions are found in various sources, including Gilbert 1952, The Navy List all years, Blatherwick 1992, Gimlet and Hadley 2010

References

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  1. ^ a b Tucker, Gilbert (1962). The Naval Service of Canada : Its Official History. Vol 1, Origins and Early Years (PDF). King's Printer.
  2. ^ a b c "Guide to Sources Relating to Canadian Naval Vessels (1909–1983)" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b Journal, Government of Canada, National Defence, Canadian Defence Academy, Canadian Military (14 July 2008). "Canadian Military Journal". www.journal.forces.gc.ca. Retrieved 27 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Schull, Joseph (1987) [1952]. Far Distant Ships: An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in World War II. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing. pp. 7. ISBN 0-7737-2160-6.
  5. ^ a b c Macpherson and Barrie, p. 19
  6. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p. 24
  7. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.26
  8. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.17
  9. ^ Macpherson and Barrie, p.18
  10. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.20
  11. ^ a b c Macpherson and Barrie, p.21
  12. ^ "General Instructions". The Canada Gazette. 51 (48): 4240. 1 June 1918.
  13. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.22
  14. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.23
  15. ^ a b Johnston et al., p.369
  16. ^ a b c Johnston et al., p.1131
  17. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.25
  18. ^ Milner, Marc (1 January 2006). "Walter Hose to the Rescue: Navy, Part 13". Legion Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  19. ^ Tucker, Gilbert Norman (1952). The Naval Service of Canada: Volume I: Origins and Early Years. Ottawa: King's Printer. p. 349.
  20. ^ German, Tony (1990). The sea is at our gates: The History of the Canadian Navy. McClelland and Stewart. pp. 71. ISBN 0-7710-3269-2.
  21. ^ Milner, Marc (1 November 2006). "The Roots of Expansion: Navy, Part 18". Legion Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  22. ^ Milner, Marc (1 March 2007). "The First Convoys: Navy, Part 20". Legion Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  23. ^ Schull, Joseph (1987) [1952]. Far Distant Ships: An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in World War II. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing. pp. 1. ISBN 0-7737-2160-6.
  24. ^ Willmott, H.P.; et al. (2004). World War. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 168.
  25. ^ Stacey, C. P. (1970). Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada 1939-1945. Ottawa: Queen's Printer. p. 315.
  26. ^ Hobbs, David (2013). British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service Histories. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-84832-138-0 – via Google Books.
  27. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.215
  28. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.213
  29. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.214
  30. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.228
  31. ^ Macpherson and Barrie, p.230
  32. ^ a b c Macpherson and Barrie, p.232
  33. ^ a b c Macpherson and Barrie, p.219
  34. ^ Macpherson and Barrie, p.222
  35. ^ Macpherson and Barrie, p.221
  36. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.223
  37. ^ a b c Macpherson and Barrie, p.224
  38. ^ a b c Macpherson and Barrie, p.225
  39. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.229
  40. ^ a b c Macpherson and Barrie, p.233
  41. ^ Macpherson and Barrie, p.34
  42. ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie, p.226
  43. ^ German, Tony (1990). The Sea is at Our Gates; The History of the Canadian Navy. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. p. 74. ISBN 0-7710-3268-4.
  44. ^ Gosselin, Daniel. "Hellyer's Ghosts: Unification of the Canadian Forces Is 40 Years Old – Part One". Canadian Military Journal. Government of Canada, National Defence, Canadian Defence Academy, Canadian Military. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

Bibliography and further reading

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  • Blatherwick, F. J. (1992). Royal Canadian Navy Honours, Decorations, Medals, 1910–1968. New Westminster: FJB Air Publications. ISBN 978-0-96955-262-8.
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Dittmar, F. J.; College, J. J. (1972). British Warships, 1914–1919. London: Alan. ISBN 978-0-71100-380-4.
  • Douglas, W. A. B.; Sarty, R.; Whitby, M. (2004). No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939–1943. Vol. II. Part I. St. Catharines: Vanwell. ISBN 978-1-55125-061-8.
  • Douglas, W. A. B. (2007). A Blue Water Navy: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1943–1945. Vol. II. Part 2. St. Catharines: Vanwell. ISBN 978-1-55125-069-4.
  • Gimblett, Richard H., ed. (2009). The Naval Service of Canada 1910–2010: The Centennial Story. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-4597-1322-2.
  • Gimblett, Richard H.; Hadley, Michael L., eds. (2010). Citizen Sailors: Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55488-867-2.
  • Johnston, William; Rawling, William G. P.; Gimblett, Richard H.; MacFarlane, John (2010). The Seabound Coast: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867–1939. Vol. I. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55488-908-2.
  • Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (3rd ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
  • Milner, Marc (2010). Canada's Navy: The First Century (2nd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9604-3.
  • Tucker, Gilbert (1952). The Naval Service of Canada, Its Official History: Activities on Shore During the Second World War. Vol. II. King's Printer, Ottawa. OCLC 256309361.
  • The Canadian Navy List 1914 to 1945, Ottawa: Canada: Department of National Defence, OCLC 47257749
  • Warships of the British Commonwealth (PDF). Washington: Office of Naval Intelligence. 1944. OCLC 4918659.

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