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HMCS Vancouver and HMCS Algonquin with USS Ronald Reagan in background. July 12, 2010. Photo: US Mission Canada, Wikimedia Commons #RCN

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HMCS Yellowknife, 6 February, 2009. Photo: Urban Mixer, Wikimedia Commons #RCN

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HMCS KINGSTON returns to Halifax, Nova Scotia, after being deployed on OP CARIBBE, December 9, 2016. Credit: Tony Chand, Formation Imaging Services #RCN #Photos #History

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HMCS THETFORD MINES ~ Frigate - RIVER Class 42-43 Programme. Commissioned: 24-May-44. Builder: Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Quebec City, Que. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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Ratings manning an anti-aircraft gun aboard HMCS UGANDA during a strike by the British Pacific Fleet on the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, April 1945 (LAC a136096-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Crew members of HMCS MONCTON live fire on the Hammerhead targeting system effectively sinking it on the journey back home to Canada across the Atlantic Ocean on NEPTUNE TRIDENT on April 22, 2017. Credit: Corporal Ryan Moulton, Formation Imaging Services #RCN #Photos #History

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Badge of the Day HMCS FUNDY

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HMCS CHIGNECTO (2nd) ~ Minesweeper - Bay. Commissioned: 01-Dec-53. Builder: MARINE INDUSTRIES, SOREL, QUE #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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Splicing the mainbrace: Ordinary Seaman Ernest Weir receives an extra rum ration during Victory over Japan celebrations aboard HMCS PRINCE ROBERT, Sydney, Australia, 16 August 1945 (LAC a166428-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Personnel examining the damaged tiller flat of HMCS QU'APPELLE, England, 16 August 1944 (LAC a211858-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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HMCS MACKENZIE ~ Destroyer Escort - Mackenzie. Commissioned: 06-Oct-62. Builder: Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal. Que. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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HMCS ONTARIO, training cruiser, in Hawaii (1954-1956) (LAC e010777225-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Officers on the bridge of the corvette HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada, 1942. (LAC a115561-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Badge of the Day HMCS FREDERICTON

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RAVEN ~ (PCT) Training Vessel - Orca. Commissioned: 15-Mar-07. Builder: Victoria Shipyards, Victoria, BC #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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Splice The Mainbrace ceremony aboard the corvette HMCS ARVIDA in celebration of the news of the surrender of Italy. St. John's, Newfoundland, 8 September 1943 (LAC a116754-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Firing of a depth charge from the corvette HMCS PICTOU at sea, March 1942. (LAC a116838-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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HMCS ST. BONIFACE ~ Minesweeper - ALGERINE Class. Commissioned: 09-Oct-43. Builder: Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, Ont. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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HMCS FREDERICTON embarked CH-124 Sea King Helicopter, takes off from the flight deck to perform diver deployment training, during OPERATION REASSURANCE, June 5, 2016. Image: Corporal Anthony Chand, Formation Imagery Services #RCN #Photos #History

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The interim Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship MV ASTERIX nears Georges Island in Halifax harbor on 27 December 2017. Credit: Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn M. Kent, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax #RCN #Photos #History

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HMCS Goose Bay, sails past Perce Rock near the Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, during the Great Lakes Deployment, June 18, 2017. Credit: Master Corporal Charles A. Stephen, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax #RCN #Photos #History

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Badge of the Day HMCS EDMONTON

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HMCS ORKNEY ~ Frigate - RIVER Class 42-43 Programme. Commissioned: 18-Apr-44. Builder: Yarrows Ltd.. Esquimalt, B.C. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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An unidentified rating aboard an unidentified ship of the Royal Canadian Navy tightening a mooring line around a bollard, H.M.C. Dockyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 3 March 1943. (LAC a107198-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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HMCS MAGDALEN ~ A/S Trawler - Western Isles Class. Commissioned: 24-Aug-42. Builder: Midland Shipyards Ltd., Midland, Ont. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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Unidentified personnel of H.M.C.S. ST. LAURENT trying on captured German lifebelts, England, August 1944. (LAC a189718-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Gun crews at readiness aboard the destroyer HMCS CHAUDIERE, Britain, 7 January 1944 (LAC a143938-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Badge of the Day HMCS COVERDALE

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HMCS STRATHADAM ~ Frigate - RIVER Class 43-44 Programme. Commissioned: 29-Sep-44. Builder: Yarrows Ltd.. Esquimalt, B.C. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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HMCS NIOBE Gunnery, Torpedo and Physical Training Instructors (P.T.I. ) staff on board ship in 1910. (LAC a142541-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Able Seaman (AB) Sam Lombardi stands look out on the bridge wings on HMCS MONCTON during the departure on NEPTUNE TRIDENT on February 19, 2017. Credit : Corporal Ryan Moulton, Formation Imaging Services #RCN #Photos #History

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HMCS CARTIER ~ Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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HMCS PROTECTEUR at anchor in Gibraltar Bay, May 1978. (LAC e010752594-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Canadian Naval Task Force off Virgin Islands, Destroyer HMCS IROQUOIS and other Canadian warships in formation, 1956. (LAC e010777341-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Badge of the Day HMCS CORNER BROOK

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HMCS OSHAWA ~ Minesweeper - ALGERINE Class. Commissioned: 06-Jul-44. Builder: Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, Ont. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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Vice-Admiral Mainguy with off-duty crew in their quarters, HMCS ATHABASKAN (1953) (LAC a204609-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Sailor First Class Spencer Jakubczak, a boatswain onboard HMCS MARGARET BROOKE stands as boat coxswain in the ship's multi-role rescue boat (MRRB) as part of a person overboard drill while sailing for Operation PROJECTION on 11 January 2025. Photo: Cpl Connor Bennett #RCN #Photos #History

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HMCS KENORA ~ Minesweeper - BANGOR Class (41-42 Programme). Commissioned: 06-Aug-42. Builder: Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, Ont. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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Surrender of the German submarine U-889 off Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, 13 May 1945 (LAC a173333-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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An Iroquois class destroyer (280 Class) with a search and rescue helicopter on deck conduct training at sea, January 19, 2010. Credit: Formation Imaging Services, Halifax

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View from HMCS Assiniboine of S.S. Hannover, March 1940. (LAC a104051-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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Badge of the Day HMCS CHALEUR

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HMCS NEW GLASGOW ~ Frigate - RIVER Class 42-43 Programme. Commissioned: 23-Dec-43. Builder: Yarrows Ltd.. Esquimalt, B.C. #RCN More: https://readyayeread...

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Chief Petty Officer Edward Howard, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Coxswain, Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) 726 of the 65th Flotilla, Royal Navy, England, 1944. (LAC a193022-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History

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HMCS FREDERICTON and A Royal Canadian Air Force Search and Rescue helicopter conduct training at sea, January 19, 2010. Credit: Formation Imaging Services, Halifax #RCN #Photos #History

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