Royal Canadian Navy

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; French: Marine royale canadienne, MRC) is the naval force of Canada. The navy is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of February 2024, the RCN operates 12 Halifax-class frigates, 12 Kingston-class coastal defence vessels, 4 Victoria-class submarines, 4 Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessels, 8 Orca-class patrol vessels, and several auxiliary vessels. The RCN consists of 8,400 Regular Force and 4,100 Primary Reserve sailors, supported by 3,800 civilians.^{[a 1]} Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee is the commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and chief of the Naval Staff.^{[a 2]}

Royal Canadian Navy

4 May 1910 (1910-05-04)

Canada

Navy

Naval warfare

68 ships
Personnel:
• Regular Force: 8,400 Regular force members
• Reserve Force: 4,100 Reserve force members
• Civilian members: 3,800 civilian members^[1]

Canadian Armed Forces

National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario

Parati vero parati (Latin for 'Ready aye ready')

"Heart of Oak"

SONAR (Newfoundland dog)

www.canada.ca/en/navy.html

Charles III, King of Canada

Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee

CPO1 Thomas Lizotte

Founded in 1910 as the Naval Service of Canada (French: Service naval du Canada) and given royal sanction on 29 August 1911, the RCN was amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Army to form the unified Canadian Armed Forces in 1968, after which it was known as Maritime Command (French: Commandement maritime) until 2011.

In 2011, its historical title of "Royal Canadian Navy" was restored. The RCN has served in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, the Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan, and numerous United Nations peacekeeping missions and NATO operations.

- Harry DeWolf-class AOPV

CU-176 Gargoyle UAV

- Kingston-class MCDV

AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma

St. Edward's Crown

A , within a circlet

fouled anchor

A of maple leaves

compartment

Motto: Parati vero parati ( for 'Ready aye ready')

Latin

"Royal Canadian Naval Association Naval Memorial (1995)" by was erected on the shore of Lake Ontario in Spencer Smith Park in Burlington, Ontario. The 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) high-cast bronze statue depicts a Second World War Canadian sailor in the position of attention saluting his lost shipmates. The model for the statue was a local Sea Cadet wearing Mike Vencel's naval service uniform.^[55] Engraved on the black granite base are the names of RCN and Canadian Merchant Navy ships sunk during the Second World War.^[56]

André Gauthier (sculptor)

A commemorative plaque in SS Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia unveiled in 1967, "When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in 1914, Canada and Newfoundland's participation was virtually unquestioned. With the onset of the Second World War in 1939 Canadians and Newfoundlanders once more rushed to enlist and were a major factor in the Allied victories in both conflicts. During two world wars, the main duty of the RCN was to escort convoys in the Atlantic and guard merchant vessels against the threat of attack by German submarines. In the Second World War, it also escorted ships in the Mediterranean and to Russia and supported the Allied landings in Sicilian, Italian and Normandy campaigns as well as in the Pacific. The Canadian Merchant Navy's duties included the transportation of troops and supplies to the Allied armies and food for the United Kingdom, extremely dangerous work which resulted in considerable losses."

At the in Halifax, Nova Scotia. "In memory of 2200 known Canadian Merchant Seamen and 91 Canadian vessels lost by enemy action and those who served in the cause of freedom – World War I 1914–1918; World War II 1939–1945; Korean Conflict 1950–1953"

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