HMCS Charlottetown

While at Fort Ogilvie, Point Pleasant Park this morning I caught the HMCS Charlottetown, a Halifax-class patrol frigate, leaving Halifax for sea trials prior to their departure later this evening. The ship will travel from Halifax to the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea.

McNab's Island is in the background.



Link: HMCS Charlottetown (Canadian Navy)

HMCS Cormorant

Former Canadian Forces diving support vessel docked at Bridgewater, NS. Purchased in 1975 and commissioned in 1978, the vessel remained in service until it was decommissioned in 1997. After some time in Shelburne, NS, the Cormorant was brought to Bridgewater in 2002.

As of January 2011, the ship remains in Bridgewater, NS.

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HMS Liverpool and HMS Sutherland

Photos from Royal Navy guided missile destroyer HMS Liverpool and frigate HMS Sutherland at the Tall Ships Quay in Halifax during International Fleet Review public tours.

1. HMS Sutherland (left) and HMS Liverpool (Right).


2. Royal Navy helicopter art.


3. Royal Navy helicopter artillery.


4. HMS Sutherland's 'Merlin' helicopter.


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6. American guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and frigate USS Robert G. Bradley.


7. Sea Dart surface-to-air missiles aboard HMS Liverpool.


8. Sea Dart surface-to-air missile.


9. Anti-submarine torpedo.

Halifax International Fleet Review - Helicopter Fly-By

Tuesday, June 29, 4:45pm at Purdy's Wharf, Halifax.

Halifax International Fleet Review Arrivals - HMCS Toronto

I've been following as much of the Halifax International Fleet Review (IRF) as I possibly can.

Ships are now arriving regularly. Many of them will be open for public tours beginning as soon as tomorrow at 10am.

At approximately the same time this morning the Canadian frigate HMCS Toronto came into port and moored at the Nova Scotia Power redevelopment. Like all the other IFR ships to come to port this week, HMCS Toronto was escorted into the harbour by half a dozen small crafts. The boat closest to me was occupied by two sailors - the pilot carried only a sidearm, the other an assault rifle.

Prior to the Toronto's arrival the Glen-class naval tugs were busy installing a temporary dock for the frigate.

HMCS Toronto is moored just south of two American ships, the USS Robert G. Bradley, a general purpose escort vessel and USS Gettysburg, a guided-missile cruiser.

At the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic the Canadian Navy's flag-ship HMCS Athabascan is awkwardly moored in front of HMCS Sackville, the last remaining corvette, and CSS Acadia, a refitted science vessel that served in both world wars.

Some photos from this morning's walk.

1. HMCS Toronto


2. HMCS Toronto


3. HMCS Toronto successfully moored.


4. HMCS Athabascan (and just a bit of CSS Acadia)


5. USS Robert G. Bradley and USS Gettysburg


6. CFAV Glenside

Navy Vessels Leaving Port

Kingston-class Canadian Navy coastal defence vessel HMCS Moncton left port today just minutes after USS Boone, an American Perry-class guided missile frigate, departed at about 11am this morning.

USS Boone was in port with several other NATO ships and was one of the last to depart. Both vessels departed with small craft escorts.

1. HMCS Moncton


2. USS Boone


Link: CBC News: Major Naval Tests Planned for NB, NS

Odds & Ends

I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I'd share some of the local odds and ends photos and scans I've collected along the way.

1. Downtown Halifax, 1880s. Photo c/o Canadian Navy.


2. Downtown Halifax, 1880s. Photo c/o Canadian Navy.


3. Halifax Harbour, May 1942. Photo c/o Canadian Navy.


4. Map of Point Pleasant Park at it's entrance.


5. Undated historic map of Halifax.


6. Undated historic map of Halifax.