List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Cold War

The national flag served as the naval ensign from 1965-2013

As the Second World War drew to a close the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) stopped its rapid expansion and dramatically reduced military expenditures. This resulted in a significant reduction in personnel and ships by 1947. 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. The List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Cold War lists the surface warships, submarines and auxiliary vessels in service from the Korean War through to 1991. It includes all commissioned, non-commissioned, loaned or hired ships. and all ships crewed by RCN personnel under the command of the RCN.[1][2][3]

Surface Vessels

Aircraft carriers

Light Cruisers

Destroyers

Destroyer escorts

Minesweepers

Patrol vessels

  • HMCS Acadian (Detachment class)[1]
  • HMCS Adversus (PB 191) (II)
  • HMCS Captor (II)
  • HMCS Arctic Tern (PCS 784) (Bird class)
  • HMCS Blue Heron (PCS 782) (Bird)
  • HMCS Cormorant (PCS 781) (I) (Bird)
  • HMCS Herring Gull (PCS 786) (Bird)
  • HMCS Kingfisher (PCS 787) (Bird)
  • HMCS Loon (PCS 780) (Bird)
  • HMCS Mallard (PCS 783) (Bird)
  • HMCS Sandpiper (PCS 785) (Bird)
  • HMCS Rally (PB 141)(Racer class)
  • HMCS Rapid (PB 142) (Racer)
  • HMCS Sidney

Submarines

Auxiliaries

Auxiliary minesweeping

Diving support ship

Escort maintenance ships

Fireboats

Gate vessels

High Speed Launch vessels

  • 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

Icebreaker

Replenishment oilers

Research Vessel

  • CNAV Laymore (ex-HMCS Laymore)

Survey Ships


Training vessels

Tugboats


Utility and other boats

  • CFAV Albatross (YAG 661)
  • CFAV Badger (YAG 319)
  • CFAV Blackduck (YAG 660)
  • CFAV Caribou (YAG 314)
  • CFAV Gemini (YAG 650)
  • CFAV Grizzly (YAG 306)
  • CFAV Lynx (YAG 320)
  • CFAV Pegasus (YAG 651)
  • CFAV Pelican (YAG 4)
  • CFAV Otter (YAG 312)
  • CFAV Wolf (YAG 308)
  • HMCS Bluethroat

Yard diving tenders

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

Submarine non-operational

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Guide to Sources Relating to Canadian Naval Vessels (1909–1983)" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Thorgrimsson, Thor; Russell, E.C. (1965). "Canadian Naval Operations in Korean Waters, 1950-1955". Ottawa: Queen's Printer. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Milner, Marc (1999). Canada's Navy: The First Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 207–209. ISBN 0-8020-4281-3.

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  • Dittmar, F.J.; College, J.J. (1972). British Warships, 1914-1919. Alan, London. 
  • Douglas, W.A.B.; et al. (2004). No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939-1943. Volume II, Part I. Vanwell, St. Catharines. 
  • Douglas, W.A.B.; et al. (2007). A Blue Water Navy: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War – 1943-1945, Volume II, Part 2. Vanwell, St. Catharines. 
  • 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 1. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55488-908-2. 
  • Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1. 
  • Milner, Marc (2010). Canada's Navy: The First Century (Second ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9604-3. 
  • Office of Naval Intelligence (1944). Index to Warships of the British Commonwealth (PDF). US Government Printing Office. 
  • Tucker, Gilbert (1952). The Naval Service of Canada : Its Official History Vol 2, Activities on Shore During the Second World War. King's Printer, Ottawa. 
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