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HMCS Protecteur
One ship and one future ship of the Royal Canadian Navy have been named HMCS ''Protecteur''; * , a replenishment oiler in service from 1969 to 2015 * HMCS ''Protecteur'', the planned replacement for the first vessel. The ship was laid down on 16 January 2020. Battle honours * Gulf and Kuwait *Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ... References Government of Canada Ships' Histories - HMCS Protecteur See also * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Protecteur Royal Canadian Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; french: Marine royale canadienne, ''MRC'') is the Navy, naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2021, the RCN operates 12 frigates, four attack submarines, 12 coastal defence vessels, eight patrol class training vessels, two offshore patrol vessels, and several auxiliary vessels. The RCN consists of 8,570 Regular Force and 4,111 Primary Reserve sailors, supported by 3,800 civilians. Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee is the current commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and chief of the Naval Staff. Origins of the Royal Canadian Navy, 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 Unification of the Canadian Forces, unified Canadian Armed Forces in 1968, after which it was known as Maritime Command (French: ''Commandemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Friction
Operation Friction was a Canadian military operation that saw the contribution of 4,500 Canadian Forces personnel to the 1991 Gulf War. The larger US components were Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Operation Friction initially saw Canadian Forces Maritime Command order the destroyers and to assist with enforcing the United Nations trade blockade against Iraq. The supply ship was deployed with the destroyers to provide underway replenishment as well as command/control and at-sea medical services to the small task force which operated in the Persian Gulf, Straits of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman. Canada suffered no casualties during the conflict but since its end many veterans have complained of suffering from Gulf War syndrome. Gulf War Following UN authorization of military force to remove Iraq from occupied territory in Kuwait, AIRCOM deployed two CF-18 Hornet (24 aircraft) squadrons with support personnel from CFB Baden-Soellingen in Germany to a temporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn Of Africa
{{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Operation Enduring Freedom Horn of Africa , partof = War on TerrorOperation Enduring Freedom , image = , caption = French Naval commandos (green) and United States soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Regiment (tan) participate in an exercise at Djibouti in June 2004. , date = 7 October 2002 – ''present''({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=10, day1=07, year1 = 2002) , place = Horn of Africa, Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel , casus = , territory = , result = Ongoing * 21 high level Al-Shabaab leaders killed , combatant1 = {{Flagu, NATO: * {{Flag, Albania * {{Flag, Belgium * {{Flag, Bulgaria * {{Flag, Canada * {{Flag, Croatia * {{Flag, Czech Republic * {{Flag, Denmark * {{Flag, Estonia * {{Flag, France * {{Flag, Germany * {{Flag, Greece * {{Flag, Hungary * {{Flag, Iceland * {{Flag, Italy * {{Flag, Latvia * {{Flag, Lith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
