YAG Training Vessel
YAG 300 (Yard Auxiliary, General) vessels were a series of ten wooden boats built between 1954 and 1955 that throughout their service acted as yard ferries (Blue Boats), training platforms and test beds for route survey equipment with the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Unofficially known as Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessels (CFAV), the 75-foot boats primarily served as at-sea training platforms for junior naval officers, boatswains, reserve personnel and Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, Sea Cadets at CFB Esquimalt, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt until they were taken out of service in 2007. According to the Department of National Defence (Canada), Department of National Defence, "in 2000, a total of 1830 personnel were deployed on the YAGs for a total of 585 days and steamed over 25,000 nautical miles (46,000 km) in support of training." Design and layout The boats were 75′ long overall, 18′6″ wide, had a draft of 4′6″, measured 70 tonnes, and were all ...
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Orca-class Patrol Vessel
The ''Orca''-class patrol vessels are a class of eight steel-hulled training and surveillance vessels in service with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) at Patrol Craft Training Unit (PCTU) Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt. Based on the Australian Pacific-class patrol boat design, all of the ''Orca'' vessels were constructed by Victoria Shipyards between November 2004 and November 2008. In addition to carrying the RCN designation of patrol craft training (PCT), the ''Orca''-class are not formally commissioned in the RCN and as such do not possess the His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) prefix. Design and construction In the early 2000s, the Canadian Forces Maritime Command (MARCOM) began searching for a replacement for its aging 1950s-era wooden-hulled YAG 300 training tenders. While training aboard the YAG vessels was considered useful, initial training of naval officers was moving towards more modern land-based simulators that more accurately replicated the conditions aboard ...
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CFAV YTP 4 (YTP 4)
CFAV may refer to: * ''Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel'', see List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy * CJLV, a French-language Canadian radio station located in Laval, Quebec, near Montreal, Canada; from 2004 to 2010 it was called CFAV. * ''Cadet Force Adult Volunteers'', see Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...

CFAV Lynx (YAG 320)
Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel (CFAV) ''Lynx (YAG 320)'' was one of ten wooden YAG-300 (Yard Auxiliary, General) vessels built for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) between 1953 and 1955. Built for use as auxiliary craft, ''Lynx'' primarily served as an at-sea training platform for junior naval officers, boatswains, reserve personnel and Sea Cadets at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt. Design and layout Like other YAG 300 vessels, ''Lynx'' was 75′ long overall, 18′6″ wide, had a draft of 4′6″, measured 70 tonnes, and was powered by twin 6-71 Detroit Diesel engines. ''Lynx'' was arranged in typical naval fashion with officer’s housed forward with the galley and their own head, an engine room midships, and cadet room aft with 12-14 bunks in double tiers. The heads are equipped with a pump-action lever, that can be used to pump sewage into the black water treatment tanks held aboard or into the ocean water. Above decks was the wheelhouse mounted on the forward cabin ...
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CFAV Badger (YAG 319)
Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel (CFAV) ''Badger (YAG-319)'' was one of ten wooden YAG-300 (Yard Auxiliary, General) vessels built for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) between 1953 and 1955. Built for use as auxiliary craft, ''Badger'' primarily served as an at-sea training platform for junior naval officers, boatswains, reserve personnel and Sea Cadets at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt. Design and layout Like other YAG 300 vessels, ''Badger'' was 75′ long overall, 18′6″ wide, had a draft of 4′6″, measured 70 tonnes, and was powered by twin 6-71 Detroit Diesel engines. ''Badger'' was arranged in typical naval fashion with officers housed forward with the galley and their own head, an engine room midships, and cadet room aft with 12-14 bunks in double tiers. The heads are equipped with a pump-action lever, that can be used to pump sewage into the black water treatment tanks held aboard or into the ocean water. Above decks was the wheelhouse mounted on the forward ...
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CFAV Blueboat (YFB 318)
CFAV may refer to: * ''Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel'', see List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy * CJLV, a French-language Canadian radio station located in Laval, Quebec, near Montreal, Canada; from 2004 to 2010 it was called CFAV. * ''Cadet Force Adult Volunteers'', see Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...

CFAV Blue Boat 318 (YFB 318)
CFAV may refer to: * ''Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel'', see List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy * CJLV, a French-language Canadian radio station located in Laval, Quebec, near Montreal, Canada; from 2004 to 2010 it was called CFAV. * ''Cadet Force Adult Volunteers'', see Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...

CFAV Vixen (YFB 317)
CFAV may refer to: * ''Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel'', see List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy * CJLV, a French-language Canadian radio station located in Laval, Quebec, near Montreal, Canada; from 2004 to 2010 it was called CFAV. * ''Cadet Force Adult Volunteers'', see Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...

CFAV Blue Boat (YFB 316)
CFAV may refer to: * ''Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel'', see List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy * CJLV, a French-language Canadian radio station located in Laval, Quebec, near Montreal, Canada; from 2004 to 2010 it was called CFAV. * ''Cadet Force Adult Volunteers'', see Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...

CFAV Blue Boat 316 (YFB 316)
CFAV may refer to: * ''Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel'', see List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy * CJLV, a French-language Canadian radio station located in Laval, Quebec, near Montreal, Canada; from 2004 to 2010 it was called CFAV. * ''Cadet Force Adult Volunteers'', see Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...

CFAV Caribou (YAG 314)
Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel (CFAV) ''Caribou'' (YAG 314) was one of ten wooden YAG-300 (Yard Auxiliary, General) vessels built for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) between 1953 and 1955. Built for use as auxiliary craft, ''Caribou'' primarily served as an at-sea training platform for junior naval officers, boatswains, reserve personnel and Sea Cadets at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt. Her name was reused for PTC 57 ''Caribou'' ''Orca''-class Patrol Craft (PCT) vessel that replaced the YAG 300 vessels as the RCN training tenders in 2008''.'' Design and layout Like other YAG 300 vessels, ''Caribou'' was 75′ long overall, 18′6″ wide, had a draft of 4′6″, measured 70 tonnes, and was powered by twin 6-71 Detroit Diesel engines. ''Caribou'' was arranged in typical naval fashion with officer’s housed forward with the galley and their own head, an engine room midships, and cadet room aft with 12-14 bunks in double tiers. The heads are equipped with a pump-action ...
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