HMCS ''Montcalm'' is a
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unit of the
Royal Canadian Navy
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based in
Quebec City
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, Quebec. As with all Naval Reserve divisions, its approximately 150 sailors specialize in domestic emergency readiness, port inspection diving, naval intelligence, and the recruiting and retention of personnel who supplement the Royal Canadian Navy on board ship and at shore establishments.
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Operations
HMCS ''Montcalm'' personnel provide on-going augmentation to Royal Canadian Navy operations and exercises on ships and at shore establishments on a full- and part-time basis.
Domestically, HMCS ''Montcalm'' contributes assets in the form of personnel and equipment to
aid to the civil power operations. In the past, these have included the
1995 G7 summit in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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, the
1997 Red River flood
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, the
1998 ice storm, the 1998 crash of
Swissair Flight 111, the
2010 Winter Olympics
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, closing = February 28, 2010
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in
Vancouver, British Columbia
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, and the 2011 floods on the
Richelieu River
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in Quebec and throughout
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.
Throughout the Cold War, HMCS ''Montcalm'' provided hundreds of trained augmentees in support of naval and joint operations, as well as to the
Korean War
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and the
First Gulf War. The unit also provided personnel to the
Afghanistan war and subsequent training mission, and to numerous
United Nations
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peacekeeping missions and
NATO
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operations.
Commanding officers
The following officers were commanding officer of HMCS ''Montcalm'':
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Sub-lieutenant C.L. Gauvreau (1923–1925)
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Lieutenant (navy)
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L.J.M. Gauvreau (1925)
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Sub-lieutenant J.A.C. Pettigrew (1925–1935)
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Lieutenant-commander
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J.M.E. Beaudoin-Lemieux (1935–1937)
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Sub-lieutenant J.A.C. Pettigrew (1937–1938)
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Lieutenant-commander
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F.A. Price (1938–1940)
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K.L. Johnson (1940–1942)
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R.M.S. St-Laurent (1942–1943)
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E.F. Noel (1943–1946)
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T.S.R. Peacock (1946)
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M.J.A.T. Jetté (1946–1947)
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J.B.A. Berubé (1947–1949)
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E.F. Noel (1949–1951)
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M.J.A.T. Jetté (1951–1952)
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W.G. Mylett (1952–1956)
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Commander P. Langlais (1956–1962)
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Lieutenant-commander
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W.G. Mylett (1962–1963)
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Commander J.P. Jobin (1963–1968)
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Commander P.J. Gwyn (1968–1971)
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Commander R. Langlois (1971–1974)
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Commander J. Dallaire (1974–1977)
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Commander P. Houle (1977–1981)
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Commander J.C. Michaud (1981–1986)
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Commander P. Houle (1986–1989)
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Commander J. Leveillé (1989–1993)
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Lieutenant-commander
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C.R. LeClerc (1993–1994)
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P. Tessier (1994–1996)
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G. Ross (1996–1998)
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Commander A. Dubuc (1998–2003)
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M. Audy (2003–2006)
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Commander L. Morin (2006–2009)
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Commander É. Landry (2009–2012)
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Lieutenant-commander
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P.L. Girard (2012–2015)
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J.Y.G. Boulet (2015–2018)
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Commander P.L. Girard (2018–2019)
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Commander J.Y.G. Boulet (2019–2020)
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Commander M. Bouchard (2020–present)
See also
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Canadian Forces
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*
Royal Canadian Navy
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*
Stone Frigate
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Military units and formations of Canada in World War II