Commissioned 1910–22
The Canadian navy was created in 1910 as the Department of the Naval Service. The Naval Service integrated other marine arms of the government of Canada with which it had a common professional background and the objective of security in the Canadian maritime environment and national sovereignty. In addition to a combat capability, the naval service included the Fisheries Protection, Hydrographic Survey, tidal observation and wireless telegraph branches. Each branch, including the quasi-military Fisheries Protection, contributed their fleet of ships to the new Naval Service. The service thereby commanded a number of Canadian Government Ships (CGS) ships in addition to the two purchased Royal Navy warships. Initially, eight fisheries cruisers (under the command of Rear AdmiralCruisers
* (the RCN's first ship, ) * (the RCN's second ship, ) * ()Destroyers
* () * (Thornycroft M class)Submarines
* () * (CC class) * ( H class) * (H class)Trawlers
* () * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class) * (Battle class)Minesweepers
Torpedo boats
* (ex-''Tarantula'')Hospital ship
* HMCHS ''Prince George''Auxiliary and other
Icebreakers
* HMCS ''Earl Grey'' * HMCS ''Minto'' * HMCS ''Stanley''Training vessels
* HMCS ''Arthur W''Motor launches
Patrol boats
Survey vessels
* ''Karluk'' * CGS ''Chrissie C. Thomey'' * ''Gladiator'' * CGS ''La Canadienne'' * CGS ''Mary Sachs'' * CGS ''North Star'' (III)Tenders
* ''Davy Jones'' * ''Egret'' (I) * ''Holly Leaf'' * ''Ivy Leaf'' * ''Kipawo'' * ''Laurel Leaf'' * Macpherson and Barrie, p.25 * ''Tannis'' * ''Valiant'' (I) * ''Viking'' (ex-CGS ''Viking'') * ''Viner''Tugs
* ''Alaska'' (II) * ''C.E. Tanner'' * ''Coastguard'' * ''G.S. Mayes'' * ''Gwennith'' * ''Highland Mary'' (I) * ''Ruth'' (II) * ''Shark'' (ex-''Nereid'' (II)) * ''Trusty'' * ''M.W. Weatherspoon'' * ''C. Wilfred''Other
* CGS ''Alaska'' * ''Berthier'' (examination vessel) * ''Speedy'' (II) (examination vessel) * HMCS ''Gate Vessel 3'' (ex-''W.H. Lee'') * HMCS ''Gopher'' (auxiliary minesweeper) * HMCS ''Musquash'' (auxiliary minesweeper) * (cruiser, third class) * ''Falcon'' * * (depot ship) * ''Ruth'' (I) * ''Ruth'' (IV) * ''Scotsman''Commissioned 1922–47
The Department of the Naval Service was replaced in 1922 by the Department of National Defence. The Fisheries Protection, Hydrographic Survey, tidal observation and wireless telegraph branches, along with many ships, were transferred to other government departments and delisted by the RCN. In 1931, the RCN commissioned and , the first ships specifically built for the service. While a large "Fisherman's Reserve" was formed in 1938, at the outbreak of the Second World War, the RCN had been reduced to sixAircraft carriers
* () * (''Ruler'' class)Cruisers
Light cruisers
* (, later renamed ) * ()Armed merchant cruisers
* () * (Prince class) * (Prince class)Destroyers
*(US Navy ''Wickes'' and ''Clemson''-class vessels commissioned into the Royal Navy as Town class, and later loaned to the RCN. Some also commissioned into the RCN.)Frigates
Corvettes
Submarines
* (surrendered and recommissionedMinesweepers
Motor launches
*(Canadian Fairmiles were not commissioned. They were not named, until sold off, or assigned as tenders to various bases post-war. Ships loaned to Free French Navy (FFN) served under Canadian command.)Motor torpedo boats
* HMCS ''CMTB-1''Macpherson and Barrie, p.213 * "S-03" (ex USN ''PT-3'') * "S-04" (ex USN ''PT-4'') * "S-05" (ex USN ''PT-5'') * "S-06" (ex USN ''PT-6'') * "S-07" (ex USN ''PT-7'') * HMCS ''S-09'' (ex USN ''PT-9'') * MTB ''459'' (G type)Macpherson and Barrie, p.214 * MTB ''460'' (G type) * MTB ''461'' (G type) * MTB ''462'' (G type) * MTB ''463'' (G type) * MTB ''464'' (G type) * MTB ''465'' (G type) * MTB ''466'' (G type) * MTB ''485'' (G type) * MTB ''486'' (G type) * MTB ''491'' (G type) * MTB ''726'' ( Fairmile D type) * MTB ''727'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''735'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''736'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''743'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''744'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''745'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''746'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''747'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''748'' (Fairmile D type) * MTB ''797'' (Fairmile D type)Armed trawlers and yachts
Armed trawlers
* () * (Isles class) * (Isles class) * (Isles class) * (Isles class) * (Isles class) * (Isles class) * (Isles class)Armed yachts
* (Q11/Z32) * (S10/Z10) (ex-''Aztec'') * (ex-''Elfreda'') * (ex-USS ''Sabalo'') * (ex-''Arcadia'') * * * * * * (S14), (ex-''Halonia'') * (ex-''Mascotte'') * (ex-''Winchester'' (II)) * (Z02) * *Landing craft
* LCI (L) 115 * LCI (L) 117 * LCI (L) 118 * LCI (L) 121 * LCI (L) 125 * LCI (L) 135 * LCI (L) 166 * LCI (L) 177 * LCI (L) 249 * LCI (L) 250 * LCI (L) 252 * LCI (L) 255 * LCI (L) 260 * LCI (L) 262 * LCI (L) 263 * LCI (L) 264 * LCI (L) 266 * LCI (L) 270 * LCI (L) 271 * LCI (L) 276 * LCI (L) 277 * LCI (L) 285 * LCI (L) 288 * LCI (L) 295 * LCI (L) 298 * LCI (L) 299 * LCI (L) 301 * LCI (L) 302 * LCI (L) 305 * LCI (L) 306 * LCI (L) 310 * LCI (L) 311 * LCA 736 * LCA 850 * LCA 856 * LCA 925 * LCA 1021 * LCA 1033 * LCA 1057 * LCA 1059 * LCA 1137 * LCA 1138 * LCA 1150 * LCA 1151 * LCA 1371 * LCA 1372 * LCA 1374 * LCA 1375Auxiliaries
Accommodation vessels
*Anti-submarine target towing vessels
* CNAV ''Atwood'' (Z 47) * CNAV ''Brentwood'' (Z 48) * CNAV ''Eastwood'' (Z 49) * CNAV ''Greenwood'' (Z 50) * CNAV ''Inglewood'' (Z 51) * CNAV ''Kirkwood'' (Z 53) * CNAV ''Lakewood'' (Z 63) * CNAV ''Oakwood'' (Z 64) * CNAV ''Wildwood'' (Z 65)Auxiliary minesweepers
* (TR 18/J06) * HMCS ''Cape Beale'' (Fy 26) * HMCS ''Joan W. II'' (Fy 34) * HMCS ''Mitchell Bay'' (Fy 05) * (J13/J11/Z11)Macpherson and Barrie, p.228 * (Z33/J08) * HMCS ''Signal'' (Fy 30) * (Z16/J00)Macpherson and Barrie, p.230 * HMCS ''Suderoy I'' * HMCS ''Suderoy II'' * HMCS ''Suderoy IV'' (J03) * HMCS ''Suderoy V'' (Z04) * HMCS ''Suderoy VI'' (J05) * HMCS ''Takla'' (Fy 27) * (J11/Z21) * HMCS ''Vercheres''Cable layers
* HMCS ''Cyrus Field''Diving vessels
* Diving Tender No 2 * Diving Tender No 3 * Diving Tender No 4 * Diving Tender No 5 * Diving Tender No 6Examination vessels
* (Z03/W03) * HMCS ''Citadelle'' * HMCS ''French'' (S01/Z23)Macpherson and Barrie, p.222 * (Z31/J16)Macpherson and Barrie, p.221 * HMCS ''Laurier'' (S09/Z34)Macpherson and Barrie, p.223 * (W07/Z38)Macpherson and Barrie, p.224 * (Z44) * (Fy 93/Z02/Z24)Macpherson and Barrie, p.225 * (Z19/J19) * (Z39)Macpherson and Barrie, p.229 * HMCS ''Ulna'' * HMCS ''Zoarces'' (Fy 62/Z36)Gate vessels
* GV 1 (ex-) * GV 2 * GV 3 * GV 4 * GV 5 * GV 6 * GV 7 * GV 8 * GV 9 * GV 10 * GV 11 * GV 12 (ex-) * GV 13 * GV 14 (ex-) * GV 15 (ex-) * GV 16 (ex-) * GV 17 (ex-) * GV 18 * GV 19 * GV 20 (ex- CD 101) * GV 21 * GV 22 * GV 23 * GV 24Mine laying vessels
* * (M03/M53)Mobile deperming crafts
* HMCS ''Gryme'' (Z60) * (Z09/J01/J09)Patrol boats
* HMCS ''Adversus'' (J17)Macpherson and Barrie, p.219 * (Z18/J18) * HMCS ''Allaverdy'' (Fy 06) * HMCS ''Andamara'' (Z 22) * HMCS ''Anna Mildred'' (Fy 87/Z12A) * ''Bantie'' (W 04) * HMCS ''Barkely Sound'' (Fy23) * HMCS ''Barmar'' (Fy 10/Z115) * ''Bartlett'' * HMCS ''B.C. Lady'' (Fy 07, later to RCAF) * HMCS ''Billow'' (Fy 25), ex-(Fy 32) * HMCS ''Camenita'' (Fy 41) * HMCS ''Cancolim'' (Z10) * HMCS ''Canfisco'' (Fy 17) * HMCS ''Capella'' (Fy 31) * HMCS ''Chamiss Bay'' (Fy 39/F50) * HMCS ''Cleopatra'' (Fy 89/Z35) * HMCS ''Combat'' (later to RCAF) * HMCS ''Comber'' (Fy 37) (ex-''C.S.C. II'') * HMCS ''Crest'' (Fy 38) (ex-''May S'') * HMCS ''Dalehurst'' (Fy 35) (ex-''Glendale V'') * HMCS ''Departure Bay'' (Fy 48) * HMCS ''Earl Field'' (Fy 40) * HMCS ''Ehkoli'' (Fy 12) * HMCS ''Eileen'' * HMCS ''Fifer'' (Fy 00/Z30) * HMCS ''Interceptor'' (Z15) * HMCS ''Howe Sound I'' (Fy 19) * HMCS ''Johanna'' (Fy 28) * HMCS ''Kuitan'' (Fy 14) * HMCS ''Leola Vivien'' (Fy 15, also called ''Leelo'') * HMCS ''Lil II'' * HMCS ''Louis Herbert'' (Fy 92/J22) * HMCS ''Loyal I'' (Fy 43) * HMCS ''Loyal II'' (Fy 22/Z25) (ex-''Foam'') * HMCS ''Maraudor'' (Fy 03) * HMCS ''Margaret I'' (Fy 29) * HMCS ''Meander'' (Z04) * HMCS ''Merry Chase'' (Fy 46) * HMCS ''Moolock'' (Fy 16) * HMCS ''Moresby III'' (Fy 42) * HMCS ''Nenamook'' (Fy 13) * HMCS ''San Tomas'' (Fy 02) * HMCS ''Santa Maria'' (Fy 08) * HMCS ''Smith Sound'' (Fy 18) * HMCS ''Snow Prince'' (later to RCAF) * HMCS ''Spray'' (Fy 33/Z09) (ex-''Hatta VII'') * HMCS ''Springtime V'' (Fy 09) * HMCS ''Starling'' (II) * HMCS ''Surf'' (Fy 24) (ex-''Arashio'') * HMCS ''Talapus'' (Fy 11) * HMCS ''Tordo, '' (Fy 20) * HMCS ''Valdes'' (Fy 21) * HMCS ''Vanisle'' (Fy 01) * (Z21)Macpherson and Barrie, p.232 * HMCS ''West Coast'' (Fy 04) * HMCS ''Western Maid'' (Fy 36)Support ships
* (Z40) () * (Z41) (Dun class) * (Z56) * (Z57) * (F94) * (F100) * HMCS ''Westore''Survey vessels
*Tankers
* * (Z43/J43) * * (Z42) *Tenders
* HMCS ''Chief Seagay'' * HMCS ''Chief Tapeet'' * HMCS "Crusader"Training vessels
* HMCS ''Attaboy'' * HMCS ''Cairn'' * HMCS ''Donnaconna II'' * HMCS ''Milicette'' * * HMCS ''Pathfinder'' * HMCS ''Scatari'' * HMCS ''Shirl'' * Macpherson and Barrie, p.34 * HMCS ''St. Clair'' * HMCS ''Venetia'' * (later HC 190)W/T Calibration vessels
* HMCS ''Aristocrat'' (Z46) * HMCS ''Seretha II'' (Fy 45/Z45)Other
* HMCS ''Kipawa'' (BMV) * (Z17/J10) (CS Tow) * HMCS ''Anashene'' * HMCS ''Andrew Lee'' * HMCS ''Andy'' (II) * * (ex-HMCS ''Charny'') * HMCS ''Lady Rodney'' (Fy 46/F40) * (P07/Z07) * HMCS ''Madawaska'' * HMCS ''Magedoma'' * (P03/Z03)Macpherson and Barrie, p.226 * (P12/Z12) * Macpherson and Barrie, p.233 * (J12) (The symbol FY in the pennant number denotes fishing vessels of the Fisherman's Reserve which comprised a large portion of the auxiliary fleet throughout the Second World War.)Tugboats
Harbour craft
Commissioned 1948–89
As the Second World War drew to a close the RCN stopped its rapid expansion and dramatically reduced its military expenditures. This resulted in a significant reduction in personnel and ships by 1947. A planned transfer of two light aircraft carriers from the Royal Navy, HMCS ''Warrior'' and HMCS ''Magnificent'' was slowed, and ''Warrior'' eventually returned. 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. In 1968, the RCN was amalgamated with theAircraft carriers
* () * ( ''Majestic'' class) * ( ''Colossus'' class)Destroyers
* () * * *Destroyer escorts
* (II) () * (II) * () * (II) * * (II) * (II) () * (II) * (II) * (II) * (II) * (II) * * (II) () * (II) * (II) * (III) * (II) * (II) * (II)Submarines
* (II) () * () * () * () * (II) ()Minesweepers
* (I) () * (II) * (II) * (III) * (II) * (II) * (III) * * (II) * (III) * (II) * * (II) * (III) * (II) * * (II) * (III) * * (II)Patrol vessels
* (Detachment class) * (II) * (II) * ( Bird class) * (Bird) * (I) (Bird) * (Bird) * (Bird) * (Bird) * (Bird) * (Bird) * () * (Racer) * * (ex-''Black Duck'' (RCAF))Auxiliary
Auxiliary minesweeping
* (II) () * (III) * ()Diving support ship
* (II)Escort maintenance ships
* () *Fireboats
* (YTR 561) * (YTR 562)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
* , ex- (I) * (II)Icebreaker
* ()Survey ships
* (AGOR 114) * (AGOR 171) ( ''Endeavour'' class) * (AGOR 172) *=Replenishment oilers
= * () * * ()=Tugboats
= * () * * * * * () * * * * * () * * *=Training vessels
= * , ex-ML Q106) (II) *Utility and other boats
* * * * * * * * * * * CFAV ''Pelican'' (YAG 4) * CFAV ''Blackduck'' (YAG 660) * CFAV ''Albatross'' (YAG 661) * CFAV ''Gemini'' (YAG 650) * CFAV ''Pegasus'' (YAG 651)Yard diving tenders
* CFAV ''Granby'' (YDT 12) * CFAV ''Raccoon'' (YDT 10) * Unnamed (YDT 11)Submarine non-operational
* ex- – training ship * ex- – stripped for parts in UKCommissioned 1990 to present
See also
*Notes
References
Bibliography and further reading
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