Future AOPS HMCS HARRY DEWOLF (430) and HMCS MARGARET BROOKE at various stages of construction at Irving Shipyard in Halifax on 8 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00052)
Future HMCS HARRY DE WOLF
Future HMCS HARRY DEWOLF is finishing her construction alongside at Irving Shipyard in Halifax on 8 May 2019. The second AOPS, future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE is behind Harry. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00055)
HMC Dockyard
RCN’s East Coast home is busy with HMCS HALIFAX undergoing maintenance and MV Asterix astern. Future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE is working towards acceptance on 10 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00957)
Future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE
All three sections of future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE have been joined at Irving Shipyard in Halifax on 8 May 2019. Construction of the second Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel will continue on land until she is ready to be launched later in the year. She is scheduled to be turned over to Canada’s Navy in […]
AOPS Forward Bulkhead
The bulkhead on the centre section of future HMCS MARGARET BROOK and the spaces and compartments of the bow mega-block will be joined once the bow is moved into Future HMCS HARRY DEWOLF can be seen between the two sections at Irving Shipyard on 3 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-DSC_0189) If […]
Future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE
Future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE alongside the AOPS jetty in HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 16 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RL210089)
Women in the RCN -An Incredible Legacy
On 8 August 1914 a contingent of nursing sisters sailed in the the hastily converted, His Majesty’s Canadian Hospital Ship PRINCE GEORGE. I wonder if they realized they were making history. They were the first women to serve at sea in a ship under the control of the Royal Canadian Navy! This milestone would not be […]
Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships
Assisted by RCN tug Glenevis, HMCS HARRY DEWOLF approaches the jetty in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 16 December 2021. The AOPS will secure astern of it’s sister the future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE (431). Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RL210084)
Future HARRY DEWOLF
The future HMCS HARRY DE WOLF under construction at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax on 15 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL57448)
Two AOPS at Irving Shipyard
Two Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships under construction at Irving Shipyard on 1 May 2019. Future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE has two of her mega-blocks on the assembly area and future HARRY DEWOLF is alongside the shipyard wall finishing her construction. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL_0104)