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HMCS Harry DeWolfe and the two future RCN AOPs Margaret Brooke and Max Bernays pictured at Halifax, January 2021.

Official Keel Laying Ceremony at Halifax Shipyard for the Future HMCS William Hall, Canada’s Fourth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship

See:
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-rele ... -Ship.html

And ~ Another first for Black N.S. war hero William Hall: Keel laid for frigate that bears his name

See:
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/ ... me-553626/

[Pointed in right direction by Tim]

The new Harry De Wolf on trials, the real Harry De Wolf was the legendary commander of HMCS Haida, Tribal Destroyer in the series of savage Channel actions covered by Op. Tunnel in 1944.

Lead Ship, OPV HMCS Harry DeWolf pictured conducting her first-ever Sikorski CH-148 Cyclone helicopter landing as part of the Ship Helicopter Operating Limits (SHOL) trials, May 21st, 2021......*Note the 'rainbow assist' landing system.

You are invited you to watch

The Royal Canadian Navy’s virtual Commissioning Ceremony of AOPV 430, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Harry DeWolf
With reviewing officer
His Honour, The Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc, ONS, QC,
Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia
Saturday, June 26 at 1 p.m. ADT

LIVE Facebook Event
In order to adhere to Public Health precautions concerning COVID-19, the ceremony will be conducted virtually and with limited invited guests in attendance.
LIVE stream of the ceremony will be broadcast on the Royal Canadian Navy Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/RoyalCanadianNavy

Above from Tim.

HMCS Margaret Brooke, second ship of the DeWolf Class OPVs is delivered in a ceremony at the RCN Dockyard at Halifax to the RCN yesterday, July 15th 2021. HMCS Harry DeWolf herself can be seen moored behind her younger sister. Official commissioning is planned for October of 2022.

Another view of the newly minted #2 in the class.............. DFO

Lead Ship, OPV HMCS Harry Dewolf pictured at Ogden Point, Victoria BC ...October 3rd 2021.

New Royal Canadian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel Visits Norfolk After Circumnavigating North America


Canada’s newest Arctic and offshore patrol ship stopped in Virginia last week after finishing a circumnavigation of North American for its first deployment.

During the visit, the commander of HMCS Harry DeWolf‘s (AOPV 430) jokingly boasted that it sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia through the Northwest Passage to Vancouver, British Columbia “on one tank of gas.”

Cmdr. Corey Gleason, speaking in Norfolk, Va., last week, said Harry DeWolf‘s diesel-electric system “sips” fuel even when breaking ice.

“We have to be able to go north and operate in the North in the dead of winter,” he said at a press conference on Friday to secure Canada’s territorial claims in Arctic waters and defend its far north. Gleason added that Harry DeWolf, the first ship of six in its class, also will support other government agencies like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in law enforcement for climate researchers and scientists in their work in the region.

The ship “wasn’t just driving through the Northwest Passage for driving’s sake,” Gleason said. He said the traverse provided valuable training for the 65-member crew in icebreaking and operating in distant waters.

Continues at - https://news.usni.org/2021/12/13/new-ro ... ekTKTyUphk

great work; tomorrow HMS Belfast will host the Canada House team and most of the London Naval Diplomatic corps to the annual salute to the RCN by cheering the hoist of the Maple Leaf to the foremast Post-side yard; Damn the Covid, full ahead both.
tim

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