Tag Archives: Navy

Nanaimo Military Museum

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Katherine

A model of HMCS Nanaimo in the Nanaimo Military Museum [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.302975529826165.1073742136.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Yard Auxiliary, General (YAG) training vessels are wooden boats built between 1954 and 1958. Built for use as a blue boat, the majority of these crafted were used for general purposes such as liberty boats, stores and equipment lighters, as … Continue reading →

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The Alberni Project

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Katherine

The Alberni Project is a program of remembrance which pays tribute to the men who served on HMCS Alberni, a Canadian Corvette, between 1941 and 1944. The Alberni was a Flower Class Corvette, all of which were were named after … Continue reading →

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Goose Spit – HMCS Quadra

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Katherine

Looking toward HMCS Quadra on Goose Spit

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HMCS Alberni K-103

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Katherine

A model of HMCS Alberni on display at CFB Comox HMCS Alberni was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy(RCN) during the Second World War. Alberni played a vital role in escorting convoys. She was torpedoed and … Continue reading →

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Royal Roads – just part of the story…

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Katherine

The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back further than 1969 at Royal Roads – sometimes an image is just part of the story…

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Royal Roads – Hatley Castle

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Katherine

In 1906 James Dunsmuir commissioned Canadian architect Samuel Maclure to build a 40-room mansion on their estate “Hatley Park”. The building is 200 feet long and 86 feet wide; the turret is 82 feet high. Local stone, and sandstone from … Continue reading →

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Royal Roads – the museum

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Katherine

The museum underneath Hatley Castle at Royal Roads

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Nanaimo in Nanaimo

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Katherine

HMCS Nanaimo is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel, the third ship of her class, which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Nanaimo. Nanaimo was laid … Continue reading →

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A window onto the estuary

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Katherine

The view astern as the Royal Canadian Navy sets sail from HMCS Quadra

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