Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard
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Esquimalt Royal Naval Dockyard was a major British Royal Navy yard on Canada's Pacific coast from 1842 to 1905, subsequently operated by the Canadian government as HMC Dockyard Esquimalt, now part of CFB Esquimalt, to the present day.
SS Islander in the Esquimalt graving dock in the 1890s
First Esquimalt Dry Dock, 1901, Photo: John Wallace Jones
CFB Esquimalt
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Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters. As of 2018, 4,411 military personnel and 2,762 civilians work at CFB Esquimalt.
Canadian naval ships docked at CFB Esquimalt
HMCS Aurora, HMCS Patriot, and HMCS Patrician at Esquimalt in 1921.
HMCS Whitehorse and HMCS Brandon in port
Orca of the Orca-class patrol vessels cruises among the Gulf Islands, 1 August 2007.