Iroquois-class destroyer
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Iroquois-class destroyers were a class of four helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy. The ships were named to honour the First Nations of Canada.
HMCS Algonquin
Huron in 1976 with split exhaust funnel, Sea Sparrow launcher on forward superstructure, and 5-inch (127 mm)/54-calibre gun on forecastle.
Athabaskan in 2009 – note one funnel and position of gun
STANAVFORLANT underway in 1982. Iroquois is centre top left.
Halifax-class frigate
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The Halifax-class frigates are a class of multi-role patrol frigates operated by the Royal Canadian Navy since 1992. The class is the outcome of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project, which originated i
Iroquois-class destroyer
…in the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy was announced as the replacement for the Iroquois class. The new vessels will eventually replace the Halifax class, as well as the capabilities previously provided by the Iroquois class, beginning in about the mid-2020s. In October 2018, a group led by BAE Systems…
HMCS Regina in June 2025
HMCS Regina fires a Harpoon missile
The Halifax Shipyard in 2015. Refits for Halifax-class frigates used by Maritime Forces Atlantic were completed at the shipyard in 2016.
A Bofors 57 mm Mark 3 mounted on HMCS Ottawa