HMCS GLACE BAY 701

Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel

Built by Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, N.S., GLACE BAY was launched on 22 Jan 1996 and commissioned on 26 Oct 1996 at Sydney, N.S.  In Sep 1998 she part in Operation Persistence, the recovery effort after the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Peggy's Cove, N.S. On 25 Mar 1999, HMCS GLACE BAY 701, HMCS KINGSTON 700 and HMCS ANTICOSTI MSA110, departed Halifax for NATO exercise BLUE GAME 99 off Denmark.

In honour of Sgt. Jimmy MacNeil of Glace Bay, NS, who was killed by a roadside bomb on 21 Jun 2010, the Chiefs and Petty Officers mess aboard HMCS GLACE BAY was renamed in his memory. (click here to read the news article)

"The ships [of the Kingston Class] were incredibly useful and perfect in so many ways, on missions of sovereignty and patrol, in operations domestically and internationally especially in demining the Baltic, and incredibly all over the far north, sailing extensively on counter drug missions and on capacity and confidence and building in the Caribbean, eastern Pacific, and Gulf of Guinea, teaching maritime security operations to no less than 20 nations, all the while generating proud and capable sailors, and giving the Naval Reserves a sense of purpose never before realized in Canada."  by Rear-Admiral John Newton, MMM, MSM, CD, RCN ret'd - 31 May 2025

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Commanding Officers

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

Former Crew Members

Gagnon, Patrick Raymond