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HMCS GOOSE BAY 707
Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
Built by Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, N.S., GOOSE BAY was launched on 04 Sep 1997 and commissioned in Happy Valley/Goose Bay, Newfoundland on 26 Jul 1998. Assigned to the east coast, she has taken part in numerous exercises, including NATO minesweeping exercises of Norway and Denmark.
"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
The Kingston Class - The Naval Reserve Association of Canada
Commanding Officers
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Gagnon, Patrick Raymond
Photos and Documents
Kingston Class Information Pamphlet
(GBY001) Official badge for HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 (GBY002) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 departing Halifax for OP NUNAVUT - 23 Jul 2002 // Photographer: Cpl Paz Quillé / Formation Imaging Services Halifax // RCN image # HS020681d0 (GBY003) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 alongside in it's namesake town of Goose Bay, Labrador with HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 astern. Photo taken at sunset - 27 Jul 2002 // RCN image # HS022500d17 (GBY004) Residents of Iqaluit waiting for RIB rides to the HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 - 03 Aug 2002 // RCN image # HS022502d18 (GBY005) HMCS Goose Bay refueling with the Coast Ship the Pierre Radisson during OP NARWHAL - 03 Aug 2002 // RCN image # HS022502d21
(GBY006) HMCS Goose Bay refueling with the Coast Ship the Pierre Radisson during OP NARWHAL - 03 Aug 2002 // RCN image # HS022502d22 (GBY007) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 passing by an iceberg - 07 Apr 2003 // RCN image # HS030260d01 // Old neg. no. HS2002-0434-10. (GBY008) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 passing Jetty NB, HMC Dockyard, Halifax, NS - 14 Aug 2003 // Photographer: MCpl Colin Kelley, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia // RCN image # HS030699d25 (GBY009) HMCS GOOSE BAY circa 2005 // Photo of HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 taken from SHAWINIGAN 704 during the 2005 Loyal Mariner trip. We hit a peak of over 13M waves during a storm on our way to the Azores. At the height of the storm we rolled to 39 degrees and our props came out of the water and both shafts tripped causing a Engineering Emergency. The sweepdeck was under water as we rolled, almost causing a number of ships crew to be washed over the side while they were out on deck securing equipment. We got the shaftlines up and carried on. // Courtesy of Rick Bungay (GBY010) HMCS Goose Bay and the Coast Guard ship Henry Larson rest at anchor after the completion of OP LANCASTER, Pond Inet, Baffin Island - 21 Aug 2006 // Photographer: Sgt Dennis Power, Army News, CFB Shilo // DND-CAF image # AS2006-0515d
(GBY011) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 taking part in a Photo Ex off Shearwater, Nova Scotia 02 Aug 2007 // Photographer: MCpl Carrie H. Roy, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia // RCN image # SW2007-00288-25 (GBY012) HMCS MONTREAL 336 and HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 shortly after departing St. John's, Nfld for OP NANOON 2010 - 03 Aug 2010 // Photographer: Corporal Rick Ayer, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia // RCN Image # HS2010-H001-017 (GBY013) Contents of frame plaque presented to the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2010 on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the RCN. // RCN image # RE2007-0058-214m (GBY014) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707, the French tall ship L'Hermione and Nova Scotia's own Bluenose II, sail in to Lunenburg, NS, 18 Jul 2015 // Photographer: LS Dan Bard, Formation Imaging Services Halifax // DND/RCN Photo. Crown Copyright 2015 (GBY015) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 participating in the sail past at Halifax at the start of Exercise Cutlass Fury - 12 Sep 2016 // Courtesy of Clarence Hemeon
(GBY016) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 sails past Percé Rock near the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec during the Great Lakes Deployment on 18 Jun 2017 // DND-RCN photo. Crown Copyright 2017
(GBY017) HMCS GOOSE BAY 707 anchors in Voisey Bay, Labrador while disembarking troops and supplies during Op NANOOK, 20 Aug 2017 // DND-RCN photo. Crown Copyright 2017 (GBY018) Meet S1 Ron Hiscock, the sailor responsible for HMCS GOOSE BAY'S gunshield art. He joined the Naval Reserve at the age of 47, after debating whether to join the service since he was in high school! // Sources/credit: Your Navy Today - Aug 2021
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Paying off ceremony for HMC ships GLACE BAY, GOOSE BAY, KINSTON, SHAWINIGAN and SUMMERSIDE at HMC Dockyard, Halifax, NS 03 Oct 2025 Source: Official RCN facebook page
The former HMC ships GLACE BAY, GOOSE BAY, KINSTON, SHAWINIGAN and SUMMERSIDE, paid off and secured alongside at Halifax, NS - 05 Oct 2025 Courtesy of Bill Gard Original source unknown
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