HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704

Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel

Built by Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, N.S., she was commissioned at Trois Rivières, Quebec on 14 Jun 1997.  On 28 Jun 1998, she celebrated the 75th anniversary of the naval reserve by participating in a sail past in Halifax Harbour. She was featured on a commemorative stamp issued for the occasion.

"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

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos

The Kingston Class - The Naval Reserve Association of Canada

Shawinigan Pride - Recorded in the ET Workshop by some of the junior ranks on HMCS SHAWINIGAN during Op Projection 2020  //  Courtesy of Sarah Davill

Commanding Officers

Former Crew Members

Photos and Documents

Kingston Class Information Pamphlet

(SHW001) Official badge of HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704

(SHW002 - SHW003) Launching of HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704  //  DND-RCN photo #s HSC06-857-35 / HSC96-857-8

(SHW004) HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704 in company with HMCS GLACE BAY 701 entering the Churchill River for a port visit to Churchill, MB on 16 Aug 2005 prior to commencement of OP HUDSON SENTINEL being conducted in Hudson Bay.  //  DND-RCN photo # HS2005-E0001-02  //  Photographer: Cpl Halina Folfas, Formation Imaging Services Halifax.

(SHW005) HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704 taking part in day sail in Hudson Bay 18 Aug 2005 during OP HUDSON SENTINEL  // DND-RCN photo # HS2005-E010-07a  //  Photographer MCpl Charles Barber, Formation Imaging Services Halifax

Note: During OP HUDSON SENTINEL, HMCS GLACE BAY and HMCS SHAWINIGAN are the first ships of the RCN to visit Churchill for the first time in nearly thirty years. The two ships are embarked on a five-week Northern deployment as part of Operation Hudson Sentinel. Throughout the voyage, the ships embarked Rangers from various Canadian Ranger Patrol Groups and conducted joint operations while visiting numerous First Nations Communities.

(SHW006) HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704 taking part in day sail in Hudson Bay 18 Aug 2005 during OP HUDSON SENTINEL // DND-RCN photo # HS2005-E010-09a // Photographer MCpl Charles Barber, Formation Imaging Services Halifax

(SHW007) HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704 anchored in Bedford Basing during International Fleet Review celebrating the 100th anniversary of the RCN  //  DND-RCN photo # HS2010-0360-034  //  Photographer: Corporal Francis Gauthier, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax

(SHW008) CPO2 John Oake, NavComm, Cox'n, HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704  //  Remembrance Day 11 Nov 2014  //  Courtesy of John Oake

(SHW009) HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704 back away from CCGS SIR WILFRID LAURIER following the successful refueling of the SHAWINIGAN while both vessels were at anchor in Victoria Strait, Nunavut on 10 Sep 2016 during OP LIMPID 2016  //  DND-RCN photo # GD2016-0444-0015  //  Photographer: Corporal Neil Clarkson, Formation Imaging Services, Greenwood, Nova Scotia

(SHW010 - SHW013) The Northern Lights seen from HMCS SHAWINIGAN 704 in the Hudson Strait, 2016 during OP LIMPID 2016  //  DND-RCN photos  //  Photographer: Corporal Neil Clarkson, Formation Imaging Services, Greenwood, Nova Scotia