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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

SHIPS OF THE RCN - 1962

Atlantic Command

HMCS Bonaventure

Ninth Canadian Escort Squadron

First Canadian Escort Squadron

HMCS Cap de la Madeleine

HMCS Lauzon

HMCS Algonquin

HMCS La Hulloise

HMCS Crescent

HMCS Swansea

HMCS Haida

HMCS Buckingham

HMCS Nootka

HMCS Micmac

First Canadian Minesweeping Squadron

HMCS Cayuga

HMCS Athabaskan

HMCS Resolute

HMCS Chignecto

Third Canadian Escort Squadron

HMCS Fundy

HMCS Quinte

HMCS Haida

HMCS Thunder

HMCS Huron

HMCS Chaleur

HMCS Sioux

Special Duties

Fifth Canadian Escort Squadron

HMCS Cape Scott - Escort Maintenance Ship

HMCS Gatineau

HMCS Granby - Diving Depot Ship

HMCS Restigouche

HMCS Porte St. Jean - Gate Vessel

HMCS St. Croix

HMCS Loon - Harbour Patrol Craft

HMCS Kootenay

HMCS Mallard - Harbour Patrol Craft

HMCS Terra Nova

HMCS Cormorant - Harbour Patrol Craft

HMCS Chaudiere

HMCS Columbia

Sixth Submarine Squadron (RN under RCN  

operational control)

Seventh Canadian Escort Squadron

One or two "A" class submarines

HMCS Fort Erie

RCN Air Squadrons

HMCS New Waterford

HMCS Lanark

VF-870 - Banshees

HMCS Outremont

VS-880 - Tracker A/S Aircraft

HMCS Victoriaville

VU-32 - Silver Star Jet trainers & Trackers

HMCS Inch Arran

HS-50 - Sikorsky A/S Helicopters

HU-21 - Bell and Sikorsky Helicopters

VX-10 - Various aircraft for experimental purposes

 

Pacific Command

 

Second Canadian Escort Squadron

Second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron

 

 

HMCS Ottawa

HMCS Fortune

HMCS Saguenay

HMCS James Bay

HMCS St. Laurent

HMCS Miramichi

HMCS Margaree

HMCS Cowichan

HMCS Fraser

 

HMCS Skeena

Special Duties

HMCS Assiniboine

 

HMCS Cape Breton - Escort Maintenance Ship

Fourth Canadian Escort Squadron

HMCS Grilse - Submarine

 

HMCS Oriole - Trainng Sailing Yacht

HMCS Jonquiere

 

HMCS Sussexvale

RCN Air Squadron

HMCS Beacon Hill

 

HMCS Antigonish

VU-32 - Tracker A/S Aircraft, Silver Star Jet Trainers

HMCS Ste. Therese

and HUP Helicopters

HMCS New Glasgow

HMCS Stettler

 

Naval Reserve

 

HMCS Scatari - Attached to HMCS Star, Hamilton

RCNR Air Squadrons

VC-922 - Attached to HMCS Malahat, Victoria

VC-920 - Attached to HMCS York, Toronto

 

 

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