Halifax – The Royal Canadian Navy plans to retire some of its old warships.
The Navy on Thursday confirmed that eight of its 12 Kingston-Class ships were Halifax and Eskwimal, BC.
Officially known as marine coastal defense vessels, these small ships were built and launched in the 1990s. Each is 55 meters long, weighs around 970 tonnes and has a crew of about 40.
The National Defense Department said in a statement, “There is no loss of capacity for (Navy) as a result of the division of Kingston-Class.” “Their missions and functions will be rearfined to other existing ships and assets, and are being introduced by the new … system.”
Diesel-electric motors are used mainly for coastal patrolling, discovery and rescue, law enforcement, my detection and training. He has been deployed in Eastern Pacific, Caribbean, West Africa and European water, as well as to operate in several missions in three Canadian oceans.
Meanwhile, the Defense Department says that Kingston-Class key mine-serving and counter-pap work will be controlled by naval fleet diving units and other naval ships-operated remote and autonomous systems.
Also, the Navy’s relatively new Arctic and offshore patrol ships will carry on Kingston-Class Rolls, such as the operation of counter-regulations. And the training role will be transferred to the Navy’s small pecker-class ships.
The Navy is proceeding with its retired Iroquois-class destroyer and its current Halifax-Class Petrol Frigates with 15 River-Class Destroyer.
The new warships will be formed by the Halifax-based irving shipbuilding ink. The federal government said that the total cost of the first three ships in March would be $ 22.2 billion. The project has been described as the largest and most complex ship -making initiative in Canada since World War II.
As a “payment closed” ceremony for Kingston-Class ships, this tradition has once completed its journey to a ship, from the British practice of paying their wages to a crew. In the Canadian Navy, payment refers to the formal function, where the ship’s flag and commission penant is removed and the crew lasts the ship.
This decline for HMCs Shawinigan, HMCs Samraside, HMCs Goose Bay, HMCS Glace Bay and HMCs Kingston will be held in Halifax. Celebrations will also be held at Escvil for HMCS Saskatoon, HMCS Whitehres and HMCS Brandon.
The four remaining operations of the Navy will work out of Kingston-Class Shiks-HMCS Monkton, HMCS Yelochaf, HMCS Admonton and HMCS Nanyo-Halifax. They will retire in the next three years.
“Kingston-Class ships have given the Royal Canadian Navy an important ability in its several years of service,” said in a statement by Vice-Admiral Angus Topashi, Commander Royal Canadian Navy.
“As we move towards the future of the Royal Canadian Navy, I want to recognize the service of these ships and expand our tremendous gratitude for all those who have left for them.”
This report of Canadian Press was first published on 24 July 2025.
Michael McDonald, Canadian Press
