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Royal Canadian Navy

Page history last edited by Michael 12 years, 6 months ago

The Navy has an authorized complement of 104 officers and 812 men, a large majority serving under 7 year enlistments. In addition certain specialists are loaned from the British Royal Navy. The Reserve consists of from 70 to 113 officers and from 430 to 1026 men recruited from sea-faring personnel. Bases are at Halifax, Nova Scotia and Esquimalt, British Columbia; ships of the Royal Navy are fairly often seen at Halifax.

The ships of the Royal Canadian Navy are:

built	class	tons	name	base	crew	armament
1931	A-class destroyer	1337	Saguenay	Halifax	167	4 x 4.7", torps, 2 pom-pom, depth charges
1931	A-class destroyer	1337	Skenna	Esquimalt	167	4 x 4.7", torps, 2 pom-pom, depth charges
1919	S-class destroyer	905	Champlain	Halifax	90	3 x 4", torps, 1 pom-pom
1919	S-class destroyer	905	Vancouver	Esquimalt	90	3 x 4", torps, 1 pom-pom
1918	Battle-class trawler	360	Armentieres	Esquimalt	27	1 x 12 pdr
1918	Battle-class trawler	360	Festubert	Halifax	27	1 x 12 pdr
1918	Battle-class trawler	360	Ypres	Halifax	27	1 x 12 pdr

Thus there are 541 total crew aboard the commissioned vessels (the Festubert and Ypres are not in commission, and are laid up in reserve). The Armentieres is very busy as a fisheries patrol vessel, training vessel, hydrographic survey ship, etc.

This information is pretty accurate for the period 1931 to 1937.