HMCS Victoria has a new commanding officer, a long-serving submariner pledging a strong relationship with the vessel’s namesake home city. In a ceremony Thursday at CFB Esquimalt, Cmdr. J.S. HMCS ...

Top East Coast naval brass are pointing to a recent foray by a foreign power as an act of aggression that shows why Canada needs a strong sub-sea presence. Rear-Admiral John Newton, commander of the ...

Canada is still months away from having battle-ready submarines on both its West and East coasts, says the navy's commander. During an exclusive interview with The Canadian Press aboard the navy's ...

HMCS Windsor, one of Canada's trouble-plagued submarines, will go into the water this week after undergoing five years of costly repairs. The Department of National Defence hopes to have the submarine ...

A number of Defence Watch readers have sent news that HMCS Victoria is in dry-dock. There has also been the suggestion some of the work being done was extensive. “HMCS VICTORIA is currently in what is ...

This corvette, like many of its kind, was classified as a “flower-class” ship when built in Britain for the Royal Navy. The ...

Navy returns submarine HMCS Corner Brook to the water HMCS Corner Brook hit the water for the first time in 10 years on Sunday morning. The submarine, which was purchased from the United Kingdom in ...

A crewmember in the control room of HMCS Victoria announces the submarine is slipping beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Aside from that, there is little to indicate the 48 submariners, whose ...

Major Dan Schade looks on from the flight deck of HMCS Vancouver as the ship’s CH-148 Cyclone helicopter leaps into the air faster than anything weighing more than seven tonnes has any right to.

Anyone who’s ever watched a Second World War submarine movie knows just how cramped and confined conditions aboard the undersea vessels could be. Imagine, then, touring a vintage sub during a COVID-19 ...

HMCS Windsor, one of Canada's trouble-plagued submarines, will go into the water this week after undergoing costly repairs for five years. The Canadian Forces says the sub will be lowered into Halifax ...