Naval history of Canada

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. Chapters: Canadian Forces Maritime Command, Barber's pole, Royal Canadian Navy, British Pacific Fleet, Leonard W. Murray, John Franklin, Nootka Crisis, The Creation of the Canadian Navy, Operation APOLLO, Yarrow Shipbuilders, Royal Naval College of Canada, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard, Harry DeWolf, Nootka Convention, Desmond Piers, Percy W. Nelles, William Hall, Robert Hampton Gray, Compagnies Franches de la Marine, John Moreau Grant, Canadian Merchant Navy, William Landymore, Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax, Frederick Thornton Peters, Provincial Marine, Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, HMCS Malahat, Robert Heriot Barclay, James Lucas Yeo, Operation FRICTION, James D. Prentice, Hovenden Walker, Charles Saunders, Burrard Dry Dock, SS Caribou, Harold Taylor Wood Grant, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, Rollo Mainguy, Roland Richard Louis Bourke, Pentanguishene Naval Yard, Canadian Northwest Atlantic, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Coastal Forces of the Royal Canadian Navy, Naval Shipyards, York, John Wallace Thomas, Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard, George Benson Hall, Newfoundland Escort Force, Canadian Nautical Research Society, Archives and Collections Society, Western Escort Force W-6. Excerpt: The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) (French: Marine royale canadienne), is the naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the unified Canadian Forces. Operating 33 warships and several auxiliary vessels, the Royal Canadian Navy consists of 8,500 Regular Force and 5,100 Primary Reserve sailors, supported by 5,300 civilians. Its current commander is Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison, , Chief of the Maritime Staff. Founded in 1910 as the Naval Service of Canada and given royal sanction in 1911, the Navy was placed under the Department of National Defence in 1923, and amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Army to form the unified Canadian Forces in 1968, where it was known as the Maritime Command until 2011. Over the course of its history, the RCN served in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, the First Gulf War, the War on Terror and numerous United Nations peacekeeping missions and NATO operations. Established following the introduction of the Naval Service Bill by then-Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Naval Service of Canada was intended as a distinct naval force for the Dominion, that, if necessary, could be placed under British control. The bill received royal assent on 4 May 1910. Initially equipped with two former Royal Navy vessels, HMCS Niobe and HMCS Rainbow, the service was renamed Royal Canadian Navy by King George V on 29 August 1911. During the first years of the First World War, the RCN's six vessel naval force patrolled both the North American West and East coasts to deter the German naval threat, with a seventh ship, HMCS Shearwater joining the force in 1915. Just before the end of the war in 1918, the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service was established with the purpose of carrying out anti-submarine operations, however it was disbanded after the armistice of 11 November. After the war, the Royal Canadian Navy overtook certain responsibilities of the Department of Transport's Marine Service,