Petty Officer 2nd Class Elmer conducting crane operations on the quarter deck of HMCS ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY, Beaufort Sea, Operation LATITUDE, October 2, 2026. Photo: Corporal Paquette, Canadian Armed Forces Photo #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Petty Officer 2nd Class Elmer conducting crane operations on the quarter deck of HMCS ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY while sailing in the Beaufort Sea, Operation LATITUDE, October 2, 2026. Photo: Corporal Paquette, Canadian Armed Forces Photo #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat is craned out of the Landing Craft Vessel from the quarter deck of HMCS ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY while sailing in the Beaufort Sea, Operation LATITUDE, October 2, 2026. Photo: Corporal Paquette, Canadian Armed Forces Photo #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

HMCS ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY during sunset in the Beaufort Sea during Operation LATITUDE on September 28, 2026. Photo: Corporal Paquette, Canadian Armed Forces Photo #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Polar Bears are seen from the quarterdeck of HMCS ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY in the vicinity of the Beaufort Sea during Operation LATITUDE on September 27, 2026. Photo: Corporal Paquette, Canadian Armed Forces 2026 #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Royal Canadian Navy McDonnell F2h-3 Banshee fighter jet number 126392 over Halifax (underneath view) (LAC e010777415-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) moored at CFAO White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan Jun. 6, 2023. (USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) makes way while in the Atlantic Ocean, June 9, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Alana Kickhoefer) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) sails in formation, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 22.(USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) launches Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles during a Surface to Air exercise, 19 July, during RIMPAC 2024. (Royal Canadian Navy photo by Aviator Conor R.G. Munn) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Personnel of the Royal Canadian Navy who were prisoners-of-war in Germany. England, May 1945 (LAC a115387-v6.jpg) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

"Reporting On Board" - Royal Canadian Navy Documentary (Short) - HMCS Columbia, 1961. #RCN #ROyalCanadianNavy #Canada #Navy www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiAs...

The Canadian Kingston-class coastal defense vessel HMCS Brandon, stops pier side at U.S. Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, March 10, 2022, during Exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2022 (AE22). (USN photo by Lt. John J. Mike) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Royal Canadian Navy patrol frigate HMCS Regina in South Korea, photographed on October 4, 2026. at the Republic of Korea Navy Operations Command in Busan. #RCN #RoyalCanadianNavy (Photo by Ji-Hoon Kim - FB)

A sailor from Halifax-class frigate HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) fires a shot line toward the Royal Australian Navy Supply-class replenishment oiler HMAS Supply (A195) off the coast of Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 14, 2022. #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) fires the Bofors 57 mm on the forecastle during a GUNEX as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 22, 2022. (Royal Canadian Navy photo by Sgt. Ghislain Cotton) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) fires its Naval Remote Weapons System on the starboard bridge wing during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), July 22, 2022). (Royal Canadian Navy photo by Sgt. Ghislain Cotton) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

S1 Ben Howey, boatswain on Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331), fires the .50 caliber heavy machine gun during a GUNEX, July 22, 2022, RIMPAC 2022, July 22, 2022. (Royal Canadian Navy photo by Sgt. Ghislain Cotton) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy

HMCS Ottawa alongside in Prince Rupert, BC, October 5, 2026. #RCN #RoyalCanadianNavy (FB - Opa Sushi)

Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) sails in formation, RIMPAC 2022, July 28, 2022. (Royal Canadian Navy photo by Sgt Ghislain Cotton) #RCN #Photo #RoyalCanadianNavy