Canada’s first Arctic patrol ship assembled

Halifax - The Royal Canadian Navy’s first Arctic and offshore patrol ship, the future HMCS “Harry DeWolf”, is now assembled at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard. On Friday, the bow section of the vessel was transported on heavy lift transporters from inside the Halifax Shipyard’s indoor shipbuilding facility outside to land level. With all three sections of the vessel joined, further outfitting of the ship will continue.

There are currently two vessels, the future HMCS “Harry DeWolf” and the future HMCS “Margaret Brooke”, under construction at Halifax Shipyard, with steel cutting for a third, the future HMCS “Max Bernays”, scheduled for later this month. The project will deliver five ice-capable ships, with an option for a sixth, designated as the Harry DeWolf Class, after Canadian wartime naval hero Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf.

The vessels will be capable of armed sea-borne surveillance of Canada’s waters, including the Arctic, cooperating with other partners in the Canadian Armed Forces to assert Canadian sovereignty, when and where necessary.

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