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HMCS SASKATOON 709
Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
Built by Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, N.S., she was launched on 30 Mar 1998. Assigned to the west coast, she departed Halifax, arriving at Esquimalt on 19 Oct 1998. She was commissioned at Esquimalt, B.C., on 05 Dec 1998.
On 19 Mar 2016, while deployed on OPERATION CARIBBE, HMCS SASKATOON, in conjunction with the US Coast Guard, intercepted dug-smuggling fishing vessels and seized 10 bales of cocaine weighing approximately 360 kilograms.
"The ships [of the Kingston Class] were incredibly useful and perfect in so many ways, on missions of sovereignty and patrol, in operations domestically and internationally especially in demining the Baltic, and incredibly all over the far north, sailing extensively on counter drug missions and on capacity and confidence and building in the Caribbean, eastern Pacific, and Gulf of Guinea, teaching maritime security operations to no less than 20 nations, all the while generating proud and capable sailors, and giving the Naval Reserves a sense of purpose never before realized in Canada." by Rear-Admiral John Newton, MMM, MSM, CD, RCN ret'd - 31 May 2025
Honouring the Legacy of the Kingston Class MCDVs - The Naval Reserve Association of Canada
Kingston Class Plank Owners - The Naval Reserve Association of Canada
Commanding Officers
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
Kingston Class Information Pamphlet
(SKT001) Lt (N) Henderson (foreground) on the bridge of HMCS SASKATOON 709 during OP Carribe 2016 // DND / RCN photo - Public Affairs Officer, Op CARIBBE ET2016-4505-02 (SKT002) On 19 Mar 2016, HMCS SASKATOON 709, in conjunction with the US Coast Guard, seized 10 bales of cocaine weighting approximately 360 Kg. // U.S. Coast Guard photo
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