HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711

Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel

The last of her class, she was built at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, N.S. Launched on 26 Sep 1998, she was commissioned at Summerside, P.E.I. on 18 Jul 1999. She was assigned to the east coast. On 07 Mar 2016, wile deployed to OP CARRIBE, HMCS SUMMERSIDE with members of a United States Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) embarked, intercepted a drug smuggling vessel in the waters of Nicaragua and seized 16 bales of cocaine weighing approx 364 kilograms.

On 06 May 2024, HMCS SUMMERSIDE departed Halifax for a 9-week deployment on Op CARIBBE, Canada's contribution to a U.S.-led enhanced counter-narcotics operations, in the Caribbean region and will join HMCS MARGARET BROOKE, already deployed.

"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

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos

The Kingston Class - The Naval Reserve Association of Canada

Commanding Officers

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

Former Crew Members

Gagnon, Patrick Raymond

Photos and Documents

Kingston Class Information Pamphlet

(SMR001) Official badge for HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711

(SMR002) HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 approaches Saglek, Labrador, during Operation NANOOK 11 - 10 Aug 2011  //  Photographer: Corporal Rick Ayer, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia  //  RCN image # HS2011-H003-002

(SMR003) HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 off the coast of Labrador near Saglek, Labrador during Operation NANOOK 11 - 10 Aug 2011  //  Photographer: Corporal Rick Ayer, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia  //  RCN image # HS2011-H003-009

(SMR004) HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 deploys a Rhib to take members of the Canadian Rangers ashore in Cape Dyer, Nunavut during Operation NANOOK 11 - 15 Aug 2011  //  Photographer: Corporal Rick Ayer, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia  //  RCN image # HS2011-H003-080

(SMR005) HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 sits off the coast of Cape Dyer, Nunavut during Operation NANOOK 11 - 15 Aug 2011  //  Photographer: Corporal Rick Ayer, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia  //  RCN image # HS2011-H003-082

(SMR006) HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 sails past an Iceberg in the Davis Strait during Operation NANOOK 11 - 16 Aug 2011  //  Photographer: Corporal Rick Ayer, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia  //  RCN image # HS2011-H003-088

(SMR007) HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 sails past an Iceberg in the Davis Strait during Operation NANOOK 11 - 16 Aug 2011  //  Photographer: Corporal Rick Ayer, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia  //  RCN image # HS2011-H003-091

(SMR008 - SMR010) HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 in rough sea  //  RCN image #'s HS2016-C007-001;  HS2016-C007-003;  HS2016-C007-005

(SMR011) Crew of HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 standing on the fo'c's'le after having crossed the Arctic Circle - 17 Aug 2013

(SMR012) On 07  Mar 2016 HMCS Summerside 711 with members of a United States Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) embarked, intercept a drug smuggling vessel in the waters of Nicaragua and seized 16 bales of cocaine weighing approx 364 kilograms.  //  Photo source: Naval Today

(SMR013) HMCS Summerside 711 participating in the sail past at Halifax at the start of Exercise Cutlass Fury - 12 Sep 2016  //  Courtesy of Clarence Hemeon

(SMR014) Crew members of HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 walk in a parade during the lobster festival as the ship visits its namesake city of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, on July 15 2017  //  Photographer:  Leading Seaman Dan Bard  //  RCN image # HS06-2017-0691-218

(SMR015) HMCS KINGSTON 700 and HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 alongside in Portsmouth (UK), May 2019 at the end of the jetty where there carrier HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH is tied up.  KINGSTON and SUMMERSIDE are enroute to exercises in the Baltic and are outfitted with their minesweeping gear  //  Courtesy of Guy Jeffery, Cdr (ret'd)

(SMR015-SMR016) HMCS SUMMERSIDE'S embarked team of Royal Canadian Navy clearance divers destroyed historical ordnance left over from WW1 and WW2 off the coast of France yesterday. Together with our SNMCMG1 partners, we're helping clean up European waters of dangerous leftover mines and ordnance and are having a blast doing it! 21 Aug 2021  //  Photographers: MS Cox, S1 Congdon

(SMR017) The beauty of sunsets at sea is capture here with HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 anchored off the coast of Iceland - 18 Jul 2022  //  Photographer: Cdr Jeffrey Anderson

(SMR018) HMCS GLACE BAY 701 and HMCS SUMMERSIDE 711 decorated for the 2023 Christmas season  //  Source: RCN Facebook page  //  Photographer:  Mona Ghiz

(SMR019) HMCS SUMMERSIDE departs Halifax, NS for a 9 week Op CARIBBE deployment - 06 May 2024

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Paying off ceremony for HMC ships GLACE BAY, GOOSE BAY, KINSTON, SHAWINIGAN and SUMMERSIDE at HMC Dockyard, Halifax, NS 03 Oct 2025

Source: Official RCN facebook page

The former HMC ships GLACE BAY, GOOSE BAY, KINSTON, SHAWINIGAN and SUMMERSIDE, paid off and secured alongside at Halifax, NS - 05 Oct 2025

Courtesy of Bill Gard

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