HMCS WHITEHORSE 705

 

Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel

 


 

 

AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT

 

FORTUNE ASSISTS THE DARING

HMCS WHITEHORSE 705

 

Laid down: 26 Jul 1996

Launched: 24 Feb 1997

Commissioned: 17 Apr 1998

Paid off: 

 

Built at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, N.S., she was launched on 24 Feb 1997. Assigned to the west coast, she arrived at Esquimalt on 24 Oct 1997 and was commissioned on 17 Apr 1998.

 

"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          Commissioning Booklet          Gunshield and Shipboard Art

 


 

Commanding Officers

 

LCdr Derek L Carroll - 17 Apr 1998- unk

LCdr Douglas Charles Stark - 1999

LCdr C.P. Rochon - unk - 07 Aug 2015

LCdr S.P. Denneny - 07 Aug 2015 - present

 


 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 


 

Former Crew Members

 

Bradford, Peggy, CPO2, Cox'n - Jul 2003 - Aug 2006

 

Christal, Andrea J., AB.SG - Commissioning crew

 

Cotey, Tim, CPO2, Cox'n, RCN - 2006-2009

 

Dupuis, Grant, PO1 - 1998

Fraser, Chris, MS.ET

 

Gagnon, Patrick Raymond

 

Gray, Travis, P1.BN, CBM (Buffer)

 

Reid, Don, CPO2, Cox'n - 2014

 


 

Photos and Documents

 

WHT001

WHT002

(WHT001-WHT002) Gunshield art on the 40mm Bofor on HMCS WHITEHORSE circa 2007  //  The artwork was painted by MS.ET Chris Fraser and P1.BN Travis Gray (Buffer)  //  Courtesy of CPO2 Tim Cotey

 

WHT003

(WHT003) Change of Command 07 Aug 2015 - LCdr S.P. Denneny, incoming CO of HMCS WHITEHORSE (left), Reviewing Officer Capt. (Navy) Clarke, CO of Maritime Operations Group Four (center) and LCdr C.P. Rochon, outgoing CO of HMCS WHITEHORSE (right) sign the official passing of command documents during the HMCS WHITEHORSE Change of Command Ceremony at Y Jetty, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt, Victoria B.C on 07 August 2015  //  Photo by Cpl Blaine Sewell MARPAC Imaging Services

 


 

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