HMCS WHITEHORSE 705
Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
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
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
(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) 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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