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Halifax Harbour. Coordinates: 44°37′N 63°33′W. Map of Halifax Harbour. Nautical chart of Halifax Harbour in the 1880s. Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Halifax largely owes its existence to the harbour, being one of the largest and ...
546,691 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (2019) [4] Passenger traffic. 323,709 (2019) [4] Website. www.portofhalifax.ca. The Port of Halifax comprises various port facilities in Halifax Harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It covers 10 km 2 (3.9 sq mi) of land, and looks after 150 km 2 (58 sq mi) of water. [2]
In 1915, management of the harbour fell under the control of the Royal Canadian Navy; by 1917 there was a growing naval fleet in Halifax, including patrol ships, tugboats, and minesweepers. [ 16 ] The population of Halifax/Dartmouth had increased to between 60,000 and 65,000 people by 1917. [ 17 ]
HMCS Sackville National Historic Site of Canada. Designated. 1988. HMCS Sackville is a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.
HMCS Athabaskan was an Iroquois -class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1972 until 2017. Athabaskan was the third ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal class or simply as the 280 class. She is the third vessel to use the designation HMCS Athabaskan. Athabaskan was laid down on 1 June 1969 at Davie ...
CFB Halifax employs 7,000 civilians and military staff, and hosts the Canadian Atlantic Fleet headquarters, HMC Dockyard Halifax, FMF Cape Scott, extensive maritime research facilities, an ammunition depot, and the four maritime squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force that deploy helicopters aboard ships.
Harry DeWolf. HMCS Harry DeWolf (AOPV 430) is the lead ship of its class of offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). The class was derived from the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship project as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy and is primarily designed for the patrol and support of Canada's Arctic regions. Named ...
HMCS. Fredericton. (FFH 337) Vert, a bend wavy argent charged with a like bendlet azure and overall a Bengal tiger prepared to leap. HMCS Fredericton is a Halifax -class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1994. Fredericton is the eighth ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project.