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Information Notes 

Ship Sponsor

December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments history & heritage, RCN

Editor: The passing in late 2020 of a couple of warship sponsors led to RUSI(NS) querying Royal Canadian Navy Headquarters

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Information Notes 

The Navy’s Barber Pole

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff history & heritage, RCN

© David J. Freeman, LCdr RCN (ret’d) Editor: Six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels are being built for the Royal

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Presentations 

MV ASTERIX – Government of Canada Leased Replenishment Vessel

July 15, 2020July 16, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Distinguished Speaker, RCN

Rear-Admiral Gilles Couturier, Royal Canadian Navy (retired), Chief Executive Officer, Federal Fleet Services Inc., spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests by

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Distinguished Speaker 15 July 2020

Distinguished Speaker 15 July 2020

Rear-Admiral Gilles Couturier, Royal Canadian Navy (retired), Chief Executive Officer, Federal Fleet Services Inc., will present “MV Asterix – Government

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Canadian Warship Acceptance

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCN

Acceptance marks the transfer of care and custody of a Canadian naval ship from the shipbuilder to the Royal Canadian

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Comments 

The History of Submarines and U-Boats

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments history & heritage, RCN

Editor: Sometimes, in the midst of all of concern that is going on these days, something comes along to warm

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Comments 

Canadian Ocean Science and the Role of AOPS

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Arctic, RCN

By Dean McFadden  Jim Hanlon, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship, was the RUSI(NS) Distinguished Speaker 20

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Presentations 

Canadian Ocean Science and the Role of AOPS

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Arctic, RCN

Presentation by Jim Hanlon, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship, made by video-conference to RUSI(NS) and guests

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Information Notes 

Naval Camouflage and its Application on HMC Ships REGINA and MONCTON: A Brief History

March 24, 2020April 4, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCN

By Timothy Choi When one thinks of naval vessels today, the image is one of uniform grey: grey hulls, grey

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Information Notes 

Keel-Laying

February 1, 2020February 3, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff RCN

The laying of the keel1 of a ship is one of the significant dates in that ship’s life.2  The date

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Presentations 

Combined Task Force 150

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCN

Presentation by Captain(N) Darren Garnier, Royal Canadian Navy, titled “Combined Task Force 150,” made to RUSI(NS) and guests 21 August

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