HMCS HALIFAX 330

Halifax Class Frigate

First of her class to enter service, and the first warship built in Canada since 1971, HALIFAX was floated up on 30 Apr 1988 and commissioned on 29 Jun 1992. On 02 Apr 1994, she sailed to relieve Iroquois in the multinational arms embargo of the former Yugoslavia. While en route, one of the diesel cruise engines blew and the ship had to proceed on its gas turbine engines. She arrived in the Op Area for Operation Sharp Guard, Yugoslavia on 15 Apr 1994; returning home on 09 Sep 1994. 

In the spring of 1995 she made visits to several European ports, including Goteborg, Oslo and Gydnia, in connection with the 50th Anniversary of VE Day. Afterward taking part in the NATO exercise Linked Seas 95 off Portugal, she returned to base at the end of June. 

On 18 Mar 1996, she departed for another tour of duty in the Adriatic, part of the time as flagship.

In 1997, during a 4½ month deployment, HMCS HALIFAX Rounded the Horn and the Cape of Good Hope - becoming the 3rd ship of the RCN to Round the Horn.

In Mar 1998 HALIFAX and IROQUOIS took part in Exercise Strong Resolve off Norway, returning to Halifax on 16 Apr 1998. That fall she had the melancholy duty of assisting at the scene of the crash of a Swissair jet in the sea near Peggy's Cove. 

Another tour with NATO's SNFL occupied her time between 26 Jul and 15 Dec 2000. 

On 15 Aug 2001, she left Halifax to join SNFL, but was detached to join in Operation Enduring Freedom against international terrorism. She joined CHARLOTTETOWN, IROQUOIS and PRESERVER in the Arabian Sea in Dec 2001. She returned home from this endeavour on 11 Feb 2002.

On 13 Jan 2010, HALIFAX and ATHABASKAN sailed for Haiti as part of the relief effort, Operation Hestia, after the deadly earthquake. 

On 19 Mar 2022, HALIFAX departed Halifax to join MONTREAL on Op REASSURANCE for additional military support to NATO operations in Central and Eastern Europe in the face of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos          Commissioning Booklet          Gunshield and Shipboard Art

Commanding Officers

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

POWER, Robert F.

CPO2, C.A.F. (Navy)

died - 23 May 1992

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

Former Crew Members

Robertson, Roderick Albert Alan

West, Thomas, CPO - 1991 (before commissioning)

Photos and Documents

(HFX0001) HMCS HALIFAX 330 - undated

(HFX0002) Guests at the commissioning ceremony of HMCS HALIFAX 330, 29 Jun 1992  //  Courtesy of John Knudsen

(HFX0003) SLt John Belliveau on HMCS HALIFAX 330  //  Courtesy of Gerry Curry

(HFX0004) HMCS HALIFAX 330 in the North Atlantic, 2007  //  Courtesy of Gerald Doutre, CPO1, RCN

(HFX0005) Members of the Royal Canadian Navy onboard HMCS HALIFAX, flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two, prepare to depart Rota, Spain during Operation REASSURANCE in the Atlantic Ocean on July 30, 2019  //  Source: Canadian Armed Forces Facebook page

(HFX0006) Members of the Naval Tactical Operations Group (NTOG) aboard HMCS HALIFAX conduct live fire training with the Sig Sauer P226 pistol during Operation REASSURANCE, in the Atlantic Ocean on July 16, 2019  //  Source: Canadian Armed Forces Facebook page

(HFX0007) Sporting new gunshield art, HMCS HALIFAX 330 is deployed on Op Reassurance, having departed Halifax on New Years day 2021  //  DND RCN photo 2021

(HFX0008) A fireworks show displays as HMCS HALIFAX is alongside Hamburg, Germany during Operation REASSURANCE on May 13, 2022  //  Photo : Pte Connor Bennett  //  DND RCN photo 2022

(HFX0009-HFX0011) HMCS HALIFAX with ships of SNMG1 during their scenic transit into Eyjafjördur, Iceland on June 7th, 2022, while on Op REASSURANCE  //  DND RCN photos 2022

(LF01) Buffer (centre) on HMCS HALIFAX 330

(JL02) Fo'c's'le part-ship hands conducting a light-line transfer during a RAS on HMCS HALIFAX 330

(JL03) RAS team rigging for RAS on HMCS HALIFAX 330

(JL04) HMCS HALIFAX fo'c's'le RAS team conducting a heavy jackstay with the Kingpost

(JL05) Manning the distance line during the RAS on HMCS HALIFAX 330

Courtesy of John Le Forte