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We know that there are 8-10 ships being built within the next 5 years. 6-8 AOPS and 2 Berlin Class AOR's.
So with new ships there will be and new ship names. So what should we name our new ships?
This quote is taken from the Directorate of History and Heritage website. For the full document (and its an interesting read) please see the below link:
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-2/par1/index-eng.asp#sn-nn
Recently it has been the habit to name ships and subs after Cities in Canada, following the directives of a. and b. listed above. The last 28 vessels have been named after cities. With the addition of new vessels why stop there?
So here are my ship names as a starting point:
AOR: HMCS Hamilton (east coast AOR), HMCS Prince Rupert (west coast AOR) - one BC and one Ontario, quite frankly IMHO Hamilton needs a ship named after it, Windsor got a namesake before Hamilton?? :facepalm:
AOPS: HMCS Iqaluit, HMCS Churchill, HMCS Moosonee, HMCS Kuujjauq, HMCS Tuktoyatuk, HMCS Labrador City, HMCS Dawson, HMCS Arviat - northern cities and communities, the dispersion now means that each territory has 2 ships named after it in the fleet, also all provinces and territories that have a physical contact to the NWP/ arctic ocean are represented
CSC names:
For the first 4 of the Class which will be Area Air Defence Tribal Replacements I would go with the 4 other tribal class destroyer names that were not used recently. Tribal names are commonly used for destroyers (as were river names)
HMCS Nootka, HMCS Micmac, HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Haida (though because Haida is currently a museum I'm not sure if that name is "still active)
The remainder (11 ships left) get their retired Halifax Class Names leaving out HMCS Ottawa.
So with new ships there will be and new ship names. So what should we name our new ships?
This quote is taken from the Directorate of History and Heritage website. For the full document (and its an interesting read) please see the below link:
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-2/par1/index-eng.asp#sn-nn
The naming of ships is a time-honoured maritime tradition. Sailors of all nations have always had a great affinity for their ships and, in English, refer to them with the feminine pronouns "she" or "her". This custom is thought to have evolved from the sailor's desire to give his ship a living personality worthy of his loyalty, devotion and service. A ship's name often has historical and geographical connotations and references. The meaning or significance of the name influences the badge, and selecting a name may mean perpetuating the battle honour and heritage of a previous "ship of the same name". (Although numbered vessels in the hundreds served during the Second World War, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill directed that the numbered submarines in the Royal Navy during that war be named. His reasoning was that it was difficult to ask a man to die for a number.)
Prior to the Second World War the Royal Canadian Navy had few ships and naming them was no problem. Initially Royal Navy names were merely continued when a vessel was transferred to Canadian service, as was the case with the cruisers Niobe and Rainbow, Canada's first warships. In the inter‑war years, however, the practice grew of giving Canadian ships Canadian names or names with Canadian connections. With the great expansion caused by the Second World War, this practice was systematized.
Canadian ships' names tend to be selected to perpetuate the names of distinguished ships of the past or to name vessels according to class. During the Second World War, class names predominated because of the great numbers involved. The practice was established of naming corvettes and minesweepers after Canadian cities and towns or names associated with them if the city's name could be confused with a ship previously named (minesweepers had originally been named after bays, and destroyers after Canadian rivers and Indian tribes). Reserve divisions were named on a different basis. They were given the names of former ships, not then included in Navy Lists, which had an influence on the area in which each appropriate division was located. In this way, names such as Discovery (Vancouver) and Chatham (Prince Rupert), Captain George Vancouver's ships on his 1791 voyage to the Pacific North-West, entered the Royal Canadian Navy. Some divisions were named after commercial vessels. Nonsuch (Edmonton), for example, was the name of a merchant ketch sent to Hudson's Bay in 1668 by what was to become the Hudson's Bay Company; York (Toronto), the name of a 66‑ton schooner, the first British commercial craft on Lake Ontario.
After the war, this policy was confirmed when the names of Royal Canadian Navy ships were considered for possible revision. The revision was never carried out ‑ though HMCS Uganda was renamed Quebec ‑ but the factors considered in the recommendation are still valid:
a. each name should, so far as possible, be immediately recognizable as Canadian;
b. adequate cross‑Canada geographical representation is desirable;
c. some notice should be taken of established tradition; and
d. it is normal to name a class of ships after the first named ship in the class.
From the earliest days of the Royal Canadian Navy until after the Second World War the reigning sovereign took great personal interest in the granting of His approval for the names of all ships in His navies. More recently, approval has been granted by the Minister of National Defence with the advice of the Chief of the Defence Staff and the concurrence of the Privy Council.
When new ships are ordered, they are often assigned names prior to being laid down. During the Second World War especially, it was common to have names changed before or during the construction phase. Generally, changes or exchanges of names were as a result of local politics; however, many changes were also made when it was realized that the name was already in use by other navies or it was thought that the name was so similar to another allied vessel that confusion could result. These changes are superbly described in David J. Freeman's Canadian Warship Names.
Recently it has been the habit to name ships and subs after Cities in Canada, following the directives of a. and b. listed above. The last 28 vessels have been named after cities. With the addition of new vessels why stop there?
So here are my ship names as a starting point:
AOR: HMCS Hamilton (east coast AOR), HMCS Prince Rupert (west coast AOR) - one BC and one Ontario, quite frankly IMHO Hamilton needs a ship named after it, Windsor got a namesake before Hamilton?? :facepalm:
AOPS: HMCS Iqaluit, HMCS Churchill, HMCS Moosonee, HMCS Kuujjauq, HMCS Tuktoyatuk, HMCS Labrador City, HMCS Dawson, HMCS Arviat - northern cities and communities, the dispersion now means that each territory has 2 ships named after it in the fleet, also all provinces and territories that have a physical contact to the NWP/ arctic ocean are represented
CSC names:
For the first 4 of the Class which will be Area Air Defence Tribal Replacements I would go with the 4 other tribal class destroyer names that were not used recently. Tribal names are commonly used for destroyers (as were river names)
HMCS Nootka, HMCS Micmac, HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Haida (though because Haida is currently a museum I'm not sure if that name is "still active)
The remainder (11 ships left) get their retired Halifax Class Names leaving out HMCS Ottawa.