CFB Esquimalt

Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt (CFB Esquimalt ) is a naval base of the Canadian Navy on the west coast near Esquimalt, Vancouver Iceland, Canada. The base serves as the headquarters of Maritime Forces Pacific, and also serves as the headquarters of the Joint Task Force of the Canadian Navy. The base has an area of ​​approximately 41 square kilometers and is located in the southern part of Vancouver Iceland on the Juan de Fuca Strait.

Military Sites

Headquartered in the port area Naden and Esquimalt Dockyard. On the grounds of the Dockyard Esquimalt Drydock and is the headquarters of the Canadian Navy Headquarters Pacific. Furthermore, there is an education and training center for emergency personnel and the Naval Officer Training Centre ( NOTC venture ) and a Navy hospital on the premises.

CFB Esquimalt has several military sites located around the main base. The Fleet Maintenance Facility is located in Cape Breton, which houses a large repair center. Other military facilities include the Albert Head Training area near Albert Head, Metchosin, about 30 km south-west of Victoria. An area of ​​approximately 88 hectares which has. The Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental Test Range near Nanoose Bay also belongs to the military base, CFB Esquimalt. The plant will employ new technologies for Sonarboyen, torpedoes and other technologies are being researched, developed and tested. CFB Esquimalt has a ferry taxi to combine the individual bases, as well as a bus outside / within the military installations. The Naval Radio Station Aldergrove in the Fraser Valley is a wireless transmitter for long-range communications and is used by the Maritime Forces Pacific.

There are also a number of buildings for the soldiers stationed nearby at Belmont Park, Work Point, and Royal Roads.

Fleet

At the base the following destroyers, frigates, supply ships and submarines are stationed:

  • 5 frigates of the Halifax- class
  • 1 destroyer Iroquois - class
  • 1 supply ship Protecteur class
  • 6 Coastal Defence Vessels Kingston -Class
  • 1 U- boat of the Victoria - class

In addition there are additional training and support ships. Among other things, the HMCS Oriole, the sail training ship of the Canadian Navy.

Halifax-class frigate Iroquois-class destroyer Protecteur-class replenishment oiler Kingston-class coastal defence vessel
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