Canada Navy HMCS Max Bernays Commissioned

HMCS Max Bernays (AOPV 432) was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 3 May 2024 at Burrard Drydock Pier in North Vancouver, British Columbia, with the Princess Royal presenting the commissioning pennant in her role as Commodore-in-Chief, Canadian Fleet Pacific, the Department of National Defence said. The third Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and offshore patrol vessel, launched in October 2021 and delivered in September 2022, is the first of the class assigned to Canada's Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Esquimalt, where she arrived on 15 April 2024. The ship is named after a chief petty officer decorated during the Battle of the Atlantic.