Canada Navy HMCS William Hall Commissioned

HMCS William Hall (AOPV 433) was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 16 May 2024, the Department of National Defence announced. The fourth Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and offshore patrol vessel, she was launched in November 2022 and delivered in August 2023, and on 24 March 2024 was affiliated with the Kivalliq region of Nunavut at a ceremony in Rankin Inlet. The class is designed to patrol Canada's northern and offshore waters in support of sovereignty enforcement. The ship is named after a Nova Scotian petty officer awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857.