Canada Navy HMCS Robert Hampton Gray Delivered

The Royal Canadian Navy accepted delivery of HMCS Robert Hampton Gray (AOPV 435), the sixth and final Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel, at Irving Shipbuilding's Halifax Shipyard on 21 August 2025, the Department of National Defence announced. The handover completed the class ordered under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. After sea trials, cold-weather trials and post-delivery evaluations, the ship was to sail to her home port of Esquimalt, British Columbia, where her commissioning ceremony was planned for 2026.