Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt (CFB Esquimalt) is Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific

Maritime Forces Pacific

In the Canadian Forces, Maritime Forces Pacific is responsible for the fleet and operations of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Pacific Ocean...

 and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters.

The base occupies approximately 41 square kilometres (10,131.3 acre) at the southern tip of Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

 on the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Strait of Juan de Fuca

The Strait of Juan de Fuca is a large body of water about long that is the Salish Sea outlet to the Pacific Ocean...

, in and around the municipality of Esquimalt, British Columbia

Esquimalt, British Columbia

The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Roads, to the northwest by the...

, just west of the provincial capital, Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

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CFB Esquimalt comprises facilities including Naden (formerly HMCS Naden), Her Majesty's Canadian (HMC) Dockyard Esquimalt, Fleet Maintenance Facility – Cape Breton (FMF-CB), a Fire Fighting and Damage Control School, the Naval Officer Training Centre (NOTC Venture), and extensive housing including 716 personnel married quarters located at nine sites such as Belmont Park, Work Point, and Royal Roads.

The present dockyard and drydock, known as Her Majesty's Canadian (HMC) Dockyard Esquimalt, dates to the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

's Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard (1842–1905) and was the Royal Navy's Pacific Station until 1911 square riggers; Today it serves as the Canadian Naval Headquarters in the Pacific.

Due to their significance in Canadian naval history, four sites at CFB Esquimalt (the dockyard, the former Royal Navy Hospital, the Veterans’ Cemetery and the Cole Island Magazine) have been designated the Esquimalt Naval Sites National Historic Site of Canada.
As of July 2009, CFB Esquimalt services the following ships assigned to Canadian Pacific Fleet

• Halifax class
  Halifax class frigate
  The Halifax-class frigate is a class of multi-role patrol frigates that have served the Royal Canadian Navy since 1992...
  
   patrol frigates
  • HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331)
    HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331)
    The third HMCS Vancouver is a , launched on July 8, 1989, as the second vessel of her class. She is currently based at CFB Esquimalt.-Construction:...
    
    
  • HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
    HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
    HMCS Regina is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1993. Regina is the fifth vessel in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation ....
    
    
  • HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
    HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
    HMCS Calgary is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1995.Calgary is the sixth vessel in her class and the second vessel to carry the designation . She was built as part of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project....
    
    
  • HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338)
    HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338)
    HMCS Winnipeg is a that has served in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command since 1996. She is a guided-missile frigate that also carries a multipurpose helicopter [but especially for anti-submarine warfare ]. Her missile armament includes Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Evolved Sea-Sparrow...
    
    
  • HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341)
    HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341)
    HMCS Ottawa is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1996.Ottawa is the twelfth and final ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the fourth vessel to carry the designation ....
    
    
• Iroquois class
  Iroquois class destroyer
  Iroquois-class destroyers, also known as Tribal class, are a class of four helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Canadian Forces. Launched in the 1970s, they were originally fitted out for anti-submarine warfare, but a major upgrade programme in the 1990s overhauled them for...
  
   destroyer
• Kingston class coast defence vessels
  • HMCS Nanaimo (MM 702)
    HMCS Nanaimo (MM 702)
    HMCS Nanaimo is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1997.Nanaimo is the third ship of her class, which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the designation ....
    
    
  • HMCS Edmonton (MM 703)
    HMCS Edmonton (MM 703)
    HMCS Edmonton is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1997.Edmonton is the fourth ship of its class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. It is the first vessel to use the designation ....
    
    
  • HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705)
    HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705)
    HMCS Whitehorse is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998.Whitehorse is the sixth ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the first vessel to use the designation ....
    
    
  • HMCS Yellowknife (MM 706)
    HMCS Yellowknife (MM 706)
    HMCS Yellowknife is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998.Yellowknife is the seventh ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the first vessel to use the designation ....
    
    
  • HMCS Saskatoon (MM 709)
    HMCS Saskatoon (MM 709)
    HMCS Saskatoon is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998.Saskatoon is the tenth ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Saskatoon, after the Flower class corvette...
    
    
  • HMCS Brandon (MM 710)
    HMCS Brandon (MM 710)
    HMCS Brandon is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1999.Brandon is the eleventh ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the designation ....
    
    
• Victoria class
  Upholder/Victoria class submarine
  The Upholder/Victoria-class submarines, also known as the Type 2400 , are diesel-electric Fleet submarines designed in the UK in the late 1970s to supplement the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine force....
  
   patrol submarines
  • HMCS Victoria (SSK 876)
    HMCS Victoria (SSK 876)
    HMCS Victoria is a long-range hunter-killer submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy, the lead ship of her class. She is named after the city of Victoria, British Columbia. She was purchased from the Royal Navy, and is the former HMS Unseen . The class was also renamed from the Upholder-class. She...
    
    
• Protecteur class
  Protecteur class auxiliary vessel
  Protecteur-class auxiliary oiler replenishment ships are used by the Royal Canadian Navy to resupply ships at sea with food, munitions, fuel and spare parts. They have more sophisticated medical and dental facilities than smaller vessels...
  
   auxiliary oil replenishment
  • HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509)
    HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509)
    HMCS Protecteur is a Canadian Protecteur-class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship. Built by Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Docks in Saint John, New Brunswick, she was commissioned in 1969, the first ship of her class. She is the first Canadian naval unit to carry the name Protecteur; however,...
    
    
• Fleet sail training
  Sail training
  From its modern interpretations to its antecedents when maritime nations would send young naval officer candidates to sea , sail training provides an unconventional and effective way of building many useful skills on and off the water....
  
   vessel
  • HMCS Oriole (KC 480)
    HMCS Oriole (KC 480)
    The HMCS Oriole is the sail training vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy based at CFB Esquimalt in Victoria, British Columbia. She is a 31-metre sailing ketch, currently the oldest commissioned vessel in the Royal Canadian Navy, and also the longest serving commissioned ship.- History :The Oriole...
    
    
• Auxiliary vessels
  • CFAV Tillicum (YTM 555)
    CFAV Tillicum (YTM 555)
    The CFAV Tillicum is a harbour tug of the Royal Canadian Navy.She is stationed at CFB Esquimalt, on Vancouver Island.The Canadian Forces operates ten other tugboats, five 45 ton Ville class tugs and five 250 ton Glen class tugs, and two 140 ton Fire class fireboats.The Ville class tugs rotate...
    
    , tugboat
  • Fire class
    Fire class fireboat
    The Royal Canadian Navy operates two Fire-class fireboats/Yard tractor tugs. The two vessels are the CFAV Firebrand and the CFAV Firebird ....
    
     fireboat
    • CFAV Firebrand (YTR 562), fireboat
  • Ville class
    Ville class tugs
    The Royal Canadian Navy operates five Ville-class harbour tugs.The five vessels are the CFAV Lawrenceville ,CFAV Parksville ,CFAV Listerville ,CFAV Merrickville andCFAV Marysville ....
    
     tugs
    • CFAV Lawrenceville (YTL 590), tugboat
    • CFAV Parksville (YTL 591), tugboat
  • Glen class tugs
    • CFAV Glendyne (YTB 640)
      CFAV Glendyne (YTB 640)
      CFAV Glendyne is a Glen class naval tugboat operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. It was built at Yarrow Shipyard in Esquimalt, British Columbia. The ship was launched in 1975 and delivered on 8 August 1975. Attached to Maritime Forces Pacific, the ship is based at CFB Esquimalt....
      
      , tugboat
    • CFAV Glendale (YTB 641)
      CFAV Glendale (YTB 641)
      CFAV Glendale is a Glen class naval tugboat operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. Built at Yarrow Shipyard, Esquimalt, British Columbia and launched in 1975, the ship was delivered on 16 September 1975. Attached to Maritime Forces Pacific, the ship is based at CFB Esquimalt....
      
      , tugboat
• Orca class patrol craft training vessels
  • Orca (PCT 55)
  • Raven (PCT 56)
  • Caribou (PCT 57)
  • Renard (PCT 58)
  • Wolf (PCT 59)
  • Grizzly (PCT 60)
  • Cougar (PCT 61)
  • Moose (PCT 62)

CFB Esquimalt contains several recognized and classified federal heritage buildings on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings.