Earlier this evening, Comrades Michael and Lisa Barbour represented Branch 25 at the 2025 San Francisco Fleet Week Canadian Reception. His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Nanaimo is a Kingston class maritime coastal defence vessels that has served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy since 1996.
The Kingston class ships “were designed to commercial standards and intended to conduct coastal patrols, minesweeping, law enforcement, pollution surveillance and response as well as search and rescue duties. The ships were fitted with modular payloads to carry out the assigned duties. Allocated to the west coast, HMCS Nanaimo left Halifax on November 12, 1996, arriving in Esquimalt on December 19.”
HMCS Nanaimo departed Esquimalt for the final time, stopping in for San Francisco Fleet Week, on her way to Halifax. After nearly 30 years in service, it begins its final chapter on the East Coast, closing a remarkable era for the West Coast Kingston class fleet. To read more about the Nanaimo, click here.
Below are some pictures of the Nanaimo and from the reception.
Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 