Back on June 28th, the Halifax Shipyard hosted a ceremonial steel cutting for the new River Class of destroyers that are being built for the Royal Canadian Navy. I attended the event and wrote a piece that is appearing in the September 2024 issue of Warships International Fleet Review - which should be hitting Canadian shelves shortly, if not already. Atlantic News in Halifax usually carries the magazine, as Chapters/Indigo often has it as well. The cover looks like this:
My story appears on Pages 32 through 34:
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The new ships will look something like this, based on this rendering provided courtesy of the RCN:
My article covers some of the challenges faced by the program and how they are being addressed. If you are interested, please check it out!
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| Ceremonial cutting of steel for the first River Class destroyer and the first Canadian Coast Guard AOPV. |
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