His 4,800-ton warship, the frigate HMCS Ottawa, weaves and dodges between dozens of commercial fishing boats and merchant vessels at speeds of up to 24 mph, all the while tasked with staying outside ...

Cmdr. Charles Cooper stands watch on the bridge aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) in the Taiwan Strait, Nov. 2, 2023. US Navy Photo A U.S.

TAIPEI/OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian warship passed through the Taiwan Strait in what Ottawa called a commitment to an open Indo-Pacific, drawing a rebuke from China that the naval exercise on July 31 ...

In less than a week since leaving the friendly port of Yokosuka, Japan, the Canadian warship HMCS Ottawa has had at least three interactions with suspected Chinese vessels, the most significant during ...

Ottawa is fielding its largest military contingent in years at the Rimpac drills. Whether it can sustain the commitment is ...

A Canadian military helicopter attached to a frigate based out at CFB Esquimalt has had two close encounters with Chinese fighter jets while conducting routine exercises in the South China Sea. The ...

HMCS Ottawa left CFB Esquimalt this week for a six-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region that will last into March. The ship will be part of Operation Horizon to promote stability and order in ...

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) frigate His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Ottawa made a port call here on Thursday as part of its six-day goodwill visit to strengthen its partnership ...

The HMCS Ottawa is one of the Royal Canadian Navy’s 12 Halifax-class frigates, equipped with extensive anti-submarine, anti-surface warfare, and anti-air weapons and sensors. (HMCS OTTAWA pic) The ...