HMCS
Max Bernays
will be deployed to the Indo-Pacific in 2024 as part of the country’s effort to deepen its naval engagement in the region.
(Royal Canadian Navy)

A Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Harry DeWolf-class Arctic patrol vessel will be deployed to the Indo-Pacific as part of the country’s effort to deepen its naval engagement in the region.

This deployment was announced by Canadian Minister of National Defence Bill Blair during his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2024 in Singapore on 2 June.

The vessel, HMCS Max Bernays, will join the RCN’s supply ship MV Asterix and a Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver and 300 Canadian Armed Forces personnel at Exercise ‘RIMPAC 2024′, the minister added.

Another Halifax-class frigate, HMCS Montréal, which was said to be at Port Klang, Malaysia, on 2 June, was also present in the region at the time of his speech.

Montréal is one of three RCN frigates that will be deployed to the Indo-Pacific region in 2024, Blair said. This decision to deploy three frigates to the region per year was first announced by the Canadian government in 2022.

Meanwhile, Max Bernays