NAC News – Edition K672 HMCS Longueuil
Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of June 13, 2026
Edition K672 HMCS Longueuil (River Class Frigate) Quote: “The world’s shipowners have placed orders for a record number of new oil supertankers, surpassing a boom back in 2008 that ultimately led to a glut and a collapse in rates. There are currently 262 supertankers, each capable of hauling 2 million barrels of crude oil, on order at shipyards around the world, according to Clarkson Research Services Ltd., a unit of the world’s largest shipbroker. The number, which would be enough to handle the entirety of the vast US crude oil-export program, exceeds the prior peak, set in October 2008. The current tankers boom, and the potential for it to seed the next downturn, was a constant talking point when players gathered in Athens last week for the industry’s biennial Posidonia gathering.” Newbuild Supertanker Orders Hit Record High, Surpassing 2008 Peak, gCaptain, Alex Longley and Weilun Soon (Bloomberg), 8 June 2026.
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Conference (MASS) St. John’s Convention Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
19 October 2026 ABCDMI Seaspan Industry Engagement Day Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC
20 – 21 October 2026 ABCDMI Business Opportunities Conference & Trade Show, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC
THIS WEEK’S SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE
The 2029 warning: NATO’s race to rearm ahead of Russia
US and Iran exchange strikes across Middle East for second day in a row with After US Airstrikes, Iran Declares Hormuz “Closed” to All Vessel Traffic
CANADA
The $1 Trillion Plan: Inside Canada’s Massive Military Buildup | Your Morning (Editor – impactful 5:16 min video)
First Canadian River-class destroyer to have its keel laid in June (Editor – today!) with Celebrating the keel laying for the first River-class destroyer & Cérémonie de pose de la quille du premier destroyer de la classe Fleuves et rivières
Korean sub departs Canada hoping to secure a contract worth billions (Editor – 0:54 sec CTV video) with Canada South Korea Naval Exercise Completed Off British Columbia
WASS, Magellan Explore Torpedo Production Partnership in Canada
RCN Our Navy Today Volume 9 Issue 5 & Actualité de notre marine volume 9 numéro 5 containing Vice-Admiral Topshee to be the next Vice Chief of the Defence Staff & Le vice-amiral Topshee sera le prochain Vice-chef d’état-major de la Défense
and Le Vam Topshee revient sur son mandat de commandant de la Marine royale canadienne & Vice-Admiral Topshee reflects on his time as Commander of the RCN
Editor – Canadian Naval Review, Volume 22, No. 1 is out. Here are two of the freely available articles Marking the 35th Anniversary of the Gulf War and Dollars and Sense: Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy considering a subscription?
60 Seconds with NCdt Ethyn Ko, Captain of the RMC Sailing Team (Editor – 1 :32 min video) & Soixante secondes avec l’aspm Ethyn Ko, capitaine de l’équipe de voile du CMR (Éditeur – 1 min 32 vidéo)
What Canada’s Defence Industry Actually Looks Like
HMCS Willian Hall arrives in LONDON | Canadian Navy (Editor – 1:32 min video)
Ottawa’s mixed fleet of F-35s and Gripens could total more than 100 aircraft, sources say
Ottawa Wants Future Canadian Army HIMARS to Deploy Long-range Anti-ship Missiles
Scenic Cedar Cove is now a construction site as removal plans for MSC Baltic III begin (Editor – 2:11 min CBC news video) and the old rescue MSC Baltic III: Spectacular rescue (Editor – 2:45 min CCG video)
NAC Naval Affairs: Bibliography Women in the RCN (Editor – NAC Naval Affairs Papers, Briefing Notes, Niobe Papers, and much more. Please share with people you think may benefit from the knowledge, after all, that’s what your naval affairs programme is all about; enlightening Canadians about maritime affairs and the need for the RCN.
USA & AMERICAS and the Caribbean Sea
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 8, 2026
Ships Carrying Humanitarian Aid Continue to Arrive in Cuba
U.S. Navy Rethinking the Design of Its Ford-class Aircraft Carriers (Editor – 8:47 min video)
Navy chaplains to remove rank insignia from all working and utility uniforms (Editor – old school)
Pentagon Eyes New USV for Indo-Pacific Contested Logistics
How US Aircraft Carriers Defend Against Hypersonic Missiles (Editor – 15:55 min video)
How Aircraft Carriers Sweep Deadly Sea Mines Before They Destroy an Entire Navy Fleet
Why the US Navy’s “Dead” Railgun Just Fired Again (Editor – a wow 16:10 min video)
Why the US Navy’s Oldest Carrier Became a “Nuclear Hostage” (Editor – 18:02 min video)
Inside The US Navy’s Brand New $3 Billion USS IDAHO First Look
U.S. Coast Guard Announces Alaska Homeport for Two Arctic Security Cutters
NASSCO launches, christens US Navy’s seventh fleet oiler
US Navy Accepts Sixth John Lewis-Class Replenishment Oiler Vessel
Panama Canal to Reduce Neopanamax Draft Limit as El Niño Concerns Mount
Jan de Nul Wins Contract to Dig Argentina’s $10 Billion Waterway
Navy’s Unmanned Vessels Key to $81 Million Cocaine Seizure in Caribbean
INDO-PACIFIC
Pacific Ocean and 22+ marginal seas:
Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to Lead 2026 Rim of the Pacific Exercise
Taiwan Says Chinese Coast Guard, Research Ships Near Key S. China Sea Islands &
Taiwan Coast Guard ‘Expels’ Chinese Ships From Restricted Waters
Mystery platform? China says it was carrying out research at Scarborough Shoal
Chinese Flotilla Surges East of Taiwan Amid Spat with the Philippines, Japan
After years of disputes, South Korea and Japan restart joint naval exercise
South Korea goes full steam ahead on nuclear-powered submarines
China’s new N-powered carrier and Three Ways to Understand China’s Aircraft Carrier Building Spree
China’s rail gun milestone: guided projectile prototype passes real firing test
China conducts test flight of a giant coil array. Can it detect nuclear submarines?
Taiwan to Boost Naval Fleet’s Firepower With 1,200+ Sea Sword II Missiles
CNR: A View from the West: A ‘Reunified’ China in 2027?
US Approves $1.5B Sale of Helicopters to New Zealand
Used subs is a minor adjustment
North Korea Sees Nuclear Deterrent Role For Navy
Austal: First Evolved Cape-class patrol boat launched for ABF
Indian Ocean and 4 major marginal seas:
Know Why India Loaded Nuclear Warheads Onto Its Missiles And Submarines
U.S. Boards Sanctioned Tanker as Iran Maritime Blockade Expands Into Indian Ocean
India Unveils First Look At Indigenous P-76 Conventional Submarine
US Navy submarine support hub begins operations in Western Australia and US Navy revives Submarine Squadron 3 to support SRF-West in Australia
Defence ministry signs ₹449 crore deal for 20 indigenous Navy GNSS jammers
EUROPE
Black, Azov, and Caspian Seas:
Is Russia losing the war in Ukraine? (Editor – 2:12 min video)
Ukraine’s new ‘hornet’ drone (Editor – latest drone tech 1:32 min video)
Russia Attacks Two Civilian Search-and-Rescue Ships in the Black Sea
Mystery Surrounds Drone Explosion in Port of Constanta (Editor – in Romania a NATO member) with Ukraine strikes cargo ships and admits Romania drone blast
Ukraine says missiles hit military plant deep inside Russia
Baltic Sea:
Made For The Baltic Sea: Germany’s Type 212A Submarine (Editor – 9:05 min video)
Russian builder sets July start for salvage of wrecked tug
BALTOPS 2026 Exercise Begins with Russia Holds Naval Drills in Baltic Sea During Major NATO Exercises
Mediterranean Sea and its 15 marginal seas:
General:
British Defence Minister Resigns as Defense Budget Increase Evaporate
Why are all of Britain’s attack submarines in port?
UK boarding ops: After authority granted, why the hesitancy at the tip of the spear?
STM Launches Second Vessel of Malaysia’s LMS Batch II Project in Istanbul
Four Indian Seafarers Rescued from Abandoned Ship After 10 Months
EU Unveils 21st Russia Sanctions Package Targeting Shadow Fleet, Banks, LNG Tankers
Spanish company to supply 47 naval weapon stations to Portuguese Navy
Building RFA Resurgent: inside the Royal Navy’s Fleet Solid Support ship programme
MIDDLE EAST
‘Iran has time on their side’ as Americans question war, former chief of defense staff says (Editor – CDAI 3:18 min video)
The end of the American way of war?
More than 50 Iranian military bases damaged in US strikes since start of war, satellite images show
U.S. strikes Iranian radar sites after shooting down Iran-launched drones
US Navy’s destroyer fires Tomahawk missile during strikes on Iran
In apparent first, Navy drone boat rescues helicopter crew downed at sea and Why a Downed US Navy Pilot Becomes the Perfect “Bait” (Editor – 19:13 min video)
Crew Evacuated After ‘Suspicious’ Tanker Fire Near Oman’s Masirah Island
U.S. Forces Disable Sanctioned Shadow-Fleet Tanker Bound for Iran oops ‘Please send help’: Crew’s distress call after ship hit by US missile
Houthis to Impose ‘Complete Ban’ on Israeli Ships in Red Sea
What we know about US sea drone used in helicopter crew rescue mission
EU Sanctions IRGC Navy Unit Over Strait of Hormuz Toll System
Clearing the Strait: How Autonomous Systems Are Redefining Mine Countermeasure Operations
Why Oil’s Not at $200 After the Biggest Supply Shock in History
U.S. Counts Far More Hormuz Ship Transits Than Commercial Tracking Data Shows and Trump Claims Covert U.S. Operation Helped 200 Ships Transit Hormuz however IMO Chief Warns No Safe Passage Exists in Hormuz Despite Rising Traffic Claims
Qatar’s Air-Defense LPD: The hybrid Al Fulk (Editor – 3:39 min video)
What may happen as oil supplies dwindle and Strait of Hormuz remains mostly closed (Editor – 5:25 min PBS News video) and another The Aluminum Shock Hitting the Global Economy (Editor – unintended consequence in a 11:39 min video)
Armed Security Team Repels Suspected Pirate Attack Off Yemen
Treasury Blacklists Six More LPG Carriers for Moving Iranian Gas
ARCTIC, 7 marginal seas and Canada’s archipelago (Editor – a new section)
CMSN: ‘All Roads’ The Arctic Circle Rome Forum and Emerging Power Transitions by Marc Lanteigne, May 2026
NATO turns drone Task Force X to the Arctic
Nuclear-powered Leopard heads to sea after 15 years of modernisation
GLOBAL INTERESTS
SCUTTLEBUTT
Replenishment, Repair, Reinforcement & Replacements: The Secret Strategy Behind Midway (Editor – why “support” ships matter in a 13:38 min video)
The Secret Submarine Battles of the Cold War (Editor – 52:06 min video)
THIS WEEK IN RCN/MARITIME HISTORY
13 June 1941 Newfoundland’s sea defences are brought under Canadian control with the appointment of Commodore L.W. Murray, RCN, as the commander of Newfoundland Force.
13 June 1944 A Canso from RCAF Squadron 162 sank U-715 east of the Faroes.
14 June 1941 Warships of the Newfoundland Escort Force begin convoy escort operations in the North Atlantic Ocean.
14 June 1957 HMCS Magnificent, Canada’s second aircraft carrier (after Warrior, and if you don’t count Nabob and Puncher), was decommissioned and returned to the RN in Plymouth UK.
15 June 1920 The demobilization of the wartime RCN is completed with the disbandment of the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve (RNCVR).
15 June 1938 – HMCS Ottawa (II) is commissioned at Chatham, England.
15 June 1940 SS Erik Boye is sunk by submarine U38 in passage off Land’s End thereby becoming the first Canadian flagged merchant ship to be sunk as a casualty of the Battle of the Atlantic.
16 June 1921 The Royal Naval College of Canada is closed.
16 June 1943 HMCS Waskesiu is commissioned into the RCN, becoming the first of seventy RCN River Class frigates built in Canada. Seventy-three of the “twin-screwed corvettes” of the River or Loch-class were built in British yards and 8 more in Australia. Canadian CNS Rear Admiral Percy Nelles suggested reviving the out-of-use term “frigate” and the name took.
17 June 1913 The Canadian Arctic Expedition ship HMCS/DGS/CGS Karluk (Alutiiq for “fish”), originally a tender for the Alaskan salmon fishery industry sailed from Esquimalt harbour after undergoing repairs and refitting at the dockyard. The Karluk eventually became trapped in the arctic sea ice north of Alaska and after drifting around she was eventually crushed on 11 January 1914. After months of heroic efforts, the crew was eventually rescued by a rescue expedition of two ships and returned to Nome Alaska 13 Sept 1914. Of the 25 crew that safely evacuated Karluk before she went down, 11 died and 14 survived.
17 June 1932 The Cymbeline, an oil tanker at the Canadian Vickers Co. dry dock in Montreal’s east end, exploded around 4 a.m. Thirty people died, including Montreal’s fire chief and three firefighters, in one of the worst workplace tragedies in the city’s history. The explosion is thought to have been sparked by a rivet puncturing an oil tank on the ship. The dead included workers who were repairing the ship’s deck and hull. Dozens of others suffered burns and other injuries.
17 June 1991 The Government of Canada announces the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea and the Gulf and Kuwait medal.
18 June 1940 French cruiser Emile Bertin arrives in Halifax with $305 million in gold from the Bank of France; gold released after the war.
19 June 1812 The United States formally declares war against Great Britain.
19 June 1951 HMCS Cayuga begins the second of three tours to Korea.
19 June 1952 HMCS Oriole was commissioned as a sail training vessel. Still serving today she has the double distinction of the being the RCN’s longest serving vessel and the only one with the unique battle honour “Dunkirk 1940” granted in perpetuation of her name from an RN ship that had won that honour.
19 June 2015 The RCAF took first delivery of Cyclone CH-148 Block 1 helicopters. These were the first of twenty-seven Cyclones delivered to the RCAF. The Cyclone entered its first trials with a Halifax-class Frigate February 2010. One aircraft (Stalker-22) was lost tragically lost in the Mediterranean 29 April 2020 while the aircraft was serving aboard HMCS Fredericton as part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) under Operation REASSURANCE. Four RCAF crew were killed, and two RCN passengers also perished.
Significant RCN Dates – If you notice any omissions or errors please inform me. Pointing out any more modern significant dates is encouraged. The list draws primarily from the Directory of History and Heritage’s comprehensive “Significant Dates in Canadian Military History”, the now defunct “Canada Channel”, “Legion Magazine”, The Naval Service of Canada, Its Official History Vol 1-3, NAC member Roger Litwiller’s excellent web site, encyclopedic guidance from NAC member Fraser McKee, the Uboat.net site, and anywhere else I can find credible information. Recently “Guardians of the North” written by NAC members Rich Gimblett & Karl Gagnon. For the merchant ship history, a special thanks to NAC member Bill Dziadyk for his able assistance and detailed work. The RCN lost 1,965 men and 24 ships during the War, most of them in the Atlantic. A comprehensive list of the staggering merchant losses – sunk, damaged, or lost – Canadian Merchant Ship Losses of the Second World War, 1939-1945 by Rob Fisher {Revised June 2001}, and for the loss of individual personnel RCN Ship Histories, Convoy Escort Movements, Casualty Lists 1939-1947) Last and far from least Gary Weir’s For Prosperity’s Sake RCN historical project site.
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