https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN29l3beafs
Members of the Royal Canadian Navy regularly spend months at sea, but sailing the Arctic Ocean is unlike anything most have experienced because it's so remot

https://globalnews.ca/video/9278278/life-at-sea-on-board-one-of-canadas-largest-navy-ships/
Life at sea: On board one of Canada's largest navy ships. November 14, 2022. Members of the Royal Canadian Navy regularly spend months at sea, but sailing the Arctic Ocean is unlike anything

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2024/06/construction-begins-for-canadas-new-warship-fleet--the-river-class-destroyers.html
June 28, 2024 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces. Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, joined by Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Dirk Lesko, President of Irving Shipbuilding Inc., celebrated the start of construction activities for Canada's new fleet of Canadian Surface Combatants (CSC).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hmcs-ottawa-inside-look-at-life-at-sea-1.6961702
The warships each have about 240 crew members on board, teams that include navy sailors as well as air force personnel to support each ship's CH-148 helicopter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swu577TIkMI
A powerful naval task group has sailed east from ports in Canada to one of the most lawless maritime regions in the world: the Persian Gulf. As a part of a s

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/canadian-defence-minister-speaks-about-upcoming-navy-ships-national-defence-budget-1.6944517
Thursday marked a milestone for the Canadian Navy with the beginning of construction on the long-awaited "Canadian Surface Combatant" ships. A total of 15 of the ships are set to be built to

https://shipsforcanada.ca/our-stories/largest-active-combat-ship-built-in-canada-hmcs-harry-dewolf-commissioned-today
26 JUNE 2021 (Halifax, NS) - On what would have been Canadian naval hero Vice Admiral Harry DeWolf's 118 th birthday, HMCS Harry DeWolf was officially commissioned into the service of the Royal Canadian Navy at ceremonies held today at the naval Dockyard.. HMCS Harry DeWolf is the lead vessel in Canada's new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) - known as the Harry DeWolf-class

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/rcn/2021/03/new-ships-mean-improvements-in-quality-of-life-at-sea.html
Navy News / March 22, 2021. Have you ever wondered what life at sea is like aboard the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) newest ship? Equipped with the latest in cutting edge technology, Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry DeWolf, the first of six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS), is not only a state-of-the-art patrol ship, it is also

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hmcs-ottawa-east-china-sea-1.6959012
Another PLA Navy ship, a Jiangkai frigate, has been, at times, following the Canadian ships just out of visual range. Canada to 'significantly' enhance military presence in Indo-Pacific region

https://www.voanews.com/a/canada-s-navy-returns-to-arctic-after-long-absence/6392677.html
The Royal Canadian Navy's offshore patrol vessel HMCS Harry DeWolf returns after completing a circumnavigation of North America, including the arctic Northwest Passage, to its home port of Halifax

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/13/nx-s1-5004456/ernest-shackleton-last-ship-quest-found-canada
In 2022, researchers discovered another one of Shackleton's ships, the Endurance in 10,000 feet — about 3,000 meters — of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Antarctic ice. National

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/drone-boats-navy-usvs-research-automation-nato-1.6661191
Future potential. Carr said the drone ships are relatively inexpensive to build compared to other navy ships. "Sea Hunter cost $25 million and that's pretty cheap for a 130-foot ship," he said

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Navy
Ensign of Royal Canadian Navy since 2013. The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is tasked to provide maritime security along the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic coasts of Canada, exercise Canada's sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago, and support Canada's multi-national and bilateral interests overseas. It comprises the Pacific Fleet at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt, and the Atlantic Fleet at

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-only-ship-sunk-enemy-warship-battle-uss-constitution-2024-6?op=1
This US Navy warship, at well over 200 years old, is not like the sea service's other ships, though. It is basically a floating museum, but with a bit of a twist. Unlike others, it hasn't been

https://globalnews.ca/news/2675435/life-at-sea-an-inside-look-into-the-world-of-a-royal-canadian-navy-sailor/
HMCS Charlottetown is one of 12 Canadian-built multi-role patrol frigates. More than 200 people call the warship "home" when they're at sea.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/life-sea-age-sail
Life at sea in the age of sail. Life at sea during the age of sail was filled with hardship. Sailors had to accept cramped conditions, disease, poor food and pay, and bad weather. Over a period of hundreds of years, seafarers from the age of the early explorers to the time of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, shared many common experiences. Men

https://static.navy.com/navy-life/ship/
TYPES OF SHIPS. On any given day, around 50,000 Sailors are deployed globally aboard any one of approximately 100 ships. Navy vessels range in size from massive aircraft carriers to small coastal patrol ships.Each has its own capabilities, from launching aircraft or launching missiles, to keeping sea lanes open and delivering humanitarian relief.

https://www.marineinsight.com/life-at-sea/how-internet-on-ship-has-improved-the-life-of-seafarers-on-board-ships/
When the Inmarsat Fleet Broad band 500 on board ship becomes active, it gives a great relief and improves the quality of life of the crew on board. Primarily because it is FREE! Connecting to their families and friends 24/7 whether in port or at sea is superb. It makes sailing fun. The once gloomy lives of the seafarers have changed.

https://www.marineinsight.com/life-at-sea/seafaring-internet-onboard-ships-sailors-perspective/
The rollout of internet onboard ships has been the single biggest game changer for seafarers around the world. An experienced chief officer lists down the pros and cons of having internet facility on ships. ... 2023 Life At Sea. Anyone who's sailed on his or her first ship after 31/Dec/1999 is prone to hearing a common - and often

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2009/august/children-storm-life-sea-first-six-frigates
In this regard, service in these vessels reflected a Navy-wide experience. Yet in another sense, service in the six ships was anything but common. From 1797 until 1815, these frigates were the largest, swiftest, and most powerful ships in the Navy and a berth in any one of them was considered a choice assignment.

http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2023/1/12/medicine-at-sea-in-the-18th-and-19th-centuries
Historians have called these hospital ships the "medical command centre of a naval fleet" commanded by a senior surgeon with a university qualification, experience with life at sea and was responsible for the overall health of the crew.(15) The responsibilities included visiting, inspecting and other naval surgeons' medical chests

https://www.businessinsider.com/life-aboard-navy-destroyer-during-record-long-deployment-at-sea-2020-11?op=1
Extremely boring. Long, exhausting hours. It sucked. That's how one crew member from guided-missile destroyer USS Stout described the ship's record-breaking 215 days at sea during a deployment

https://www.marineinsight.com/videos/watch-royal-caribbeans-oasis-class-ships-revolutionize-the-lifeboat/
Royal Caribbean International's Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, required a new kind of lifeboat. For starters, it had to be much bigger, more than double the existing 150-person maximum capacity set by maritime regulations. "In the International Maritime Organization's SOLAS or Safety of Life At Sea regulations

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/events/tv-film-radio/181217-warship
Warship: Life at sea. 17 December 2018 - 21:00. Time: 21:00. HMS Duncan. Channel 5 documentary 'Warship: Life at Sea' documents everyday life on board Type 45 Destroyer HMS Duncan, one of the most advanced warships in the world.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/23p9kz/when_were_the_first_life_boats_used_and_when_did/
The three largest ranks of ships (The 1st through 3rd rates) could carry three a piece. The largest of these were longboats of over 50 feet. Eventually the dimensions of these boats had to be regulated too, since the ones over 50 feet often made them really hard (or impossible) to pull onto the ships and ended up being towed behind (and

https://www.marineinsight.com/life-at-sea/10-simple-things-make-seafarers-happy-board/
Respecting the promises they have kept is all a seafarer asks for the shipping companies and owners. 9. A Day Off: A luxury that is not applicable to maritime professionals, a day off on board is something that brings with it immense joy and anticipation. A rare occurrence onboard, an off day gives most seafarers a much-required day away from