The Royal Canadian Navy will be dropping anchor in North Van this weekend as 'fleet week' rolls out the red carpet to the public at Burrard Dry Dock Pier
The Royal Canadian Navy will be making a splash in North Vancouver this weekend as “fleet week” rolls out the red carpet to the public May 3-5 at Burrard Dry Dock Pier.
The Princess Royal, as she is also known, will be attending the event in her capacity as honorary Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Pacific fleet. The Princess will later travel onboard the vessel back to its home port of Esquimalt on Vancouver Island, where she will receive a 21-gun salute as the ship enters Esquimalt Harbour.
The Princess Royal has a number of honorary military positions and regularly shows up at official engagements in military uniform, he noted.In North Vancouver, the public will have chance to get up close to the Navy with tours of a Halifax-class patrol frigate HMCS Vancouver, Kingston-class maritime coastal defence vessels and Orca-class training vessels running from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 3; from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 4; and from noon to 5 p.m.
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