HMCS York is a Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Division (NRD) located in Toronto, Ontario. Dubbed a stone frigate, HMCS York is a land-based naval establishment for part-time sailors as well as a local recruitment centre for the Canadian Naval Reserve.

HMCS York / NCSM York, Toronto, Ontario. 2,699 likes · 15 talking about this · 477 were here. ⚓️ Your Naval Reserve division in Toronto | ⚓️ Votre Division de Réserve Navale à Toronto

HMCS Cabot Naval Complex 220 Southside Road St. John's, NL A1E 6E3. Telephone: (709) 570-4766 Recruiting: (709) 570-4719 Email: [email protected]

Mar 24, 2021 · Straight out of high school in 1986, Lieutenant Commander Paul Smith joined the Canadian Naval Reserve (CNR) as an Ordinary Seaman at Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) York. Thirty-five years later, he’s returning to the unit as its first Black Commander and 33rd, relieving Water Moniz.

Azure a white rose of York rayonne Or. Significance. The ship was named after the former name of the City of Toronto, in which it is located, and the first British commercial craft on Lake Ontario. The badge design was furnished by the Admiralty who have graciously granted its use as the ship's badge for York. Motto. BON ESPOIR (Good hope) Colours

HMCS YORK is proud to be Toronto’s Naval Reserve Division. The ship, a historic “stone frigate” building, has a strength of 300+ Non-Commissioned Members and Officers, with most training part-time, and some serving full time on voluntary contract availability.

HMCS York is a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve Division located in Toronto, Ontario. Before the move to its current location on Lake Shore Boulevard West, it had been situated on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition.

Oct 18, 2021 · With those words, Jamaican-born Paul Smith officially took control of Her Majesty Canadian Ship (HMCS) York, becoming its first Black Commander. The Change of Command ceremony took place on October 2. He relieves Walter …

HMCS YORK is the largest of the 24 Reserve divisions of the Royal Canadian Navy and is very active in its mission of providing trained sailors to meet the operational requirements assigned to the Reserves by the Commander, Royal Canadian Navy.

HMCS York is one of several naval shore facilities that bears the designation HMCS. After the formation of Naval Service of Canada in 1910, warships were given the prefix HMCS with the "C" representing Canadian as a way to differentiate Canadian from British warships.