List of aircraft of the Royal Canadian Navy

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Royal Canadian Navy Grumman Tracker banking away.

Template:Sister project This is a list of aircraft of the Royal Canadian Navy covering the period until 1968 when all aircraft operations were transferred to the newly unified Canadian Armed Forces, originally with Maritime Command and since 1975 with Air Command, which has subsequently been renamed as the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

Prior to World War II (WWII) the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) did not operate aircraft. During World War I, the Royal Navy Canadian Air Service, a component of the Royal Naval Air Service, used seaplanes to carry out anti-submarine patrols off the Canadian East Coast. After the United States entered the war, the United States Navy established two seaplane bases in Nova Scotia for similar patrols, and the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service (RCNAS) was formed to assume responsibility for these flights; however, the war ended before the RCNAS was ready to operate independently, so it was disbanded and the two bases were deactivated and handed over to the Air Board.

During WWII, Canadian personnel manned the carriers Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (from 1943 until torpedoed in 1944) and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (from 1944 until returned to the US in 1946), with their complement of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) carrier based aircraft. Canadian naval aviators including pilots of the RCN Volunteer Reserve also served in the FAA aboard carriers of the Royal Navy Pacific Fleet.

With the loan of Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in 1946, the RCN received its first aircraft, operating Fairey Firefly fighter-bombers and Supermarine Seafire fighters loaned from the Royal Navy. When both aircraft and the ship failed to meet Canadian requirements, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". was purchased in 1948, along with Hawker Sea Fury fighters and in 1950, Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers.

From then until 1968, the RCN operated a variety of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. After the Canadian Forces sold off Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in 1970, Canadian naval vessels operated only Sea King helicopters. The Trackers were transferred to land bases to perform coastal patrols, while the Sikorsky HO4S plane-guard helicopters were retired, and other types still in service were allocated as per their RCAF equivalents.

Aircraft that remained in service after unification are highlighted in blue.

Aircraft

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Name 1968 CF
designator		 Place of
manufacture		 Primary
role(s)		 Service
period		 #
used		 Notes
Avro Anson Mk.V n/a UK, Canada utility/trainer 1946–1952 2 [1] ex-Royal Canadian Air Force
Beechcraft Expeditor Script error: No such module "sort". US transport/trainer 1952–1960 10 [2] ex-Royal Canadian Air Force
Bell HTL-4 & HTL-6 n/a US utility helicopter 1951–1967 8 [3]
Canadair Silver Star Script error: No such module "sort". Canada trainer 1955–2002 16 [4][5] ex-Royal Canadian Air Force
de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth n/a UK, Canada trainer 1948–1957 3 [3] ex-Royal Canadian Air Force
Fairey Albacore n/a UK torpedo bomber 1943–1949 6 [note 1]
Fairey Firefly n/a UK fighter strike-reconnaissance 1946–1953 76 on loan.[6][7][note 2]
Fairey Swordfish n/a UK torpedo bomber 1946–1948 22 [8][note 2]
Grumman Avenger n/a US torpedo bomber/ASW/AEW 1950–1960 125 [9][10][note 3][note 4]
Grumman CS2F Tracker CP-121 US, Canada ASW 1956–1994 100 [9][note 5]
Hawker Sea Fury n/a UK fighter 1948–1957 75 [13][14][15][note 6]
McDonnell F2H Banshee n/a US fighter 1955–1962 39 [16][17][note 3]
North American Harvard n/a Canada trainer 1946–1958 36 [note 7][note 8]
Piasecki HUP-3 Retriever n/a US rescue/utility helicopter 1954–1964 3 [18][note 9]
Schweizer SGS 2-12 n/a US training glider 1946–1949 1 [23]
Sikorsky CHSS-2 Sea King CH-124 US, Canada ASW helicopter 1963–2018 41 [18]
Sikorsky HO4S n/a US rescue/ASW helicopter 1952–1970 13 [18][24][note 10]
Supermarine Seafire n/a UK fighter 1946–1954 35 on loan.[18][note 2]
Supermarine Walrus n/a UK utility amphibian 1946–1946 4 [27][note 2][note 11]

See also

References

Notes

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  1. ↑ transferred to RCN but never flown
  2. ↑ a b c d ex-Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
  3. ↑ a b ex-US Navy
  4. ↑ Extensively modified for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role, number includes Airborne early warning (AEW) variant.
  5. ↑ 102 RCN CS2F serial numbers were assigned. 99 Trackers built under licence by de Havilland Canada were assigned RCN serial numbers 1502-1600 and used operationally. One US-built S2F-1 was obtained for manufacturing verification and was assigned RCN number 1500. In 1954, this aircraft was given serial number X-500 and was reassigned to operational testing. In 1956, it was upgraded to CS2F-1 standards and assigned serial number 1501, and was used as a stationary instructional airframe at Shearwater until 1972.[11] It is not known whether this aircraft was ever assigned a U.S. Navy bureau number.[12]
  6. ↑ One FB.10 and 74 FB.11
  7. ↑ ex-Royal Canadian Air Force
  8. ↑ Built by Noorduyn and Canadian Car & Foundry
  9. ↑ Ex-US Army, built as H-25A and transferred to RCN in May 1954,[19][20] modified and redesignated on delivery to conform to US Navy HUP-3 standards[21][22]
  10. ↑ Originally three HO4S-2 and ten HO4S-3; both remaining airworthy HO4S-2 aircraft upgraded to HO4S-3 standards in 1955-1956[25][26]
  11. ↑ Used by No.1 Naval Air Gunner School/743 Fleet Requirements Unit

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Citations

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  1. ↑ Pettipas, 1986, p.9 & 42
  2. ↑ Pettipas, 1986, p.42 & 80
  3. ↑ a b Griffin, 1969, p.495
  4. ↑ Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star (T-bird) 1955 accessdate: 21 January 2014
  5. ↑ Pettipas, 1986, p.59
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.12, 589,
  8. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.589
  9. ↑ a b Griffin, 1969, p.13
  10. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.601-602
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  13. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.14
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Walker, R.W.R. Sea Fury detailed list, 2004. accessdate: 21 January 2014.
  16. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.15
  17. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.602
  18. ↑ a b c d Griffin, 1969, p.17
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  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Pettipas, 1986, p.10 & 25
  24. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.602-603
  25. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.17, 511 & 573

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Bibliography

Posting War Ship Listings: Postwar Canadian Ship Listing 1945–Present

  • Griffin, John A. Canadian Military Aircraft Serials & Photographs 1920 - 1968. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, Publication No. 69-2, 1969.
  • Molson, Ken M. and Harold A. Taylor. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. Template:ISBN.
  • Walker, R.W.R. [url: http://www.rwrwalker.ca/ Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers], 2004. accessdate: 21 January 2014.
  • Howard, John. Royal Canadian Navy Aircraft Serial Numbers accessdate: 21 January 2014.
  • Pettipas, Leo. Canadian Naval Aviation 1945-1968. L. Pettipas/Canadian Naval Air Group, Winnipeg: 1986, Template:ISBN
  • Pettipas, Leo. Aircraft of the RCN. L. Pettipas/Canadian Naval Air Group, Winnipeg: 1988, Template:ISBN

External links

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