{"id":22451,"date":"2025-07-25T06:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22451\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T06:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:40:13","slug":"royal-canadian-navy-plans-to-retire-eight-warships-this-year-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22451\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Canadian Navy plans to retire eight warships this year &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted July 24, 2025 2:47 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/royal-canadian-navy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Canadian Navy<\/a> plans to retire some of its older warships this fall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The navy says eight of its 12 Kingston-class vessels will be removed from service following \u201cpaying off\u201d ceremonies in Halifax and Esquimalt, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753128969_722_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>The ships, officially known as Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels, were built and launched in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>They are primarily used for coastal patrols, search and rescue, law enforcement and mine detection.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11303361\/world-junior-players-nhl-trial-sex-assault\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1fbcf887b970df011875e0e15e980b822bf8d3b1bc87de420bae59bf8186467b_c343ed.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tNHL says world junior players acquitted of sex assault \u2018ineligible\u2019 to play\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11302308\/painkillers-drug-shortage-acetaminophen\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753425613_174_percocet-medication.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada is facing a nationwide shortage of these prescription painkillers\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ships have been deployed to operations in the eastern Pacific, Caribbean, off West Africa and in European waters.<\/p>\n<p>They have also taken part in many missions across Canada\u2019s three oceans.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 24, 2025 2:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font 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