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HER MAJESTYS CANADIAN DOCKYARD [2 records]

Record 1 2024-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
  • Naval Forces
OBS

Located within Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard Halifax, the Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott is the largest military industrial complex in Canada. The team is comprised of combined military and civilian personnel who support the Commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic by providing effective and efficient engineering and maintenance services toward the 15 vessels that form the Canadian Atlantic Fleet.

OBS

The Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott replaces the Canadian Forces Ship Repair Unit (Atlantic) (CFSRU(A), the Fleet Maintenance Group (Atlantic) (FMG(A) and the Naval Engineering Unit (Atlantic) (NEU(A)) that were disbanded on 1 April 1996. Cape Scott refers to a former mobile repair ship based on the East Coast.

OBS

Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott; FMF Cape Scott: designations to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces.

Key term(s)
  • Fleet Maintenance Facility - Cape Scott

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)
  • Forces navales
OBS

Située dans l'enceinte de l'arsenal canadien de Sa Majesté à Halifax, l'Installation de maintenance de la Flotte Cape Scott (IMF Cape Scott) est le complexe militaire industriel le plus vaste du Canada. L'équipe comprend à la fois du personnel militaire et civil qui appuient le commandant des Forces maritimes de l'Atlantique, en offrant des services de génie et de maintenance efficaces et rentables aux 15 bâtiments que compte la Flotte canadienne de l'Atlantique.

OBS

L'Installation de maintenance de la Flotte Cape Scott remplace l'Unité de radoub des Forces canadiennes (Atlantique) (URFC (Atlantique)), le Groupe de maintenance de la Flotte (Atlantique) (GMF(A)) et l'Unité de génie naval (Atlantique) (UGN(A)) qui ont été abolis le 1er avril 1996. Cape Scott est le nom d'un bâtiment mobile de radoub qui était basé sur la côte Est.

OBS

Installation de maintenance de la Flotte Cape Scott; IMF Cape Scott : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et des Forces armées canadiennes.

Key term(s)
  • Installation de maintenance de la Flotte - Cape Scott

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Naval Dockyards
CONT

The navy has held a historic and strategically important presence in Halifax since the founding of the Royal Naval Dockyard by the British in the mid‑18th century. The city would later become home to Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard, the hub of the Royal Canadian Navy's Atlantic Fleet.

OBS

Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard and HMC Dockyard : designations officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee and the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arsenaux navals
CONT

La Marine occupe une présence historique et stratégiquement importante à Halifax depuis la fondation de l'arsenal de la Royal Navy par les Britanniques au milieu du XVIIIe siècle. La ville est ensuite devenue l'emplacement de l'arsenal canadien de Sa Majesté, la plaque tournante de la Flotte de l'Atlantique de la Marine royale canadienne.

OBS

arsenal canadien de Sa Majesté et arsenal CSM : désignations uniformisées par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale et par la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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