{"id":1065,"date":"2013-10-25T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2013-10-25T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T17:11:00","slug":"meet-hmcs-queenston-and-hmcs-chateauguay-names-chosen-for-new-navy-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1065","title":{"rendered":"Meet HMCS Queenston and HMCS Chateauguay &#8211; Names chosen for new navy Vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhzvXTj4P_RGokp7uMos_SdUg1w-22lFRDXJjRjN4X60yNoLFxyU_4Tk4ADPhIBO4ONdCv8PyIHIlyCDcBt8kjRQY9tF7Xy6fBQLQ5UOh8EkUBGnc7raabBcooFt7ymy5364Mb2ARnMYiUE\/s1600\/joint-support-ship-jss-canada-02.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhzvXTj4P_RGokp7uMos_SdUg1w-22lFRDXJjRjN4X60yNoLFxyU_4Tk4ADPhIBO4ONdCv8PyIHIlyCDcBt8kjRQY9tF7Xy6fBQLQ5UOh8EkUBGnc7raabBcooFt7ymy5364Mb2ARnMYiUE\/s640\/joint-support-ship-jss-canada-02.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nAs predicted, The Minister of National Defence, today announced the names of the RCN&#8217;s new Joint Support Ships&nbsp; which will be built<br \/>\n by Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.under the NSPS. The two Joint<br \/>\nSupport Ships will be named HMCS<br \/>\nQueenston and HMCS Chateauguay in recognition of the significant battles<br \/>\n of Queenston Heights and Chateauguay during the War of 1812. Both vessels will be the first RCN vessels to carry these names.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, the name of a class of warship is derived from the<br \/>\nname of the first vessel in this class to be constructed. HMCS Queenston<br \/>\n will be built first, therefore, the two JSS will be known as the<br \/>\nQueenston-class. The Design is based in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.halifaxshippingnews.ca\/2013\/06\/new-support-ships-to-be-german-berlin.html\">German Berlin Class<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjccZEu1iqYvtDXM33B8WiMn354DBZCOB5dNHq0gcPoK-QNGAMCbO-irRbWCI-miu02XnFQQ-pOeUgTduz1mPP1OvZ-wFBTKy260vKWwK0lpoUzNHqzFXzsO1WIIQbyXfcuc-JYskF9w1wN\/s1600\/joint-support-ship-jss-canada-01.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjccZEu1iqYvtDXM33B8WiMn354DBZCOB5dNHq0gcPoK-QNGAMCbO-irRbWCI-miu02XnFQQ-pOeUgTduz1mPP1OvZ-wFBTKy260vKWwK0lpoUzNHqzFXzsO1WIIQbyXfcuc-JYskF9w1wN\/s320\/joint-support-ship-jss-canada-01.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a>These ships will provide underway replenishment capability, for fuel<br \/>\nand other supplies, and offer hospital facilities and strategic sealift<br \/>\nfor operations ashore. They will ensure that the military can continue<br \/>\nto monitor and defend Canadian waters and make significant contributions<br \/>\n to international naval operations. The JSS will provide Canada with a<br \/>\nmodern, task-tailored, globally deployable support capability for naval<br \/>\ntask groups for extended periods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As predicted, The Minister of National Defence, today announced the names of the RCN&#8217;s new Joint Support Ships&nbsp; which will be built by Vancouver Shipyards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navy","category-nsps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}