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HMCS ''Montcalm'' is a
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based in
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, Quebec. As with all Naval Reserve divisions, its approximately 150 sailors specialize in domestic emergency readiness, port inspection diving, naval intelligence, and the recruiting and retention of personnel who supplement the Royal Canadian Navy on board ship and at shore establishments.History of HMCS Montcalm - http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/navres/units/navres_units-ships_e.asp?category=94&title=890


Operations

HMCS ''Montcalm'' personnel provide on-going augmentation to Royal Canadian Navy operations and exercises on ships and at shore establishments on a full- and part-time basis. Domestically, HMCS ''Montcalm'' contributes assets in the form of personnel and equipment to aid to the civil power operations. In the past, these have included the 1995 G7 summit in
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, the
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, the 1998 ice storm, the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111, the
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in
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, and the 2011 floods on the
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in Quebec and throughout
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. Throughout the Cold War, HMCS ''Montcalm'' provided hundreds of trained augmentees in support of naval and joint operations, as well as to the
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and the First Gulf War. The unit also provided personnel to the Afghanistan war and subsequent training mission, and to numerous
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peacekeeping missions and
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operations.


Commanding officers

The following officers were commanding officer of HMCS ''Montcalm'': :* Sub-lieutenant C.L. Gauvreau (1923–1925) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
L.J.M. Gauvreau (1925) :* Sub-lieutenant J.A.C. Pettigrew (1925–1935) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
J.M.E. Beaudoin-Lemieux (1935–1937) :* Sub-lieutenant J.A.C. Pettigrew (1937–1938) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
F.A. Price (1938–1940) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
K.L. Johnson (1940–1942) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
R.M.S. St-Laurent (1942–1943) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
E.F. Noel (1943–1946) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
T.S.R. Peacock (1946) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
M.J.A.T. Jetté (1946–1947) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
J.B.A. Berubé (1947–1949) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
E.F. Noel (1949–1951) :*
Lieutenant (navy) LieutenantThe pronunciation of ''lieutenant'' is generally split between , , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and , , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. (abbreviated Lt, LT (U.S. ...
M.J.A.T. Jetté (1951–1952) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
W.G. Mylett (1952–1956) :* Commander P. Langlais (1956–1962) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
W.G. Mylett (1962–1963) :* Commander J.P. Jobin (1963–1968) :* Commander P.J. Gwyn (1968–1971) :* Commander R. Langlois (1971–1974) :* Commander J. Dallaire (1974–1977) :* Commander P. Houle (1977–1981) :* Commander J.C. Michaud (1981–1986) :* Commander P. Houle (1986–1989) :* Commander J. Leveillé (1989–1993) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
C.R. LeClerc (1993–1994) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
P. Tessier (1994–1996) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
G. Ross (1996–1998) :* Commander A. Dubuc (1998–2003) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
M. Audy (2003–2006) :* Commander L. Morin (2006–2009) :* Commander É. Landry (2009–2012) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
P.L. Girard (2012–2015) :*
Lieutenant-commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...
J.Y.G. Boulet (2015–2018) :* Commander P.L. Girard (2018–2019) :* Commander J.Y.G. Boulet (2019–2020) :* Commander M. Bouchard (2020–present)


See also

*
Canadian Forces } The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; french: Forces armées canadiennes, ''FAC'') are the unified military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Forc ...
*
Royal Canadian Navy The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; french: Marine royale canadienne, ''MRC'') is the naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2021, the RCN operates 12 frigates, four attack submar ...
*
Stone Frigate A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land. "Stone frigate" is an informal term that has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the French in 1803–04. ...


References

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