HCMS Oriole
The HMCS Oriole (KC 480) is the Sail Training Vessel of the Canadian
Navy based at CFB Esquimalt in Victoria, British Columbia. She is a
31 metre sailing ketch, currently the oldest commissioned vessel in
the Canadian Navy, and also the longest serving commissioned ship.
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The Oriole was originally
laid down as the Oriole IV, the successor in a line of vessels named
Oriole that were in service as the flagships for the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club of Toronto, Ontario. During World War II, she was chartered
by the Royal Canadian Navy as a training vessel. In 1949 she was again
chartered by the Navy as a new recruit training vessel, and subsequently
moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1951. She was officially commissioned
HMCS Oriole 19 June 1952 and two years later the navy moved her to CFB
Esquimalt to become a training vessel to the Naval Officer Training
Centre.
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