Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard

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Esquimalt Royal Naval Dockyard
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Type	Shipyard, dockyard
Built	1842
In use	1842 — present
Controlled by	Royal Navy 1842-1910, Royal Canadian Navy 1910-1968, Canadian Forces Maritime Command 1968-present
Garrison	Royal Navy base in western North America 1842-1905; Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command 1905-1968; Canadian Forces Pacific Command 1968-present

Esquimalt Royal Naval Dockyard was a major Royal Navy yard on Canada's Pacific coast from 1842 to 1905.

Located in Esquimalt, British Columbia, adjacent to Victoria, British Columbia, to replace a base in Chile as the home of the Royal Navy's Pacific Squadron and was the only Royal Navy base in western North America. Esquimalt was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1905. It is now home to the Canadian Forces Pacific Command (CFB Esquimalt).

[edit] See also

• List of Royal Navy ships in the Pacific Northwest
• CFB Esquimalt
• Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
• Grand River Naval Depot
• Pentanguishene Naval Yard
• Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard
• Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard
• Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
• Naval Shipyards, York (Upper Canada)

[edit] References

• Canadian Historical Naval Ships and Yards