• Petty Officer First Class (PO1) Adam Yardy pipes the ship as Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Oriole travels along the Hudson River to New York City, New York for Fleet Week 2019 on May 22nd 2019. Photo by: AB A.J. Domingo
  • Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Oriole travels along the Hudson River to New York City, New York for Fleet Week 2019 on May 22nd 2019. Photo by: AB A.J. Domingo
  • Lieutenant-Commander (LCdr) Andrew Foran and Petty Officer First Class (PO1) Adam Yardy demonstrate weighing anchor to cadets aboard the HMCS Oriole off the coast of Prince Edward Island during the Great Lakes Deployment on June 6th 2019. Photo by: AB A.J. Domingo
  • Cadets from Ontario and Quebec admire the gennaker aboard HMCS Oriole in Lake Ontario, Ontario during the Great Lakes Deployment on June 26th 2019. Photo by: LS A.J. Domingo
  • Cadets from Ontario and Quebec try to brave the bow during high tide, while aboard HMCS Oriole in the St. Lawrence Seaway during the Great Lakes Deployment on June 18th 2019. Photo by: LS A.J. Domingo
  • HMCS Oriole participates in the Parade of Ships as they all position to perform a Sail Pass by the Toronto lakefront during the Great Lakes Deployment on June 28th 2019. Photo by: LS A.J. Domingo
  • Leading Seaman (LS) Denis Tarasevych, Ordinary Seaman (OS) Jean Simon Degagne, Able Seaman (AB) Caitlin Clarke and Ordinary Seaman (OS) Shaheed Joe-Dewarder aboard HMCS Oriole after putting up the gennaker during the Great Lakes Deployment on July 2nd 2019. Photo by: LS A.J. Domingo

OLD BUT GOLD

HMCS Oriole is the oldest ship in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). It was built in 1921 as the flag ship for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto, ON and commissioned into the RCN in 1952. It weighs approximately 92 tonnes, has a beam of 19.5 feet, and sleeping accommodations for 22. Ketch-rigged, the HMCS Oriole is a near relative to a schooner, but differs in that its mizzen mast is smaller than its mainmast and is steeped further aft.

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ABOUT THE SHIP

When fully rigged, HMCS Oriole sets 13,133 square feet of Dacron sail. These tremendous sails are all manhandled; there is not a winch on the ship. HMCS Oriole’s hull is steel, however its decks, cabin house, skylights and hatches are all made of teak; it is a sturdy ocean cruiser and valuable for team work and seamanship training. Its participation in racing is primarily to give inexperienced crews further opportunities for training.

  • Nationality: Canada
  • Year built: 1921
  • Home port: Esquimalt
  • Rig: Bm Ketch
  • Height: 16.83 m
  • Length of hull: 12.90 m
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