FLEETS #9: Royal Australian Navy, Belgian Navy and Royal Canadian Navy today

Written by D-Mitch

This is the fifth article about various countries' navies today. In these articles, I briefly describe a country's naval fleet by reporting the ships in each type/category of warships and by providing a nice image where all the types of warships are illustrated and the units of its class are reported. I include the vessels that will enter in service this year and I have excluded those that are about to be decommissioned. I deliberately excluded many classes of auxiliary ships; those that they have "0" defence capacity and those that have secondary roles such as hydrographic survey ships, tugs, depollution vessels and training ships.

Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy in 2017 (updated) consists of the following warships:

• 2 landing helicopter dock (Canberra, Adelaide)
• 1 destroyer (Hobart)
• 11 frigates (Darwin, Melbourne, Newcastle, Anzac, Arunta, Perth, Warramunga, Stuart, Parramatta, Ballarat, Toowoomba)
• 6 submarines (Collins, Farncomb, Waller, Dechaineux, Sheean, Rankin)
• 1 landing ship dock (Choules)
• 1 replenishment ship (Sirius)
• 1 replenishment and logistic support (Success)
• 15 patrol boats (Armidale, Larrakia, Bathurst, Albany, Pirie, Maitland, Ararat, Broome, Wollongong, Childers, Launceston, Glenelg, Maryborough, Cape Inscription, Cape Fourcroy)
• 6 minehunters (Huon, Hawkesbury, Diamantina, Yarra, Gasgoyne, Norman)
• 2 hydrographic and patrol boats (Leeuwin, Melville)
• 4 hydrographic vessels (Paluma, Mermaid, Shepparton, Benalla)
• 62 ASW and tactical transport helicopters

and several other auxiliaries and training ships

Royal Australian Navy in 2017 (full fleet depicted). For a high resolution image click here.

Belgian Navy/Naval Component (Dutch: Marinecomponent, French: Composante marine)

The Belgian Navy in 2017 (updated) consists of the following warships:

• 2 frigates (Leopold I, Louise-Marie)
• 6 minehunters (Aster, Bellis, Crocus, Lobelia, Narcis, Primula)
• 1 command and logistic support ship (Godetia)
• 2 patrol boats (Castor, Pollux)

and some support and auxiliary vessels

Belgian Navy in 2017 (full fleet depicted). For a high resolution image click here.

Royal Canadian Navy (French: Marine royale canadienne)

The Royal Canadian Navy in 2017 (updated) consists of the following warships:

• 12 frigates (Halifax, Vancouver, Ville de Québec, Toronto, Regina, Calgary, Montréal, Fredericton, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Ottawa)
• 4 submarines (Victoria, Windsor, Corner Brook, Chicoutimi)
• 12 multi-mission patrol boats/mechanical minesweepers (Kingston, Glace Bay, Nanaimo, Edmonton, Shawinigan, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Goose Bay, Moncton, Saskatoon, Brandon, Summerside)

and several support and auxiliary vessels

Royal Canadian Navy in 2017 (full fleet depicted). For a high resolution image click here.