Maritime Engineering Journal

The Fleet Maintenance Facilities at 25! [Issue 96]

April 1, 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the stand-up of the Royal Canadian Navy's hard-working dockyard Fleet Maintenance Facilities — FMF Cape Scott (FMFCS) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and FMF Cape Breton (FMFCB) in Esquimalt, British Columbia.

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From SRUP to FMF Cape Breton – A Complex Transition [Issue 96]

I joined Ship Repair Unit Pacific (SRUP) as its last commanding officer in the summer of 1994, at a time when the federal government was instituting huge budget cutbacks.

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Canadian Surface Combatant Project: The Personnel and Training Program for Canada's Major Warship Replacement [Issue 96]

This is the second in a series of articles on the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) Project (see MEJ 93), a series that aims to provide updates on progress, and stimulate conversation within the naval technical community on the challenges and interesting opportunities associated with this complex procurement.

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