HMCS Carleton

HMCS Carleton
Active	1941–present
Country	Canada
Branch	Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Stone frigate
Role	Reserve unit
Size	Approx. 230
Garrison/HQ	79 Prince of Wales Dr Ottawa ON K1A 0K2
Motto(s)	Vincemus Armus (With These Arms We Conquer)
Colors	Scarlet and White
Equipment	24 ft RHIB (ZH-733 CDO)
Battle honours	Lake Champlain, 1776
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant-Commander Carmen Lapointe

HMCS Carleton is a Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Division (NRD) located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dubbed a stone frigate, HMCS Carleton is a land-based naval establishment.

In 1923, the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) was established. This Reserve Force was organized into companies and half companies located in fourteen cities across Canada. In 1935, the name of the Ottawa Half-Company was changed to the "Ottawa Division of the RCNVR".

Just prior to Canada's declaration of war on Germany, the government called the Reserve into active service. For the duration of hostilities, the Ottawa Division concentrated on the recruitment and basic training of seamen. By the end of the war some 4,620 officers and men had enlisted through the Ottawa Reserve Division.

On 1 November 1941, the Ottawa Division was commissioned as HMCS Carleton. It was named after HMS Carleton, a schooner which took part in the Battle of Valcour Island, in 1776, during the American War of Independence. The schooner was named after Governor Guy Carleton.

On 17 December 1943 HMCS Carleton moved to its current facilities at Canadian Forces Reserve Barrack Dow's Lake, when the new "stone frigate" was inaugurated in the presence of Major General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada. In 1944, a new type of naval presence was added to Carleton when the barracks blocks were occupied by the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRENS). New training facilities were then added to Carleton in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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