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Posted: Feb 17, 2021 7:21 PM AT | Last Updated: February 17
William Hall of Hantsport, N.S., was the first Black person, the first Nova Scotian and the third Canadian to be honoured with the Victoria Cross.(CBC)
African Heritage Month was marked by a special ceremony Wednesday at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax as the keel was officially laid for the first Canadian naval vessel to be named after a Black person.
The fourth Arctic offshore patrol ship will bear the name of William Hall, who was also the first Black person to win the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857.
Posted: Jan 22, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 22
The centre block of the future HMCS Max Bernays will be moved out of the Irving Shipyard assembly hall today. (Paul Palmeter/CBC)
It s been a massive shipbuilding project that has kept the Irving Shipyard in Halifax very busy for the last five years.
Over the next two days the centre and stern mega-blocks of the future HMCS Max Bernays, Canada s third Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) for the Royal Canadian Navy, will be transported outside of the assembly hall. It was good to be able to pull off a significant amount of work and to pull it all off in the middle of a pandemic with everyone working together, said Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin McCoy. This third ship really represents a transition for us.