Royal Canadian Navy Ship • RIMPAC Operations • Pacific Ocean

Royal Canadian Navy Ship

Royal Canadian Navy Ship HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) conducts helicopter operations, a weapons firing exercise, and drills off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific. Ten nations, 22 ships, one submarine, and more than 5,300 personnel are participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) from August 17 to 31 at sea around the Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is a biennial exercise designed to foster and sustain cooperative relationships, critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.