with sister ship and the supply ship , took part in RIMPAC 2018 around the Hawaiian Islands. In 2022, Vancouver and were deployed to the RIMPAC naval exercise off Hawaii followed by taking part in enforcing UN sanctions against North Korea. In September 2022, Vancouver sailed through the Taiwan Strait alongside the guided-missile destroyer in a freedom-of-navigation demonstration. Badge The ship's badge depicts a square-rigged, Royal Navy ship of the line sailing west along the ocean. The vessel in the badge is intended to represent , which, under the command of Captain George Vancouver, mapped much of North America's north-western coast and learned more about the area than had hereto been discovered. Among the geographical locations named after Vancouver is the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. The badge has been maintained through the history of all three Canadian vessels named Vancouver. Heritage The modern Vancouver is the third Canadian warship to bear the name. The first was a destroyer, among the earliest ships delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy. Formerly of the Royal Navy; she was paid off in November 1936. Less than six years later, the second was commissioned for the Second World War. A , Vancouver served until the end of the war, when she was paid off in late June 1945. It would be another forty years until the name Vancouver was once again active in the Canadian navy, when the modern Vancouver was planned as part of the Halifax class. Vancouver is one of the most often used names in Canadian naval history, with only having been used more frequently. Lineage – Vancouver First of name: Destroyer, "S" Class Ex – HMS Toreador Commissioned 1 March 1928 Paid off 25 November 1936 Second of name: Corvette, Flower Class. Commissioned 20 March 1942 Paid off 22 June 1945 Third of name: This is the current ship with the name Vancouver References Notes Citations Sources External links Vancouver (FFH 331) – official website "HMCS Vancouver" – Extant Commissioned Ships Fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigates 1989 ships Ships built in New Brunswick