returned to port after an oil leak was discovered in one of the engine rooms. The vessel's departure for the Mediterranean was delayed. The oil leak was repaired and Halifax sailed for the Mediterranean, where the frigate spent six months. The vessel returned to Canada on 24 January 2020. Halifax departed Canada on 1 January 2021 to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) for six months. Upon the vessel's arrival on 18 January in Lisbon, Portugal, command was transferred to Halifax as the flagship of the unit. Upon the ship's return to Canada on 19 July, the crew was ordered to isolate aboard the ship in Halifax, after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19. A second sailor tested positive for COVID-19 on 20 July, and later a third. On 22 February 2022 the federal government announced that Halifax would depart again to accompany HMCS Montreal for Operation Reassurance to provide additional military support, regional security and humanitarian assistance to Central and Eastern Europe in the wake of Russian aggression in Ukraine. Halifax departed Canada with a crew of 253 on 19 March 2022 to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 in the Baltic Sea. References Notes Citations Sources External links Marine Log Port Visits Fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigates 1988 ships Ships built in New Brunswick 2010 Haiti earthquake relief