  the fleet of the royal canadian navy consists of the surface warships, submarines and auxiliary vessels operated by the royal canadian navy, the maritime component of the canadian forces. the current fleet consists of 66 vessels, including 34 commissioned vessels. commissioned vessels carry the designation 'her majesty's canadian ship' (hmcs) in reference to the monarch and head of state of canada. auxiliary vessels carry the designation 'canadian forces auxiliary vessel' (cfav) since the unification of the canadian forces in 1968.  ==current fleet== ===warships=== ====halifax class frigate====  the backbone of the royal canadian navy, the twelve halifax-class frigates are multi-role patrol surface vessels that carry the sikorsky ch-124 sea king helicopters of the royal canadian air force as well as anti-submarine torpedoes and anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles. these ships, built by saint john shipbuilding of saint john, new brunswick and mil-davie shipbuilding of lauzon, quebec, were commissioned between 1992 and 1996 and named after canadian cities. the ships are undergoing the frigate life extension (felex) through to 2016. {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;" |- !colspan=5|active halifax-class frigates |- !name !pennant number !commissioned !builder !fleet |- | hmcs halifax || ffh 330 || 29 june 1992 || saint john shipbuilding || atlantic |- | hmcs vancouver || ffh 331 || 23 august 1993 || saint john shipbuilding || pacific |- | hmcs ville de quÃ©bec || ffh 332 || 14 july 1994 || mil davie shipbuilding || atlantic |- | hmcs toronto || ffh 333 || 29 july 1993 || saint john shipbuilding || atlantic |- | hmcs regina || ffh 334 || 29 december 1993 || mil davie shipbuilding || pacific |- | hmcs calgary || ffh 335 || 12 may 1995 || mil davie shipbuilding || pacific |- | hmcs montrÃ©al || ffh 336 || 21 july 1994 || saint john shipbuilding || atlantic |- | hmcs fredericton || ffh 337 || 10 september 1994 || saint john shipbuilding || atlantic |- | hmcs winnipeg || ffh 338 || 23 june 1995 || saint john shipbuilding || pacific |- | [
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