This section brings together the approximately 700 objects and photographs used in Canada's Naval History. Use this section to directly access objects and photographs grouped by type, as shown below, or use the search function above to search through them by title.

HMCS Malahat Crew, 1957

The crew of HMCS Malahat, the naval reserve division in Victoria, British Columbia, pose for a photograph in 1957.

A number of them wear medals, a reminder that in the 1950s and 1960s, many members of Canada's navy were veterans of the Second World War. Among the crew are Wrens (front row, left; second row, third from left; back row), members of the women's service of the Royal Canadian Navy which had been established as part of the naval reserves in 1951.

VRP993.65.27
CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum