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Canada. Royal Canadian Navy

LC control no.n 79034384
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingCanada. Royal Canadian Navy
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Variant(s)Royal Canadian Navy
Canada. Royal Navy
Canada. Navy
Canada. Marine royale
RCN (Royal Canadian Navy)
See alsoProduct of merger: Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
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Biography/History noteOn February 1, 1968 the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force were unified under the Canadian Armed Forces.
Ending date1968-02-01
Associated countryCanada
Field of activityNaval art and science
Special noteAn act came into force on Feb. 1, 1968, unifying the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force under the Canadian Armed Forces
Found inCanada's bastions of empire, 2014: page 7 (Royal Canadian Navy)
LAC internal file, November 4, 2019 (heading: Canada. Royal Canadian Navy; variant: Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Navy; Canada. Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Canada. Canadian Armed Forces; Canada. Marine royale; unification of the Canadian Forces took place on February 1, 1968 when the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force merged to form the Canadian Armed Forces, with the functions of the former services being split amongst Maritime Command, Air Defence Command, Air Transport Command and Mobile Command)
Equivalent(s)Canada. Marine royale
National bib agency no.0000K1903E
Quality codenlc