| Esquimalt Royal Naval Dockyard | |
|---|---|
| Esquimalt, British Columbia | |
_in_Esquimalt_BC_drydock_1890s.JPG) SS Islander in the Esquimalt graving dock in the 1890s | |
| Coordinates | 48°25′52″N 123°25′54″W / 48.43111°N 123.43167°W |
| Type | Shipyard, dockyard |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  Royal Navy (1842–1905) Department of Marine and Fisheries (1905–1910) Royal Canadian Navy (1910–1968) Royal Canadian Navy (1968–present) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1842 |
| In use | 1842–present |
| Battles/wars | Oregon boundary dispute (1840s) Crimean War 1854–1856 Pig War 1859 Alaska boundary dispute 1821–1903 |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders | Henry William Bruce (25 November 1854–July 1857)[1] Robert Lambert Baynes (8 July 1857–5 May 1860)[2] Andrew K. Bickford (1900–1903)[3] |
| Garrison | Pacific Station (1865–1905)[4] Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command (1910–1968) Canadian Forces Maritime Forces Pacific (1968-present) |
| Occupants | George W. Courtenay (circa 1848)[4] |
Esquimalt Royal Naval Dockyard was a major British Royal Navy yard on Canada's Pacific coast from 1842 to 1905, subsequently operated by the Canadian government as HMC Dockyard Esquimalt, now part of CFB Esquimalt, to the present day.
The naval dockyard was located in Esquimalt, British Columbia, adjacent to Esquimalt Harbour and the city of Victoria, to replace a base in Valparaíso, Chile, as the home of the Royal Navy's Pacific Station and was the only Royal Navy base in western North America.
- ^ "Admiral Sir Henry William Bruce". 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ Davis, Peter. "Principal Royal Navy Commanders-in-Chief 1830-1899". Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ "The Bickford Tower". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ a b "History of CFB Esquimalt and Naden". Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.