Bill's List of Canadian Naval Call Signs

Ships Based in Esquimalt, ca. 1972

 

This list is taken directly from papers I had accumulated from my days as a MARS officer under training in BC in 1972.   While I did not use the international 4-letter call signs they were painted on the ships, and I did use the tactical call signs quite often.   I can still remember saying such things as "Thunderbolt Yankee this is Burst, over"

 

DESIG NAME TACTICAL CS INT CS
HMCS COLUMBIA PROBE CGJR
HMCS ST. CROIX BURST CGJT
CFAV YMT10 ? CGKL
CFAV YMT9 ? CGKR
CFAV ST. ANTHONY TERMINOLOGY J CGND
HMCS RAINBOW HEADMASTER CGNE
CFAV LAYMORE MANDATE H CGQC
CFAV YMT2 ? CGQN
CFAV YMR2 (WILDWOOD)  RIPPEE RIVER CGQQ
HMCS CHIGNECTO ELLSWORTH G CGTX
CFAV CLIFTON BARMAID V CGTX
HMCS GATINEAU MOUSE CGWF
HMCS MIRAMICHI SUSPENDER W CGWY
HMCS MACKENZIE AUTUMN BREEZE CGYZ
CFAV YMR1 (SONGHEE) LANTERN CYQE
HMCS YUKON VISIONAL CYRO
HMCS PORTE DE LA REINE YEARLY 3 CYVB
HMCS PORTE QUEBEC HOOKER G CYVO
HMCS FUNDY INLET V CYWE
CFAV ENDEAVOUR DIPPER D CYWK
HMCS THUNDER CHAPEL Y CZCY
HMCS CHALEUR THUNDERBOLT Y CZDS
HMCS CHAUDIERE SNACK CZGJ
CFAV HEATHERTON DEFY J CZJB
CFAV DUNDURN GERMANY Q CZJG
HMCS TERRA NOVA QUILL CZJV