CFS Gloucester | |
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  CFS Gloucester | |
| Coordinates:45°18′04″N75°31′09″W / 45.30111°N 75.51917°W /45.30111; -75.51917 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Territory |  Ontario |
Canadian Forces Station Gloucester was a wirelessHFDF intercept station nearOttawa,Ontario.
The site opened asNumber 1 Station HMCS Bytown (1943), with name changes toHMC NRS Gloucester (1950),HMCS Gloucester (1950), and finallyCFS Gloucester (1966) till the closure in 1972.[1][2]
The station had the nicknameNo 1 and was the site for SigInt training in Canada till closure had the school move toCFB Kingston for its new home at theCanadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE), Echo Squadron.
One role of the station during the war years was the radio location of German U-boats in the North Atlantic. Until theUnification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968, the unit often provided ceremonial platoons at public events in Ottawa while representing the RCN.[3]
The motto wasKnowledge through Discipline.
