HMCS Ottawa commander relieved of duty mid-deployment

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A commander of a patrol frigate in the Royal Canadian Navy has been relieved of his duty mid-deployment due to what the navy calls a “loss of confidence.”

A statement from the navy on Friday said the reasons for removing Cmdr. Adriano Lozer from command of the HMCS Ottawa “do not concern any form of misconduct.”

The navy said the move was necessary “to ensure effective leadership” of the frigate with a crew of approximately 240 members as it continued its deployment in the Indo-Pacific region.

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A statement from last October, when the ship left its home port in Esquimalt, B.C., on Operation Horizon said that mission’s goal was to “promote peace, stability, and the rules-based international order” in the region.

Friday’s statement said Cmdr. Landon Creasy would assume responsibility of the ship until it returned to British Columbia in late March.

It said that, when Lozer gets back to Canada, he will serve in other roles within Maritime Forces Pacific and “procedural fairness will continue to be respected throughout all follow-on administrative processes.”

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