Apparently, the question applies to naval ships as well. A series of internal briefing notes show the Canadian navy pushed back hard against the former Conservative government's plan to name the long-delayed, yet-to-be-delivered supply ships after War of 1812 battles. But very few of the naval battles between 1812 and 1814 directly involved combatants from the colonies that would someday become Canada. "There's all kinds of good reasons for naming them after naval battles that we were involved in," said Milner. It rarely names ships after battles or individuals.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2019 07:52 UTC