As part of GLD (Great Lakes Deployment) 2018, the Kingston Class MCDV (Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel) HMCS MONCTON will be visiting Hamilton from 23 to 25 July.  MONCTON is well travelled, having deployed during the past two years to the Caribbean twice, assisting the US Coast Guard with the seizure of 834 kg of cocaine, the Canadian arctic twice and the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa.  Not bad for a “coastal” defence vessel.