HMCS Stone Frigate

Designed by Archibald Fraser in 1819–24,[1] it was constructed under the command of Captain Robert Barrie to store gear and rigging of the British fleet from the War of 1812 which had been dismantled and housed in Navy Bay pursuant to the Rush–Bagot Treaty of 1817.

Captain Williams Sandom[3] and a party of sailors resided in the Stone Frigate warehouse close to the St. Lawrence pier in Navy Bay.

[4] The former warehouse was converted into a dormitory and classrooms when the Royal Military College of Canada was established in 1876,[5][6] on the site of the former dockyard.

Although initially planned in 1816, it was not completed until four years later when the need for storage facilities to hold gear and rigging from British warships dismantled in compliance with the Rush–Bagot Agreement had become acute.

The Department of National Defence officially re-opened the renovated Stone Frigate building in early April 2004.