HMCS Ottawa's Church Pennant ["Government Church Flag"] flown when Smokey Smith's ashes were scattered at sea in the Gulf of Georgia in August 2005. It was made by Scythes Inc. It is 90 x 279 cm. NATO Stock Number 8345-21-500-1407 The Church Pennant is used by the Royal Navy, other navies of the Commonwealth (including Canada) and the Royal Netherlands Navy. The broad pennant combination of the English Flag at the hoist and the Dutch National Flag in the fly originates from the Anglo-Dutch wars of the late 17th century, when it was used on Sundays to indicate that a service was in progress and a ceasefire existed between the warring nations. HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) is a Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate commissioned in 1996. Ottawa is the twelfth and final ship of the Halifax class that were built as part of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt. Ottawa serves on MARPAC missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Pacific Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. Ottawa has also been deployed on missions throughout the Pacific and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations.