During the summers of 1950 and 1951, Outram also served as an officer cadet in the reserve system of the Royal Canadian Navy, aboard frigates in the Bay of Fundy and at HMCS Stadacona in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
HMCS York | HMCS Nootka | HMCS ''Acadia'' | HMCS | The Ernest Lapointe icebreaker and the HMCS Bras d'Or | Stadacona | HMCS ''Stadacona'' | HMCS Stadacona | HMCS Raccoon | HMCS ''Niobe'' | HMCS ''Montcalm'' | HMCS Montcalm | HMCS Messines | HMCS Malaspina | HMCS Karluk | HMCS Hochelaga | HMCS ''Fraser'' | HMCS Fraser | HMCS ''Discovery'' plaque in Stanley Park | HMCS ''Discovery'' as seen from Stanley Park | HMCS Acadia | CSTC HMCS Acadia |
From 1925 to 1954 it became part of the Royal Canadian Navy base HMCS Stadacona, serving as a Wardroom Officer's Mess and later as office space.