 Following renovations later that fall, the base was recommissioned as the RCN's training base HMCS "Cornwallis" on May 1, 1949.It was envisioned that the new HMCS "Cornwallis" would be ramped up to have a maximum of 800 recruits at any one time.Despite the Cold War, the RCN was operating as a peacetime navy, so its first recruits through HMCS "Cornwallis" endured a 5-month new entry course.