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Guided missile frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331)

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Classification

Ship class:
Halifax-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Vancouver, British Columbia
Operator:
Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Saint John Shipbuilding
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
MMSI number:
316160000

Ship measurements

Displacement:
4,795 t
Length:
134.2 m
Beam:
16.5 m
Draft:
7.1 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, generating 47,500 shp (35,400 kW)
  • 1 * SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine, generating 8,800 shp (6,600 kW)
  • 1 * Royal de Schelde cross-connect gearbox
  • 2 * Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers
  • 4 * 850kW AEG Telefunken generators
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)

Personnel

Complement:
225

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Saab Sea Giraffe HC 150 (G band)
  • Thales SMART-S Mk 2 3D
  • SAAB CEROS-200 Fire control radar
  • AN/SQS-510 Hull-mounted sonar
  • AN/SQR-501 CANTASS Passive towed array (variable depth)
  • TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)
Armament:
  • 24 * Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes
  • 16 * Evolved Sea-Sparrow SAM
  • 8 * RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
  • 1 * 57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun
  • 1 * 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS
  • 6 * .50 caliber machine guns
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone helicopter

HMCS Vancouver is a Halifax-class frigate, of the Royal Canadian Navy launched on 8 July 1989, as the second vessel of her class. She is based at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast of Canada, and is the third vessel to be named after Vancouver, British Columbia.

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