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Guided missile frigate HMCS Toronto (FFH 333)

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Classification

Ship class:
Halifax-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Toronto, Ontario
Operator:
Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Saint John Shipbuilding
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
MMSI number:
316135000

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 Toronto (FFH 333) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1993. Toronto is the fourth ship in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second RCN ship to be named for Canada's largest city. When not on operations she is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is based at CFB Halifax. Toronto serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and exclusive economic zone.

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