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Guided missile frigate HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)

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Classification

Ship class:
Halifax-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Calgary, Alberta
Operator:
Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
MIL-Davie Shipbuilding
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
MMSI number:
316158000

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 Calgary is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy since 1995. Calgary is the sixth vessel in her class and the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Calgary. She was built as part of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. Calgary began the FELEX (Frigate Equipment Life Extension) refit in June 2012. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt. Calgary serves on MARPAC missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Pacific Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and exclusive economic zone.

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