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Guided missile frigate HMCS Montréal (FFH 336)

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Classification

Ship class:
Halifax-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Montréal, Quebec
Operator:
Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Saint John Shipbuilding
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
MMSI number:
316129000

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 Montréal is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1993. Montréal is the seventh ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Montreal. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax. Montréal serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship has also been deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations. The vessel has also participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). The vessel is designated as a Bilingual Language Unit in the Royal Canadian Navy.

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