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Guided missile frigate HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339)

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Classification

Ship class:
Halifax-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Operator:
Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Saint John Shipbuilding
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
MMSI number:
316130000

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 Charlottetown is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy since 1995. Charlottetown is the tenth ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the third vessel to carry the designation HMCS Charlottetown. Charlottetown, assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and homeported at CFB Halifax, serves on missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and exclusive economic zone. Charlottetown has also participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successors Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 and 2 (SNMG1 / SNMG2). Charlottetown 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.

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