Halifax-class

The Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS St. John's (FFH-340)

The Halifax-class Patrol Frigate (hull designation FFH) is a class of 12 multirole patrol frigates operated by the Royal Canadian Navy since 1992. It was developed from the Canadian Patrol Frigate project in the 1970s and 80s to replace the aging Annapolis, Mackenzie, Restigouche, and St. Laurent-class warships. The Halifax-class frigates were constructed and commissioned throughout the 1990s. In 2007, the Canadian government began the Frigate Life Extension program to extensively upgrade the Halifax-class vessels.

Specifications

• Role: Patrol Frigate (FFH)
• Crew Complement:
• Displacement: 4,770 tons
• Dimensions
  • Length: 134.1 meters
  • Beam: 16.4 meters
  • Draught: 4.9 meters
• Propulsion
  • 2 x General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbines (produces 47,500 shp)
  • 1 x Pielstick v20 cruise diesel engine (produces 8,800 shp)
• Armament
  • Missiles
    • 8 x Mark 141 Harpoon SSM
    • 16 x RIM-162 ESSM SAM/SSM
  • 24 x Mark 46 Torpedoes Mod 5
  • Guns
    • 1 x 57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun
    • 1 x Phalanx CIWS (Block 1B)
    • 6 x .50 caliber Heavy Machine Guns
  • Decoys: 24 x Chaff/infrared decoys
• Sensors
  • Air Search: Ericsson Sea Giraffe HC 150
  • Long Range Air Search: Raytheon AN/SPS-49
  • Fire Control: Signaal SPG-503 STIR 1.8
  • Active Sonar: AN/SQS-510 Hull-mounted variable depth
  • Passive Sonar: AN/SQR-501 CANTASS Passive towed array
• Parasite Craft:
  • 1 Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King (to be replaced with Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone in 2013)

Unit Run

• HMCS Halifax (FFH 330); Launched: April 30, 1988; Commissioned: June 29, 1992
• HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331); Launched: July 8, 1988; Commissioned: August 23, 1993
• HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332); Launched: May 16, 1991; Commissioned: March 29, 1993
• HMCS Toronto (FFH 333); Launched: December 18, 1990; Commissioned: July 29, 1993
• HMCS Regina (FFH 334); Launched: January 25, 1992; Commissioned: December 29, 1993
• HMCS Calgary (FFH 335); Launched: August 28, 1992; Commissioned: May 12, 1995
• HMCS Montréal (FFH 336); Launched: February 28, 1992; Commissioned: September 29, 1993
• HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337); Launched: June 26, 1993; Commissioned: September 10, 1994
• HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338); Launched: June 25, 1994; Commissioned: June 23, 1995
• HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339); Launched: October 1, 1994; Commissioned: September 9, 1995
• HMCS St. John's (FFH 340); Launched: August 26, 1995; Commissioned; June 26, 1996
• HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341); Launched: May 31, 1996; Commissioned: September 28, 1996

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