HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Namesake: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Builder: | MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Laid down: | 15 June 1991 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 12 May 1995 |
| Homeport: | CFB Esquimalt |
| Motto: | "Onward" |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1942-1945, Biscay 1943, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944-1945, North Sea 1945 |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| Badge: | Or, a bend wavy azure charged with a like bendlet argent. In front across the centre of a bow stringed fess-wise, and arrow point upwards in pale, both sable. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Halifax-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,995 tonnes (light) 4,795 tonnes (operational) 5,032 tonnes (deep load) |
| Length: | 134.2 m |
| Beam: | 16.5 m |
| Draught: | 7.1 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × LM2500 Gas turbines 1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) |
| Complement: | 225 (including air detachment) |
| 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 carried: | 1 × CH-124 Sea King |
HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces 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 was laid down on 15 June 1991 at MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon and launched on 28 August 1992. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 12 May 1995 and carries the hull classification symbol 335. On the 6 June 2011 Calgary was turned over to Seaspan Marine Corporation's Victoria Shipyards, to start a 18 month mid-life upgrading and modernization.
She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt.[1]
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[edit] Command Team
- Commanding Officer: Commander Paul Francoeur [2]
- Executive Officer: Lieutenant-Commander Jeff Hutchinson [3]
- Coxswain: CPO1 Derek Kitching [4]
[edit] Service
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Canadian Navy, HMCS Calgary - The Ship
- ^ Canadian Navy, HMCS Calgary - Commanding Officer
- ^ Canadian Navy, HMCS Calgary - Executive Officer
- ^ Canadian Navy, HMCS Calgary - Coxswain
[edit] External links
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