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Canadienne - Coastal Defence Vessel MM 700 HMCS Kingston |
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class: Kingston class Maritime Coastal Defence
Vessel (MCDV) Builder: Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada STATUS: Laid down: December 12, 1994 Launched: August 12, 1995 Commissioned: September 21, 1996 IN SERVICE Homeport: CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia Namesake: City of Kingston, Ontario Ship's Motto: PRO REGE ET GREGE (For Sovereign and People) Technical Data: see INFO > Kingston class MCDV |
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HMCS Kingston (MM 700): HMCS Kingston is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1996. Kingston is the lead ship of her class, ordered under the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the first vessel to use the designation HMCS Kingston. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax. Kingston was laid down on 12 December 1994 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia and was launched on 12 August 1995. The first ship to be constructed at Halifax in 32 years, Kingston was commissioned into the Canadian Forces at Kingston, Ontario on 21 September 1996 and carries the hull classification number MM 700. In March 1999, the coastal defence vessel sailed to the Baltic Sea to participate in the NATO naval exercise "Blue Game" with sister ship Glace Bay and Anticosti. In 2011, Kingston was among the Royal Canadian Navy vessels deployed to the Caribbean Sea as part of Operation Caribbe, Canada's contribution to Operation Martillo, the multinational effort to eliminate illegal drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. In total, 201 metric tons were interdicted that year, in which Kingston played a part. In 2012, Kingston was assigned again to Operation Carribe. That year Operation Martillo seized 152 tons of cocaine and several million dollars in cash. In June 2013, Kingston and Glace Bay were sent on a seven-week tour of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes, making several port calls along the way. In 2014, she returned to serve in Operation Caribbe. In the summer of 2014, Kingston, joined by the Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier and two private ships searched for and found one of the ships that disappeared during Franklin's lost expedition. In the summer of 2016, Kingston was sent on a goodwill tour of the Great Lakes, making several port visits. On 7 October, Kingston left Halifax to participate in Operation Caribbe in the Caribbean Sea, returning on 9 December 2016. In August 2017, the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montréal and Kingston and sister ship Moncton departed Halifax to take part in the Operation Nanook in Canada's northern waters. On 26 January 2018, Kingston and sister ship Summerside departed Halifax for West Africa to take part in the naval exercise Obangame Express 2018 with the United States Navy and several African navies. Their visit to Nigeria marked the first time Canadian warships have ever visited the country. The vessels returned to Halifax on 17 April. In August, Kingston and Charlottetown departed Halifax to take part in Operation Nanook, travelling to Iqaluit, Nunavut and Nuuk, Greenland. On 22 January 2019, Kingston and sister ship Shawinigan departed Halifax for operations off West Africa as part of Operation Projection, working with African nations as well as the United States, United Kingdom and France. The vessels returned to Halifax on 26 April. source: wikipedia - - - - - another history: In May 1992, a contract was let to Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, to build 12 Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels (MCDV) of the Kingston Class. They were designed to commercial standards and intended to conduct coastal patrols, minesweeping, law enforcement, pollution surveillance and response as well as search and rescue duties. The ships were fitted with modular payloads to carry out the assigned duties. Lead ship of her class, Kingston was the first ship to be built in Halifax in 32 years; she was named for City of Kingston, Ontario and she is crewed almost entirely by naval reservists. Trials started on November 13, 1995, and on September 10, 1996, she left Halifax in company with HMCS Anticosti and her sister-ships HMCS Glace Bay and was commissioned at Kingston on September 21. On March 8, 1999, she proceeded with Glace Bay and Anticosti to the Baltic Sea to participate in Exercise BLUE GAME, a major minesweeping exercise with other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) units. They were the smallest Canadian warships to cross the Atlantic since the Second World War. In 2002, she was mostly employed as a training platform for naval reservists but also carried out fisheries patrol off the south coast of Newfoundland along with officials of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The year 2003 was a busy one as Kingston spending 144 days at sea, sailing over 19,000 nautical miles. Her tasks were mainly training Maritime Surface Operations Naval cadets as well as carrying out preventive patrols with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police off the coasts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In July, the first female commanding officer of a Canadian warship was appointed in command of Kingston. In October 2003, bridge personnel witnessed a red distress and the ship, in company with her sister-ship HMCS Moncton, immediately set off in that direction. Coordinating with United States Coast Guard shore authorities, she aided in the recovery of 2 American Marine Corps F-18 pilots, who were forced to eject when their 2 aircraft collided. Kingston is homeported at Halifax with 5 of her sister-ships and she continues to conduct operations in support of Canada’s domestic and international policies. source: DND-MDN Canada |
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Kingston ... is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec. Kingston is also located nearby the Thousand Islands tourist region to the east and the Prince Edward County tourist region to the west. Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone. Growing European exploration in the 17th century, and the desire for the Europeans to establish a presence close to local Native occupants to control trade, led to the founding of a French trading post and military fort at a site known as "Cataraqui" (generally pronounced "kah-tah-ROCK-way") in 1673. This outpost, called Fort Cataraqui, and later Fort Frontenac, became a focus for settlement. Since 1760, the site of Kingston, Ontario, was in effective British possession. Cataraqui would be renamed Kingston after the British took possession of the fort, and Loyalists began settling the region in the 1780s. Kingston was named the first capital of the United Province of Canada on February 10, 1841. While its time as a capital city was short (ending in 1844), the community has remained an important military installation. The city is a regional centre of education and health care, being home to two major universities, a large vocational college, and three major hospitals. Kingston was the county seat of Frontenac County until 1998. Kingston is now a separate municipality from the County of Frontenac. Kingston is the largest municipality in southeastern Ontario and Ontario's 10th largest metropolitan area. Kingston is also the hometown of John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister. source: wikipedia |
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