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Royal Canadian Navy Frigate
FFH 333 HMCS Toronto |
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during a refueling-stop
in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal - February, 2014
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Class: Halifax class Multi Purpose
Frigate, FFH (4th out of 12 built) Builder: Saint John Shipbuilding, Ltd. /
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Keel
laid: April
22, 1989 Launched: December 18, 1990 Commissioned: July 9, 1993 Homeport: CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia Displacement: 4800 tons (full load) Lenght: 134,2 meters Beam: 16,5 meters Draft: 7,3 meters Speed: 30 knots, max. (56 km/h) Range: 9500 NM (17595 km) Crew: 225 Propulsion: CODOG (Combined Diesel or Gas) 2 x General Electric LM2500 gas
turbines (47500 shp) / 1 x
SEMPT-Pielstick PA-6 20-cylinder diesel engine (11780 hp) 2 shafts / 2 controllable,
reversible pitch propellers (CRP) / 1 rudder Armament:
1 x
Bofors
Mk.3 57mm/70-caliber DP gun (220 rounds/minute | effective range = 8500 meters); 2 x
Mk-48
Mod.0 8-cell Vertical Launching System (VLS) for RIM-7
Sea Sparrow or RIM-162
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) 2 x Mk-141
quadruple launchers for RGM-84
HARPOON SSM (2x4
missiles) 1 x
Mk-15
Mod.1B 20mm Phalanx Close in Weapon System (CIWS) 2 x
Mk-32
Mod.9 twin 12,75” Torpedo Tubes firing Mk.46/Mod.5
Torpedoes (up
to 24 on board) 6 x
12,7mm
MG’s Aviation: aft helicopter deck with RAST;
hangar for 1 helicopter (CH-124 Sea King) |
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(all photos: thank’s to Pedro
Moura / San Miguel, Azores) |
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