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class: Halifax class Helicopter Frigate / FFH Builder: Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada STATUS: Laid down: March 20, 1993 Launched: December 5, 1993 Commissioned: June 23, 1995 IN SERVICE Homeport: CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia Namesake: City of Winnipeg, Manitoba Ship's Motto: UNUM CUM VIRTUTE MULTORUM (one with the strength of many) Technical Data: see INFO > Halifax class Frigate |
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                                              Rafael Mini-Typhoon caliber .50 Naval Remote Weapon Station (NRWS)  Rafael Mini-Typhoon caliber .50 Naval Remote Weapon Station (NRWS) Halifax class Modernization / Frigate Life Extension (HCM/FELEX) > April 2012 - April 2013           Bofors Mk.3 57mm gun       a RIM-162 ESSM missile was fired from the Mk.48 Mod.0 VLS |
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HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338): Winnipeg's keel was laid down on 20 March 1993 by Saint John Shipbuilding Company at their shipyard in Saint John, New Brunswick. Her engine room modules were constructed at Georgetown, Prince Edward Island and transported to Saint John to be incorporated into the rest of the vessel. The ship was launched on 5 December 1993. The vessel departed Halifax, Nova Scotia on 16 January 1995, sailing to West Coast of Canada. Arriving at Esquimalt, British Columbia, the warship was commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 23 June 1995. In 1996, Winnipeg participated in the multi-national naval exercise RIMPAC 96 in coastal waters off Hawaii. Beginning on 1 April 1997, the frigate joined NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) for four months. In 1998, Winnipeg participated in the South American naval exercise UNITAS. In March 2001, Winnipeg integrated into the USS Constellation Carrier Battle Group in the Persian Gulf. As part of the carrier battle group, the frigate enforced sanctions against Iraq for six months, returning to Esquimalt on 14 September. The frigate was deployed as part of Operation Apollo, Canada's contribution to the War in Afghanistan. The ship was in theatre from 15 September 2002 to 2 May 2003 performing fleet support missions and maritime interdiction operations. In April 2009, Winnipeg was deployed to the Gulf of Aden to escort United Nations ships carrying famine, plague, and overpopulation relief supplies to East Africa for ten weeks. After escorting a World Food program ship, Winnipeg came across a pirate attack on the Norwegian tanker MV Front Ardenne. Winnipeg captured the pirates, but they were later released due to Canadian law preventing prosecution. On 12 August 2010, the frigate intercepted MV Sun Sea, a Thailand-flagged ship carrying Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, off the coast of British Columbia. In April 2012 Winnipeg was turned over to Seaspan Marine Corporation's Victoria Shipyards, to start an 18-month mid-life upgrading and modernization. On 10 April 2013 Winnipeg was returned to the Royal Canadian Navy to finish the midlife refit. On 23 April 2013, Winnipeg was rammed while docked at CFB Esquimalt, by American sea trawler American Dynasty of the American Seafoods Company. Six people were injured. American Dynasty was being towed to the graving dock for repairs when the fishing vessel accelerated and veered to starboard, hitting the frigate. The resulting investigation found fault with the crew of the fishing vessel and their equipment. Winnipeg, accompanied by HMCS Calgary, Yellowknife and Brandon, departed in October 2014 to take part the Task Group Exercise with the US and Japanese Navies in American coastal waters. In January 2015, Winnipeg was deployed in the eastern Pacific as part of Operation Caribbe 2015, part of a joint multinational effort to eliminate illegal trafficking through the waters around Central America and the Caribbean nations. Winnipeg was deployed to Operation Caribbe for three weeks in June, after which the ship transited the Panama Canal to join NATO's Operation Reassurance in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship left the Mediterranean headed towards the Pacific after being relieved by sister ship HMCS Fredericton. In January 2016, she made port visits to Penang, the first Royal Canadian Navy ship to do so, and Singapore. Winnipeg returned to Esquimalt on 23 February. Winnipeg and sister ship HMCS Ottawa sailed from Esquimalt on 6 March 2017 for six-month deployment visiting several nations around the Pacific, including Malaysia, India, China and Japan among others, returning on 8 August. On 14 December 2020, a crewmember was lost overboard off California during the frigate's return from overseas operations. On 16 December, the search for the sailor was called off. On 17 August 2021 Winnipeg sailed from Esquimault for a four-month deployment to Asia for multinational surveillance and security missions as part of Operation Projection and Operation Neon. During the deployment, the frigate performed a freedom of navigation sail through the Taiwan Strait alongside the American destroyer USS Dewey. The ship returned to Canada on 15 December. source: wikipedia - - - - - Though she was assembled at Saint John, New Brunswick, Winnipeg’s engine room modules were constructed at Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, and transported by barge for incorporation into her hull. She was floated up on December 5, 1993, and delivered to the Navy on October 11, 1994. Winnipeg left Halifax on January 16, 1995, for Esquimalt, where she was commissioned on June 23, 1995, and assigned to Maritime Operations Group 2 that October. In 1996, she took part in an international exercise (RIMPAC 96) off Hawaii. On April 1, 1997, she replaced her sister-ship HMCS Fredericton in the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Standing Naval Force Atlantic fleet, with which she served four months. A highlight of 1998 was her participation in Exercise UNITAS off South America, and in 2000, she was part of a task force involved in PACEX 2000, an Asia Pacific exercise in which Canada seeks to foster naval interoperability, showcase Canadian technology and Canadian industry, train and show the flag. Early in March 2001, Winnipeg departed Esquimalt to join an American Carrier Battle Group for a six-month stint enforcing United Nations sanctions against Iraq. In September 2002, she again sailed to the Arabian Gulf as part of the Canadian Naval Task Group deployed on Operation APOLLO, Canada's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism. In 2005, she participated in Operation ALTAIR, returning again to the Arabian Gulf region. Winnipeg continues to conduct operations in support of Canada’s domestic and international policies. source: DND-MDN Canada |
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