HMCS Charlottetown - FFH 339

Name:	Charlottetown
Namesake:	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Builder:	Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John
Laid down:	18 December 1993
Launched:	1 October 1994
Commissioned:	9 September 1995
Refit:	HCM/FELEX April 2013-April 2014
Homeport:	CFB Halifax
Motto:	"All Challenges Squarely Met"
Honours and awards:	Atlantic, 1942; Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942,1944,[1]Arabian Sea [2]
Status:	in active service
Badge:	A representation of Queen's Square in Charlottetown with the Coronation crown of Queen Charlotte in the centre and 4 other squares surrounding in black and white.
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 (440 ft)
Beam:	16.5 m (54 ft)
Draught:	7.1 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × LM2500 Gas turbines 1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)
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