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HMCS Halifax - FFH330



Name: Halifax
Namesake: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Builder: Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John
Laid down: 19 March 1987
Launched: 30 April 1988
Commissioned: 29 June 1992
Refit: HCM/FELEX September 2010 – September 2011
Homeport: CFB Halifax
Identification:
Motto: Sior gaisgiel (ever brave/bravery endures)
Honours and
awards:
Atlantic 1942–45, Arabian Sea [1]
Fate: in active service
Badge:
  • HMCS Halifax crest.jpg
  • Argent a kingfisher holding a trident in bend points upward Or.
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:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km)
Complement: 225 (including air detachment)
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × CH-148 Cyclone

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:
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:
Aircraft carried: 1 × CH-124 Sea King

HMCS Fredericton - FFH 337



Name: Fredericton
Namesake: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Builder: Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John
Laid down: 25 April 1992
Launched: 26 June 1993
Commissioned: 10 September 1994
Refit: HCM/FELEX (October 2011-January 2013)
Homeport: CFB Halifax
Motto: "Stalker of the Seas"
Nickname(s): "The Freddie"
Honours and
awards:
Atlantic 1942–45, Arabian Sea [1]
Fate: in active service
Badge: Vert, a bend wavy argent charged with a like bendlet azure and overall a Bengal tiger prepared to leap.
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:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)
Complement: 225 plus Air Det and CTG Staff Post HCM
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × CH-124 Sea King

HMCS Toronto - FFH 333




Name: Toronto
Namesake: Toronto, Ontario
Builder: Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John
Laid down: 22 April 1989
Launched: 18 December 1990
Commissioned: 29 July 1993
Homeport: CFB Halifax
Motto: "Excellence with Vigour"
Honours and
awards:
Gulf of St Lawrence 1944, Arabian Sea;[1] Meritorious Unit Commendation (United States)[2]
Status: in active service
Badge: Azure, a mural crown argent, masoned sable, surmounted by a beaver proper holding in the dexter paw, a marlin spike or.
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:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)
Complement: 225 (including air detachment)
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × CH-124 Sea King