HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Calgary.
HMCS Calgary is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy since 1995. Calgary is the sixth vessel in her class and the second vessel to carry the name Calgary. She was built as part of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. Calgary began the FELEX (Frigate Equipment Life Extension) refit in June 2012. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt.[3] Calgary serves on MARPAC missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Pacific Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and exclusive economic zone.
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HMCS Calgary in 2014 | |
History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Calgary |
Namesake | Calgary, Alberta |
Builder | MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lévis |
Laid down | 15 June 1991 |
Launched | 28 August 1992 |
Commissioned | 12 May 1995 |
Refit | HCM/FELEX June 2011 – June 2012 |
Homeport | CFB Esquimalt |
Identification |
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Motto | "Onward" |
Honours and awards | |
Status | in active service |
Badge | Or, a bend wavy azure charged with a like bendlet argent. In front across the centre of a bow stringed fess-wise, and arrow point upwards in pale, both sable. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Halifax-class frigate |
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Length | 134.2 m (440 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) |
Complement | 225 (including air detachment) |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × CH-148 Cyclone |
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