Kingston-class coastal defence vessel
Class of coastal defence vessels operated by the Royal Canadian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kingston class consists of 12 coastal defence vessels operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. The class is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project (MCDV). These multi-role vessels were built and launched from the mid- to late-1990s and are crewed by a combination of Naval Reserve and Regular Force personnel. The main mission of the vessels is to train reservists, coastal patrol, minesweeping, law enforcement, pollution surveillance and search and rescue duties. The multi-purpose nature of the vessels led to their mixed construction between commercial and naval standards. The Kingston class is split between the east and west coasts of Canada and regularly deploy overseas to West Africa, Europe, Central America and the Caribbean.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Kingston class |
Builders | Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Operators | Royal Canadian Navy |
Preceded by | Anticosti class |
Built | 1994–1998 |
In commission | 21 September 1996–present |
Completed | 12 |
Active | 12 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Coastal defence vessel |
Displacement | 970 t (950 long tons) |
Length | |
Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.42 m (11 ft 3 in) |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) |
Complement | 47 max |
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Aircraft carried | AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma UAS |