HMCS FREDERICTON (FFH 337)

HMCS ''Fredericton''
Career
Laid down: 25 April 1992
Launched: May 1994
Commissioned: 1995
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Displacement: 4,750 tonnes
Length: 442 ft 10 in (134.2 m) overall
Beam: 54 ft 6 in (16.5 m)
Draught: 15 ft 4 in (4.9 m)
Propulsion: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines 50,000 shp (37 MW)
Pielstick Cruise Diesel 10,000 shp (7.5 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (54+ km/h)
Complement: 234 officers and crew
Armament: 24 x Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedoes
16 x Raytheon RIM-7 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles
8 x Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles
57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun
20 mm Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS
6 x .50 calibre (12.7 mm) heavy machine guns
Aircraft: 1 x CH-124 Sea King

'HMCS ''Fredericton'' (FFH 337)' is the eighth of the Halifax-class line of frigates.

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