FFH-330 Halifax

Country:  Canada

Class, [Type]: Halifax, [FF].

Builder: St John SB Ltd., New Brunswick, Canada.

Launch date: 03 May 1988.

Commission date: 29 June 1992.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.235 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 124,5 x 16,4 x 7,1

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 47.494 hp ), 1 x SEMT-Pielstick 20 PA6 V280 diesel ( 8.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 28.

Range ( miles ): 7.100 at 15 knots ( diesel ), 4.500 at 15 knots ( gas ).

Complement: 225 ( 23 officers ).

Guns: 1 x Bofors 57mm/70 Mk2. 1 x GE/GD 20mm Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 Mod1. 8 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon Block 1C ( two cuadruple mountings ). SAM: Raytheon Sea Sparrow. 2 x Mk48 VLS launchers for SAM.

Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm Mk 32 Mod9 tubes ( two double mountings ). 24 x Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5.

Radar: Air: Raytheon SPS 49(V)5, C/D bands and 457km ( 250 mn ) range; Air/Surface: Ericsson Sea Giraffe HC150, G/H bands; Navigation: Sperry Mk340 + Furuno, I band; Fire Control: 2 x Signaal VM 25 STIR; TACAN: URN-25.

Sonar: Westinghouse SQS 505(V)6. CDC SQR 501 CANTASS, towed.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Plessey Shield decoy launchers ( P6 infrared flares and P8 chaff ). Towed torpedo decoy SLQ-25 Nixie; ESM: MEL/Lockheed Canews SLQ-504 ( radar interceptor ); ECM: MEL/Lockheed Ramses SLQ 503 ( jammer ).

Helicopter: 1 x CH-124A ASW or 1 x CH-124B Heltas Sea King.

Callsign: CGAP ()

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