Template:Class box Halifax frigate
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[edit] Halifax-class frigate
- Builders:
Canada (Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB & MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, QC) - Type: Large multi-role guided missile frigate with helicopter
- Displacement: 4,770 tons
- Aircraft: 1 x CH-124 Sea King helicopter
- Armament: 8 x MK 141 Harpoon SSM; 16 x Sea Sparrow SAM/SSM; 1 x Bofors SAK 57 mm; 1 x Phalanx CIWS (Block 1); 8 x M2 Machine Guns; 4 x MK 32 torpedo launchers
- Powerplant: CODOG - 2 shafts: 2 turbines (47,500 shp), 1 diesel (8,800 shp)
- Speed: 29+ knots
- Ships in class: 12 total: Halifax, Vancouver, Ville de Québec, Toronto, Regina, Calgary, Montréal, Fredericton, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Ottawa
- Operator:
Canadian Forces Maritime Command - Commissioned: 29 June 1992
- Fate: In active service
