HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | 15 June 1991 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1992 |
| Commissioned: | September 1994 |
| 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 16x 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: | 1x CH-124 Sea King |
HMCS Calgary (FFH 335) is the sixth of the Halifax-class line of frigates. It was built in Lauzon, Quebec at MIL Davie, with a significant number of the ship's units also built at MIL Tracy in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec and floated up the Saint Lawrence Seaway by barge.
