HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338)

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HMCS Winnipeg
Career RCN Jack
Laid down: November 1992
Launched: January 1995
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
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
Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One with the strength of many)

HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) is the ninth of the Halifax-class line of frigates.

[edit] Ship's Heraldry

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Ship's badge of HMCS Winnipeg

The ship's badge combines a traditional naval Tudor crown surmounting a border of cordage patterned for a capital ship of the line. Within this border is found the distinctive heraldic field described as "Azure, a Bison passant, Or" which is derived from the former Civic Devices of the City of Winnipeg. This badge was carried by the first HMCS WINNIPEG as well, and was first passed as a sealed pattern in 1948.


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Halifax-class multi-role patrol frigate

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