HMCS Brandon (MM 710)

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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Brandon.
HMCS Brandon on a joint mine countermeasures exercise with the USN.
HMCS Brandon on a joint mine countermeasures exercise with the USN.

HMCS Brandon is a Canadian Kingston-class maritime coastal defence vessel. Commissioned in 1999, it is named after Brandon, Manitoba.[1] The vessel is based out of CFB Esquimalt.

When conducting naval mine countermeasure(NMCM) operations HMCS Brandon deploys a remotely operated vehicle(ROV).[2]

  • Length: 55.3m
  • Beam: 11.3m
  • Draught: 3.4m

Displacement - 970 tonnes

  • Accommodation - mixed gender crew to 36 in two and three person cabins
  • Range - 5000 nautical miles, primarily operating in Canadian waters however the ship has made trips to Hawaii and overseas.
  • Normal Mission - 18 days Maximum Speed - 15 knots
  • Main gun - 40mm Bofors Mk 1NC Automatic Cannon, nicknamed Bad Betty
  • Sponsor: Betty Coleman


[edit] External links

Front view.
Front view.
  1. ^  official HMCS Brandon web-page, Canadian Maritime Command
  2. ^  RIMPAC: Rim of the Pacific 2004
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