HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Calgary.
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Calgary, Alberta |
| Builder: | Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB |
| Laid down: | 15 June 1991 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 12 May 1995 |
| Homeport: | CFB Esquimalt |
| Motto: | "Onward" |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1942-1945, Biscay 1943, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944-1945, North Sea 1945 |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| Badge: | Or, a bend wavy azure charged with a like bendlet argent. In front across the centre of a bow stringed fess-wise, and arrow point upwards in pale, both sable. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Halifax-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,995 tonnes (light) 4,795 tonnes (operational) 5,032 tonnes (deep load) |
| Length: | 134.2 m |
| Beam: | 16.5 m |
| Draught: | 7.1 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × LM2500 Gas turbines 1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,595 km) |
| Complement: | 225 (including air detachment) |
| Armament: | 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes 16 × Evolved Sea-Sparrow SAM 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon SSM 1 × 57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun 1 × 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 6 × .50 Caliber machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × 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.
