HMCS Montréal (FFH 336)

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HMCS Montréal (FFH 336)
Career (Canada) RCN Jack
Namesake: City of Montréal, Quebec
Builder: Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB
Laid down: 8 February 1991
Launched: 28 February 1992
Commissioned: 29 September 1993
Homeport: CFB Halifax
Motto: Ton Bras Sait Porter L'Epée (Ready to Fight)
Fate: Active in service
Badge: A coronet of fleur-de-lis and maple leaves superimposed upon a stylized mountain which borders a river.
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 Montreal (FFH 336) is the seventh of the Halifax-class frigates.

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