HMCS Toronto (FFH 333)

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HMCS Toronto (FFH 333)
Career (Canada) RCN Jack
Namesake: City of Toronto, Ontario
Builder: Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB
Laid down: 22 April 1989
Launched: 18 December 1990
Commissioned: 29 July 1993
Homeport: CFB Halifax
Motto: "Excellence with Vigour"
Fate: Active in service
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 Toronto (FFH 333) is a Halifax-class multi-role patrol frigate of the Canadian Navy. She is named for the City of Toronto. She is the second ship to bear this name.

She was constructed by Saint John Shipbuilding of Saint John, New Brunswick between 1990 and 1992. She was commissioned in Toronto, 1993 and certified operational in 1994.

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[edit] Highlights of duties

  • Operation Sharp Guard, 1994 - NATO patrols off the coast of the former Yugoslavia to restrict the importation of arms and fuel in an effort to end the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
  • Operation Victory in Europe, 1995 - Joined international flotilla of warships to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Victory in Europe.
  • Standing Naval Force Atlantic, 1997 - Toronto deployed for North Atlantic operations with the NATO squadron and was involved in a major Search and Rescue operation off the coast of Spain.
  • Operation Determination, 1998 - UN patrols in the northern Persian Gulf to effect an embargo against Iraq. Toronto's rapid redeployment to the Persian Gulf necessitated intense training to prepare the ship for tropical operations under the chemical and biological warfare threats of Iraq.
  • Flagship for the Canadian Task Group Atlantic, November 1998 - January 2000 - Toronto is involved in an intensive year of operations, sailing in every Task Group exercise.
  • Exercise El Morro Castle, 1999 - Successful missile engagements against target drones and missiles confirms the effectiveness of the ship's advanced missile defence system and the crew's training.
  • Search and Rescue of the M/V Leader L, 2000 - Toronto in company with a squadron of Canadian warships to scene of sinking and is involved in rescue of 13 crew members. 18 men perished in the accident.
  • Search and Rescue of fishing boat, 2001 - Toronto responds to distress call of sinking fishing boat while conducting work-ups off Nova Scotia coast and is involved in rescue of 3 crewmembers. 1 man perished in the sinking.
  • Operation Active Endeavour, 2001 - 2002 - Toronto deployed for Eastern Mediterranean patrols with NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic in support of the war on terrorism. Toronto's rapid deployment necessitated intense training to prepare for possible nuclear, biological, and chemical threats.
  • Operation Apollo, 2002 - Toronto re-deploys to the northern Arabian Sea to conduct operations in the support of the war on terrorism.
  • Operation Unison, September 2005 - Part of Canadian naval contingent dispatched to assist in hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
  • October 1, 2007 - Toronto, while serving in NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1), was involved in a search and rescue operation of 9 missing Yemeni soldiers after a volcanic eruption on Jabal al-Tair island, about 140 kilometres off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea. Toronto rescued one man and located the bodies of two more.
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