Hero-class Patrol Vessel

The Hero-class Offshore Patrol Vessels, previously the Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel Project, are a series of sixteen patrol boats currently on order from the Halifax Shipyards for the Canadian Coast Guard. Delivery is scheduled for 2011 through 2014.

Specifications

 * Type: Offshore Patrol Vessel
 * Service Period: 2012-
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 150 feet (45.72 meters)
 * Beam: 25 feet (7.62 meters)
 * Draught: 12 feet (3.66 meters)
 * Crew: 14
 * Endurance: 2 weeks
 * Range: 2,000 nautical miles (3,704 kilometers)
 * Speed: 27 knots (50 km/hr)
 * Armament:
 * 1 x 40mm Bofors gun
 * 2 x MLG-30 27mm autocannons

Unit Run

 * CCGS Private Robertson V.C., after Canadian Army soldier Private James Peter Robertson, V.C.
 * CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C., after Canadian Army soldier Corporal Joseph Kaeble, V.C.
 * CCGS Corporal Teather C.V., after Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Corporal Robert Gordon Teather, C.V.
 * CCGS Constable Carrière, after Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Constable J.L. François Carrière
 * CCGS G. Peddle, after Canadian Coast Guard Chief Officer Gregory Paul Peddle, S.C.
 * CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V., after Canadian Army soldier Corporal Mark Robert McLaren, M.M.V.
 * CCGS A. LeBlanc, after DFO Fishery Officer Agapit LeBlanc
 * CCGS M. Charles, after Canadian Coast Guard Seaman Martin Charles, M.B.
 * CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M., after Canadian Army soldier Captain Nichola Goddard, M.S.M.
 * CCGS Company Saergant Major J. R. Osborn, after Canadian Army soldier John Robert Osborn, V.C.
 * CCGS Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson Lay O.B.E, after Horatio Nelson Lay, the founder of Canadian naval aviation.
 * CCGS Air Marsal Billy Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED, after WW1 flying ace Billy Bishop.