Halifax-class Multirole Patrol Frigate

The Halifax-class Multirole Patrol Frigate is a class of warship in service in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command from 1991 onwards. The Halifax-class replaced the Restigouche, Mackenzie, and Annapolis class destroyer escorts. In late 2011, the Ministry of Defense authorized an extensive upgrade for the Halifax-class frigates to improve their capabilities.

The design of the Halifax-class frigates reflected many advances in ship construction, such as a move to a prefabricated unit construction method, where the ship is assembled from prefabricated units in a dry-dock instead of the traditional keel-laying. Furthermore, the design of Halifax-class frigates incorporated many new technical improvements. For example, these vessels were the first in the world to be equipped with the Integrated Machinery Control System (IMCS), which allows for a very high degree of computer control for the machinery plant.

Original Configuration

 * Service Period: 1991-2030s
 * Type: Multirole Patrol Frigate (Hull designation symbol FFH)
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 445 feet (135.63 meters)
 * Beam: 54 feet (16.46 meters)
 * Draught: 16.4 feet (5 meters)
 * Displacement: 4,850 tons
 * Crew: 257
 * Propulsion:
 * 2 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 67,200 shp (51 MW)
 * 1 x SEMT-Pielstick 20PA6 V280 diesel engine
 * 1 x Royal de Schelde cross-connect gearbox
 * 2 x Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers
 * 1 x 850kW AEG Telefunken generators
 * Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,594 km; 10,900 mi) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
 * Speed: 29 Knots
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Ericsson Sea Giraffe HC 150 (G/H-Band) air/surface search radar
 * Raytheon AN/SPS-49 (C/D-Band) long range air search radar
 * Signaal SPG-503 STIR 1.8 (K/I-Band) fire control radar
 * Emerson Electric AN/SPQ-9B I-Band Gun Fire Control Radar
 * Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I-Band navigation radar
 * General Dynamics Canada AN/SQS-510 Hull-mounted variable depth active sonar
 * General Dynamics Canada AN/SQR-501 CANTASS Passive towed array sonar
 * Countermeasures:
 * Thorn AN/SLQ-501 CANEWS Electronic Warfare Suite
 * Lockheed Martin Canada AN/SLQ-505 Radar Jammer
 * Argon ST AN/SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
 * BAe Systems Shield Mk.2 decoy launchers x 2
 * Armament
 * 1 x Mark 45 Mod 2 5"/54-caliber naval gun
 * 4 x Mark 48 8-cell Vertical Launching System
 * 2 x Mark 141 4-cell armoured box launchers (fires UGM-84 Harpoon AshMs)
 * 1 x 20mm Phalanx Block 1B CIWS cannon
 * 2 x Mark 32 Mod 9 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires 24 Mark 46 torpedoes)
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x CH-124 Sea King (replaced by CH-148 Cyclone)

FELEX Refit Configuration

 * Service Period: 2011-2030s
 * Type: Multirole Patrol Frigate (Hull designation symbol FFH)
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 445 feet (135.64 meters)
 * Beam: 54 feet (16.46 meters)
 * Draught: 16.4 feet (5 meters)
 * Displacement: 5,200 tons
 * Crew: 257
 * Propulsion:
 * 2 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 67,200 shp (51 MW)
 * 1 x SEMT-Pielstick 20PA6 V280 diesel engine
 * 1 x Royal de Schelde cross-connect gearbox
 * 2 x Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers
 * 1 x 850kW AEG Telefunken generators
 * Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,594 km; 10,900 mi) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
 * Speed: 29 Knots
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Thales S1850M L-band Air Search Radar
 * Raytheon AN/SPY-1K Air/Surface S-band Search Radar
 * Raytheon Pathfinder Mark II Ka-band Navigation Radar
 * Saab CEROS-200 X-band fire control radars x 4
 * Emerson Electric AN/SPQ-9B I-band Gunfire Control Radar
 * ATI Technologies 9LV-Mark 5 Combat Management System
 * Thales Sirius Infrared Search and Tracking System
 * AN/SQS-510 Hull-mounted variable depth Active Sonar
 * ATI Technologies CANTASS II Passive Towed Array Sonar
 * Countermeasures:
 * Elisra M275 frequency-agile Electronic Warfare System
 * Lockheed Martin Canada AN/SLQ-505 Radar Jammer
 * Argon ST AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures System
 * BAe Systems Shield Mk.2 decoy launchers x 2
 * Armament
 * 1 x Mark 45 Mod 4 5"/62-caliber lightweight naval gun (360 rounds)
 * 1 x 16-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (16 RIM-66 SM-2ER or UGM-109 Tomahawk)
 * 2 x 32-cell Mark 56 Guided Missile Launch System (64 RIM-161 ESSM)
 * 2 x 4-cell Mark 141 Harpoon AshM Launchers (8 UGM-84 Harpoon AshMs)
 * 2 x Mark 32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes (24 Mk.54 LHT Torpedoes)
 * 1 x 20mm Phalanx Block 1B CIWS (6,000 rounds)
 * 6 x M2 Browning 12.7mm machine guns (7,500 rounds)
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x CH-148 Cyclone ASW Helicopter
 * Aviation Facilities: 1 x Helipad equipped with Beartrap system, Hangar

Unit Run

 * HMCS Halifax (FFH-330)
 * HMCS Vancouver (FFH-331)
 * HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH-332)
 * HMCS Toronto (FFH-333)
 * HMCS Regina (FFH-334)
 * HMCS Calgary (FFH-335)
 * HMCS Montreal (FFH-336)
 * HMCS Fredericton (FFH-337)
 * HMCS Winnipeg (FFH-338)
 * HMCS Charlottetown (FFH-339)
 * HMCS St. Johns (FFH-340)
 * HMCS Ottawa (FFH-341)
 * HMCS Edmonton (FFH-342)
 * HMCS Kelowna (FFH-343)
 * HMCS Abbotsford (FFH-344) - commissioned 2018
 * HMCS Hamilton (FFH-345) - commissioned 2018
 * HMCS Saguenay (FFH-346) - commissioned 2018