HMCS TORONTO FFH 333 getting underway from her anchorage in the Bedford Basin,Halifax shortly after sunrise on April 17th 2009.
Type: Halifax Class,Canadian Patrol Frigate.
Built by Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd,and commissioned July 1993.
Displacement 5,235 tons f.l.
LOA 444.5 ft Beam 54 ft Draught 20 ft.
Propulsion: 2 × LM2500 Gas turbines
1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,595 km)
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: 1 X CH124 Sea King ASW Helo.
Crew 225 including air det.
Flag: Canada/Navy Call Sign:CGAD
© Capnken 2009