HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341)
history | |
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Keel laying: | December 1994 |
Launch: | May 31, 1996 |
Commissioning: | September 28, 1996 |
Status: | on active duty |
General properties | |
Displacement: | fully loaded: 4,770 ts |
Length: | 134.2 m (442.8 ft.) |
Width: | 16.5 m (54.5 ft.) |
Draft: | 4.9 m |
Speed: | 30 knots (56 km / h) |
Crew: | 225 men |
Command: | Cdr Alex Barlow, Executive Officer: LCdr Tyson Bergmann, Coxswain: CPO1 David Lowther |
Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,595 km) |
Armament: | 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes 16 × modified Sea-Sparrow SAM 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon SSM 1 × 57 mm Bofors Mk2 naval gun 1 × 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 6 × .50 caliber machine guns |
Airplanes: | 1 CH-124 Sea King helicopter |
Motto: | "Regae Beaver" (Eager Beaver) ( dt. " Eager beaver ") |
The current HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) is the twelfth and last frigate of the Halifax-class of the Canadian Navy . It is stationed at CFB Esquimalt Naval Base on Vancouver Island , British Columbia as part of the Canadian Pacific Fleet, which has five frigates, and went into active service on September 28, 1996 after being built by Saint John Shipbuilding in Saint John , New Brunswick over. She is already the fourth ship to bear this name.
Ship coat of arms
The emblem of the HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) is a derivative of unofficial war emblem of the first HMCS Ottawa , which in World War II fought and on 13 September 1942 500 nautical miles in front of St. John's after two torpedo hits from the German submarine U 91 sank. It shows a beaver on a wooden branch, the blue and white lines symbolize the Ottawa River , which flows through the city of Ottawa . The red field is intended to remind of the Indians who lived and still live on this river and in this region.
history
Since being stationed in Esquimalt, the Ottawa has participated in numerous operations and exercises in the Pacific and beyond, including several missions in the Persian Gulf . The Ottawa carries the following official awards, which were acquired by its predecessors:
- ATLANTIC ( Atlantic ) 1939-1945
- NORMANDY ( Normandy ) 1944
- ENGLISH CHANNEL ( English Channel ) 1944
- BISCAY ( Biscay ) 1944
Web links
- official homepage of the ship
- official homepage of the Royal Canadian Navy