HMCS Toronto (FFH 333)

history
HMCS Toronto
Keel laying:	1990
Launch:	1991
Commissioning:	1993
Decommissioning:	still in active service
General properties
Displacement:	empty: 3,995 ts in use loading: 4,975 ts fully loaded 5,032 ts
Length:	134.2 m (442.8 ft.)
Width:	16.5 m (54.5 ft.)
Draft:	7.1 m
Speed:	30 knots (56 km / h)
Crew:	225 men
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

The HMCS Toronto (FFH 333) is a Halifax-class frigate of the Canadian Navy . She is named after the Canadian city of Toronto and is the second ship to bear this name.

She was built between 1990 and 1992 by Saint John Shipbuilding in Saint John , New Brunswick , declared operational in 1994 and put into service.

history

Just one year after its commissioning, in 1995, the Toronto took part in "Operation Victory", the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe . In 1998 he was deployed in the Persian Gulf to monitor the embargo against Iraq as part of "Operation Determination".

From 2001 to 2002 the Toronto was deployed in the Mediterranean and supported the US Navy as part of " Operation Active Endeavor ". In 2005 she was also part of the Canadian contingent to help and support the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the southern United States.

In 2014, HMCS Toronto took part in the Sea Breeze exercise in the Black Sea . During the exercise carried out by the USA, Ukraine and other states despite the crisis in Ukraine , Toronto was approached several times by fighter planes of the Russian armed forces, according to Canadian information. Russia denied this.

Web links

Commons : HMCS Toronto - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

official homepage of the ship

Individual evidence

↑ Maneuvers in the Black Sea: Russian military jet is said to have harassed Canadian frigate. In: Spiegel Online . September 9, 2014, accessed on September 9, 2014 : “Canada reports an incident involving Russian aircraft during a NATO exercise in the Black Sea. Canadian Defense Minister Rob Nicholson said on Monday, according to the AP news agency, two Russian fighter jets and a surveillance aircraft were buzzing around the frigate "HMCS Toronto". […] Moscow rejected the Canadian allegations: The Russian news agency Itar-Tass quoted Major General Igor Konashenkov . He said that it was two planes that had been on a routine flight in the area without approaching the foreign ship. "

[1] Maneuvers in the Black Sea: Russian military jet is said to have harassed Canadian frigate. In: Spiegel Online . September 9, 2014, accessed on September 9, 2014 : “Canada reports an incident involving Russian aircraft during a NATO exercise in the Black Sea. Canadian Defense Minister Rob Nicholson said on Monday, according to the AP news agency, two Russian fighter jets and a surveillance aircraft were buzzing around the frigate "HMCS Toronto". […] Moscow rejected the Canadian allegations: The Russian news agency Itar-Tass quoted Major General Igor Konashenkov . He said that it was two planes that had been on a routine flight in the area without approaching the foreign ship. "