HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339)
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 HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) |
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Builder: | Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB |
| Laid down: | 18 December 1993 |
| Launched: | 1 October 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 9 September 1995 |
| Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
| Motto: | "All Challenges Squarely Met" |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1942, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942 and 1944 |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Halifax-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,995 tonnes (light) 4,795 tonnes (operational) 5,032 tonnes (deep load) |
| Length: | 134.2 m |
| Beam: | 16.5 m |
| Draught: | 7.1 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × LM2500 Gas turbines 1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,595 km) |
| Complement: | 225 (including air detachment) |
| 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 carried: | 1 × CH-124 Sea King |
HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) is the tenth of the Halifax-class line of frigates. The Charlottetown is currently based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On February 3, 2008, the HMCS Charlottetown was deployed to the Arabian Sea to rescue two Pakistani sailors who were stranded for three days after their tugboat, the Al Wabi, capsized while attempting to pull a barge, called the Azaan, when the tow line broke. Five crew members went down with the Al Wabi.
Charlottetown has been in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf since November 1, 2007 as a contribution to the American Operation Enduring Freedom and Canadian mission Operation Altair.[1]
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- ^ CTV: “HMCS Charlottetown rescues Pakistani sailors”. February 6, 2008
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