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Halifax
IOC: 1992
Total Production: 12
Origin
Canada
Guided Missiles:
RGM-84D Harpoon (8)
SAM & ABM Missiles:
ESSM (16)
RIM-7P Sea Sparrow (16)
Power plant:
LM2500 (2)
Sensors & Communications:
Sirius
Sea GIRAFFE 150 HC
Guns & Missile Launchers:
57mm Mk3
Protection Systems:
AN/SLQ-25A SSTD
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Description:
The Halifax-class frigates have been designed to provide Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities. These vessels feature and integrated weapon system providing excellent offensive capabilities against submarines and defensive capabilities against surface, underwater and airborne threats. The Halifax-class frigate were deployed successfully for the first time in the 1990s during the conflict of the former Republic of Yugoslavia patrolling the Adriatic Sea.
Each Halifax-class frigate carries 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, 16 Sea Sparrow/ESSM missiles, a Bofors 57mm gun, one Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), and 24 anti-submarine torpedoes. A flight deck and a hangar allows to operate a single ASW helicopter.
Canada ordered 12 Halifax-class frigates delivered between 1992 and 1996.
Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 225
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 57 mm
Number of Weapons: 24
Dimensions: Height 4.9 m, Length 134 m, Width 16.4 m
Weights: Max Weight 4,770 t
Performance: Max Range 13,150 km (7,100 nm), Top Speed 15 mps (29 kt)
Power: Power 47,500 shp
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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
Last Updated: Saturday, October 25, 2008
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