For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Shawinigan.
HMCS Shawinigan (MM 704) | |
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HMCS Shawinigan (MM 704) | |
Career (Canada) | |
Name: | HMCS Shawinigan (MM 704) |
Namesake: | Shawinigan, Quebec |
Builder: | Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax |
Laid down: | 26 April 1996 |
Launched: | 15 November 1996 |
Commissioned: | 14 June 1997 |
Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
Honours and awards: | Atlantic, 1942-44; Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942, 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Kingston-class coastal defence vessel |
Displacement: | 970 tonnes |
Length: | 55.3 m (181.43 ft) |
Beam: | 11.3 m (37.07 ft) |
Draught: | 3.4 m (11.15 ft) |
Propulsion: |
2 x Jeumont DC electric motors 4 x 600VAC Wärtsilä SACM V12 diesel alternators |
Speed: | 15 kn (27.78 km/h) |
Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,260.00 km) |
Capacity: | 47 |
Complement: | 31 to 47 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
Kelvin Hughes navigation radar (I-band) Kelvin Hughes 6000 surface search radar (E-F band) Global Positioning System A towed high-frequency sidescan sonar Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS) |
Armament: |
1 x Bofors 40 mm 60 Mk 5C cannon 2 x M2 Machine Guns |
HMCS Shawinigan (MM 704) is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1997.
Shawinigan is the fifth ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Shawinigan.
Shawinigan was laid down on 26 April 1996 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 15 November 1996. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 14 June 1997 and carries the pennant number 704.
She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.
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