For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Summerside.
HMCS Summerside (MM 711) | |
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HMCS Summerside (MM 711) | |
Career (Canada) | |
Namesake: | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
Builder: | Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax |
Laid down: | 28 March 1998 |
Launched: | 25 September 1998 |
Commissioned: | 18 July 1999 |
Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
Honours and awards: | Atlantic, 1941-44; Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942, 1944; Normandy, 1944; English Channel, 1944-45 |
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 Summerside (MM 711) is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1999.
Summerside is the twelfth 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 Summerside.
Summerside was laid down on 28 March 1998 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 25 September 1998. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 18 July 1999 and carries the pennant number 711.
She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.
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