HMCS Summerside (MM 711)
 HMCS Summerside (MM 711)
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Summerside |
| Namesake | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| Operator | Royal Canadian Navy |
| 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[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × Jeumont DC electric motors 4 × 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × Bofors 40 mm 60 Mk 5C cannon 2 × M2 Machine Guns |
HMCS Summerside 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 by Halifax Shipyards Ltd. at Halifax and was launched on 25 September 1998. She was commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 18 July 1999 at Summerside, Prince Edward Island and carries the pennant number 711.[2]
She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.[2]
Operational history
In August 2002, Summerside took part in Exercise "Narwhal Ranger", sailing into Arctic waters. This was the first time Canadian naval units had sailed into the Arctic in thirteen years.[2]
As part of Exercise "Tradewinds" which took place from 1 June to the 25 June 2014, Summerside took part in and led training of forces from around the Caribbean Sea.[3]
References
- Footnotes
- ^ "Volume 2, Part 1: Extant Commissioned Ships". Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b c Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). Warships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-2002 (3 ed.). St. Catharines: Vanwell Publishing Ltd. p. 304. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
- ^ Pugliese, David (25 June 2014). "Canadian Forces wraps up participation in Exercise Tradewinds". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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