HMCS Montréal (FFH 336)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Montreal.
 HMCS Montréal (FFH 336) |
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Montréal, Quebec |
| Builder: | Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB |
| Laid down: | 8 February 1991 |
| Launched: | 28 February 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 29 September 1993 |
| Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
| Motto: | Ton Bras Sait Porter L'Epée (Ready to Fight) |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| Badge: | A coronet of fleur-de-lis and maple leaves superimposed upon a stylized mountain which borders a river. |
| 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 Montreal (FFH 336) is the seventh of the Halifax-class frigates.
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