HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Winnipeg.
 HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) |
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Builder: | Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, NB |
| Laid down: | 20 March 1993 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 23 June 1996 |
| Homeport: | CFB Esquimalt |
| Motto: | Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One with the strength of many) |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| 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 Winnipeg (FFH 338) is the ninth of the Halifax-class line of frigates.
[edit] Ship's Heraldry
The ship's badge combines a traditional naval Tudor crown surmounting a border of cordage patterned for a capital ship of the line. Within this border is found the distinctive heraldic field described as "Azure, a Bison passant, Or" which is derived from the former Civic Devices of the City of Winnipeg. This badge was carried by the first HMCS WINNIPEG as well, and was first passed as a sealed pattern in 1948.
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