HMCS Halifax - FFH330

Name:	Halifax
Namesake:	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Builder:	Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John
Laid down:	19 March 1987
Launched:	30 April 1988
Commissioned:	29 June 1992
Refit:	HCM/FELEX September 2010 – September 2011
Homeport:	CFB Halifax
Identification:	MMSI number: 316138000 Callsign: CGAP
Motto:	Sior gaisgiel (ever brave/bravery endures)
Honours and awards:	Atlantic 1942–45, Arabian Sea [1]
Fate:	in active service
Badge:	Argent a kingfisher holding a trident in bend points upward Or.
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 (440 ft)
Beam:	16.5 m (54 ft)
Draught:	7.1 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × LM2500 Gas turbines 1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	9,500 nautical miles (17,600 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-148 Cyclone