HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337)
HMCS Fredericton off Iqaluit in 2007
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 Canada
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| Name: | Fredericton |
| Namesake: | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Builder: | Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John |
| Laid down: | 25 April 1992 |
| Launched: | 26 June 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 10 September 1994 |
| Refit: | HCM/FELEX (October 2011 – January 2013) |
| Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
| Motto: | "Stalker of the Seas" |
| Nickname(s): | "The Freddie" |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1942–45, Arabian Sea |
| Fate: | in active service |
| Badge: | Vert, a bend wavy argent charged with a like bendlet azure and overall a Bengal tiger prepared to leap. |
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| Class and type: | Halifax-class frigate |
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| Length: | 134.2 m (440 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.5 m (54 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.1 m (23 ft) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) |
| Complement: | 225 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × CH-124 Sea King |
HMCS Fredericton is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1994. Fredericton is the eighth ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the name. Fredericton serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. Fredericton has also been deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations. Fredericton has also participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). The frigate is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.
As of 7 July 2016 Fredericton has been commanded by Commander Yves Tremblay.
The Halifax-class frigate design, emerging from the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project, was ordered by the Canadian Forces in 1977 as a replacement for the aging St. Laurent, Restigouche, Mackenzie, and Annapolis classes of destroyer escorts, which were all tasked with anti-submarine warfare.Fredericton was ordered in December 1987 as part of the second batch of frigates. To reflect the changing long term strategy of the Navy during the 1980s and 1990s, the Halifax-class frigates was designed as a general purpose warship with particular focus on anti-submarine capabilities.
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