HMCS Montréal (FFH 336)
HMCS Montréal
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 Canada
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| Name: | Montréal |
| Namesake: | Montréal, Quebec |
| Builder: | Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John |
| Laid down: | 8 February 1991 |
| Launched: | 28 February 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 21 July 1994 |
| Refit: | HCM/FELEX July 2012 - July 2013 |
| Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
| Identification: | FFH 336 |
| Motto: | Ton Bras Sait Porter L'Épée (We Stand On Guard For Thee) |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1944-45, Arabian Sea 2002-03 |
| Status: | in active 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 |
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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 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) |
| Complement: | 225 (including air detachment) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × CH-148 Cyclone |
HMCS Montréal is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1993. Montréal is the seventh ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Montreal. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax. Montréal serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. The ship 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. The vessel 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 vessel is designated as a Bilingual Language Unit in the Royal Canadian Navy.
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.Montréal 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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