![]() HMCS Edmonton in June 2017
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Class overview | |
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Name | Kingston class |
Builders | Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Anticosti class |
Built | 1994–1998 |
In commission | 21 September 1996–present |
Completed | 12 |
Active | 12 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Coastal defence vessel |
Displacement | 970 t (950 long tons) |
Length | |
Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.42 m (11 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) |
Complement | 47 max |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma UAS |
The Kingston class consists of 12 coastal defence vessels operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. The class is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project (MCDV). These multi-role vessels were built and launched from the mid- to late-1990s and are crewed by a combination of Naval Reserve and Regular Force personnel. The main missions of the vessels are reservist training, coastal patrol, minesweeping, law enforcement, pollution surveillance and search and rescue. The multi-purpose nature of the vessels led to their mixed construction between commercial and naval standards. The Kingston class is split between the east and west coasts of Canada and regularly deploy overseas to West Africa, Europe, Central America and the Caribbean.
In August 2023 it was reported that the Canadian Department of National Defence had "initiated the project to inform timely governmental decision-making about a potential replacement for the Kingston-class."[1]
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