![]() Orca of the Royal Canadian Navy, January 2007
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Class overview | |
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Name | Orca class |
Builders | Victoria Shipyards, Esquimalt |
Operators | Royal Canadian Navy |
Preceded by | YAG 300 |
Cost | |
Built | November 2004 – October 2008 |
In service | 17 November 2006 – present |
Completed | 8 |
Active | 8 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Training tender and patrol boat |
Displacement | 210 tonnes (207 Imperial tons) |
Length | 33 m (108 ft) |
Beam | 8.34 m (27.4 ft) |
Draught | 2.6 m (8.5 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) governed |
Range | 660 nmi (1,220 km; 760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 5 (minimum); 24 (maximum) |
Armament | Not armed. Foredeck is strengthened to accept a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun. |
Notes |
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The Orca-class patrol vessels are a class of eight steel-hulled training and surveillance vessels in service with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) at Patrol Craft Training Unit (PCTU) Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt.[1] Based on the Australian Pacific-class patrol boat design, all of the Orca vessels were constructed by Victoria Shipyards between November 2004 and November 2008. In addition to carrying the RCN designation of patrol craft training (PCT),[2] the Orca class are not formally commissioned in the RCN and as such do not possess the His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) prefix.[3]
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