HMCS Halifax (FFH 330)

HMCS Halifax en route to Haiti in January 2010 as part of Operation Hestia
History
Canada
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]
Status	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

HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces since 1992. Halifax is the lead ship in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Halifax. She carries the hull classification symbol FFH 330.

She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax in her namesake city, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a name that was also borne by HMCS Halifax (K237), a Flower-class corvette during the Second World War as well as the first warship built in Halifax, HMS Halifax (1768).^[2]