Kingston-class coastal defence vessel

HMCS Edmonton in June 2017
Class overview
Name	Kingston class
Builders	Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy
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	55.31 m (181 ft 6 in) oa 49 m (160 ft 9 in) pp
Beam	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.42 m (11 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 × Jeumont DC electric motors 4 × 600 VAC Wärtsilä UD 23V12 diesel engines 2 × Z drive azimuth thrusters
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	Kelvin Hughes Nucleus S-band surface search radar Towed high-frequency sidescan sonar Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS) Magnetic degaussing system
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mk 5C cannon (removed 2014) 1 x Nanuk RCWS 12.7 mm heavy machine gun (trial) 2 × M2 machine guns
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 mission of the vessels is to train reservists, coastal patrol, minesweeping, law enforcement, pollution surveillance and search and rescue duties. 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.