Orca-class patrol vessel

Orca of the Royal Canadian Navy, January 2007
Class overview
Name	Orca class
Builders	Victoria Shipyards, Esquimalt
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy
Preceded by	YAG 300
Cost	CA$90.7 million (2004) for 8 vessels CA$11.3 million (2004) per unit
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	2 x Caterpillar 3516B diesel engines, 2,500 hp each at 1,600 rpm 2 x ZF 7550A gearboxes 2 x 1,400mm fixed pitch propellers
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	1 x Zodiac SR2 rescue boat 1 x Allied Systems D2500S deck crane

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]