HMCS Kingston
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Not to be confused with HMS Kingston.
HMCS Kingston is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1996. Kingston is the lead ship of her class, ordered under the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the first vessel to use the designation HMCS Kingston. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.
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HMCS Kingston alongside in 2010 | |
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Name | Kingston |
Namesake | Kingston, Ontario |
Builder | Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Laid down | 12 December 1994 |
Launched | 12 August 1995 |
Commissioned | 21 September 1996 |
Homeport | CFB Halifax |
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Motto | Pro Rege et Grege (For sovereign and people)[1] |
Status | Active |
Notes | Colours: Gold and Red |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kingston-class coastal defence vessel |
Displacement | 970 long tons (986 t) |
Length | 55.3 m (181 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Complement | 37 |
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