HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Glace Bay.
HMCS Glace Bay is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy since 1996. Glace Bay is the second ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Glace Bay. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.
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Glace Bay in the Atlantic Ocean on 9 June 2010 | |
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Name | Glace Bay |
Namesake | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia |
Builder | Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Laid down | 28 April 1995 |
Launched | 22 January 1996 |
Commissioned | 26 October 1996 |
Homeport | CFB Halifax |
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Motto | Ex Fundo Maris[1] |
Honours and awards | Atlantic, 1944–45[1] |
Status | Active |
Notes | Colours: Black and white[1] |
Badge | Sable on a pile Argent a thistle proper.[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kingston-class coastal defence vessel |
Displacement | 990 t (970 long tons) |
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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