Hmcs Winnipeg FFH 338
HMCS Winnipeg
(FFH 338) is a Halifax-class frigate
that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy since 1996. She is a guided-missile
frigate that also carries a multipurpose helicopter [but especially for
anti-submarine warfare (ASW)]. Her missile armament includes Harpoon anti-ship
missiles and Evolved Sea-Sparrow anti-aircraft and anti-missile missiles. She
also carries ASW torpedoes for close-in defense, and a Phalanx CIWS defense
cannon.
Winnipeg
is the ninth ship in her class, whose design was based on the Canadian Patrol
Frigate Project. She is the second Canadian warship to carry the name
HMCS Winnipeg.
Winnipeg
was laid down on 20 March 1993 at Saint John Shipbuilding Company in Saint
John, New Brunswick, and she was launched on 25 June 1994. This warship was
officially commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 23 June 1995, and carries
the hull classification symbol 338. In April 2012 Winnipeg was turned over to Seaspan Marine Corporation's
Victoria Shipyards, to start an 18 month mid-life upgrading and modernization.
On 10 April 2013 Winnipeg was
returned to the Royal CN to finish the midlife refit, and she will renter
service sometime in 2014. The ship is assigned to the Maritime Forces Pacific
(MARPAC), and she has her homeport at the Canadian Forces Maritime Base at
Esquimalt.
Winnipeg is seen outboard of the Spanish Frigate Blas De Lezo and then
sailing from Leith on the 4th October 2015.
