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06-MAY-2007 Ron Bernardo

HMCS HALIFAX

Hamilton Harbor

Class: “Halifax”
Displacement: 4750 tonnes
Dimensions: Length Overall 134.2 m (442.8 ft)
Beam: 16.5 m (54.5 ft)
Hull Draught: 4.9 m (15.3 ft)
Navigational Draught: 7.4 m (24.4 ft)
Propulsion:
Main: Two GE LM 2500 Gas Turbines (50,000 SHP)
Cruise: One Pielstick Cruise Diesel (10,000 SHP)
Propellers: Twin Inward Turning Controllable Reversible Pitch
Speed: 30+ knots
Steering: Single Center Semi-Balanced Rudder
Accommodations: 239
Helicopter: One CH-124 Sea King
Torpedoes: Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5 (Ship or Helicopter launched)
Missiles: 16 Raytheon Vertical Launched Sea Sparrow (surface to air), 8 Boeing Harpoon (surface to surface)
Guns: One 57mm Bofors MK2, One Vulcan Phalanx MK 15 20 mm Close-In Weapons System (CIWS), Six .50 Calibre Heavy Machine Guns

Canon EOS 20D
1/1000s f/4.0 at 75.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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s_barbour07-May-2007 02:13
A real beauty Ron, very nicely captured!