Kingston-class coastal defence vessels

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Browning_M2_machine_guns
Bofors 40 mm gun (removed from most ships)
gptkbp:beam 11.3 metres
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Halifax_Shipyards
gptkb:Saint_John_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:commissioned 1996
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:crewComplement 37
gptkbp:displacement 970 tonnes
gptkbp:draught 3.4 metres
gptkbp:enteredService mid-1990s
gptkbp:firstShipLaunched 1995
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kingston-class coastal defence vessels
gptkbp:hullMaterial gptkb:steel
gptkbp:length 55.3 metres
gptkbp:modularPayload mission-specific modules
gptkbp:namedAfter Canadian communities
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:HMCS_Brandon
gptkb:HMCS_Edmonton
gptkb:HMCS_Glace_Bay
gptkb:HMCS_Goose_Bay
gptkb:HMCS_Kingston
gptkb:HMCS_Moncton
gptkb:HMCS_Nanaimo
gptkb:HMCS_Saskatoon
gptkb:HMCS_Shawinigan
gptkb:HMCS_Summerside
gptkb:HMCS_Whitehorse
gptkb:HMCS_Yellowknife
gptkbp:numberBuilt 12
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
gptkbp:range 5000 nautical miles at 8 knots
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Bay-class_minesweepers
future Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (partial role)
gptkbp:role training
coastal defence
patrol
mine countermeasures
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:usedFor counter-narcotics operations
domestic operations
sovereignty patrols
search and rescue support
Arctic patrols
international exercises
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy_Atlantic_Fleet
gptkb:Canadian_Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6