Canada resumes patrolling its northern waters. Yesterday, August 12, the portal navaltoday.com He reported that the Royal Canadian Navy has sent its Arctic patrol ship HMCS Harry DeWolf on its first trip.
"There are thousands of miles on the HMCS Harry DeWolf odometer, and we are going to go on a patrol that has not been conducted for more than 64 years. This is no small feat, " said the ship's captain, Corey Gleason.
HMCS Harry DeWolf patrol ship on trial
The deployment of the ship will take four months. During this time, the crew will circumnavigate North America and participate in two operations-Nanook in the Arctic region and Caribbe in the Caribbean Sea.
The Canadian government ordered the construction of six Arctic patrol ships in 2015, and in March 2016, the first of them, named Harry DeWolf, was laid down. The new Canadian patrol ships are designed on the basis of Norwegian ships of the Svalbard type, but have a simplified design.
The length of the Harry DeWolf is 103 m, the displacement is 6615 tons. The ship can reach speeds of up to 17 knots in open water and 3 knots when moving through ice. The crew consists of 65 people, and the ship's armament will consist of a 25-mm automatic gun BAE Mk 38 and two M2 Browning machine guns. In addition, the ship is equipped with a platform and a hangar for a helicopter.
