smartd
07-09-2011, 04:04
..............HMCS Montréal (FFH 336) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1993.
Montréal is the seventh ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Montreal.
Montréal serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone.
Montréal has also been deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations.
Montréal has also participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1).
In recent years Montréal has conducted sovereignty patrols in the Canadian Arctic as well as assisting in drug interdiction operations in the Caribbean Sea.
Montréal recently engaged in acceptance trials for the new CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopter. Several modifications had to be made for the trials to the ship, including adding green filters to the flight deck landing lights and reinforcing the flight deck due to the Cyclone being heavier than the CH-124 Sea King. HMCS Montréal has successfully completed the tests which include routine flying operations as well as responding to some critical situations.
On 3rd July 2011 the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embarked on the vessel which conveyed them from Montreal to Quebec city..............
Montreal is in the Great Lakes on the annual recruiting drive.
Montréal is the seventh ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Montreal.
Montréal serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone.
Montréal has also been deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations.
Montréal has also participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1).
In recent years Montréal has conducted sovereignty patrols in the Canadian Arctic as well as assisting in drug interdiction operations in the Caribbean Sea.
Montréal recently engaged in acceptance trials for the new CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopter. Several modifications had to be made for the trials to the ship, including adding green filters to the flight deck landing lights and reinforcing the flight deck due to the Cyclone being heavier than the CH-124 Sea King. HMCS Montréal has successfully completed the tests which include routine flying operations as well as responding to some critical situations.
On 3rd July 2011 the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embarked on the vessel which conveyed them from Montreal to Quebec city..............
Montreal is in the Great Lakes on the annual recruiting drive.