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Vanguard February/March 2021

Preserving capacity, General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, Keys to Canadian SAR

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18 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2021 www.vanguardcanada.com dAshboArd As part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, Canada will receive 15 Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships starting with first delivery in the mid-2020s. Canada's Future CAnAdiAn surfACe SPeCifiCAtioNS • Length: 151.4 metres • Beam: 20.75 metres • Speed: 27 knots • Displacement: 7800 tonnes • Navigational Draught: ~8m • Range: 7000 nautical miles • Class: 15 ships PRoPulSioN & PoWeR GeNeRAtioN • Combined Diesel-Electric or Gas Propulsion System (CODLOG) • 2 x Electric Motors – GE • 1 x Gas Turbine – Rolls Royce MT 30 • 4 x Diesel Generators – Rolls Royce MTU • Integrated Platform Management System – L3 Harris HABitABility • Accommodations: ~204 • Medical Facilities • Dedicated Gym/Fitness Facilities • Shipboard Wi-Fi WeAPoNS • Missile Vertical Launch System 32 Cells – LMC MK 41 • Area Air Defence Missiles – Raytheon Standard Missile 2 • Point Defence Missiles – Raytheon Evolved Sea Sparrow • Naval Fires Support – Raytheon Tomahawk • Main Gun System – 127mm • Lightweight Torpedoes MK54 & Twin Launch Tubes • Close-In Air Defence System – MBDA Sea Ceptor • Surface-to-Surface Anti-Ship Missile – Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile • 2 x Stabilized Rapid Fire 30mm Naval Gun System – BAE

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