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Kingston-class coastal defence vessellarger figure on 2 of 4
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 4
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| Specification | Kingston-class coastal defence vessel | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | — | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Kingston class[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builders | Halifax Shipyards Ltd. , Halifax, Nova Scotia[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | Royal Canadian Navy[source] | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
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55.31 m (181 ft 6 in) oa 49 m (160 ft 9 in) pp[source]
Length
Single source95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
Range
Single source5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Preceded by | Anticosti class[source] | Alvand class[source] |
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| Built | 1994–1998[source] | 2001–present[source] |
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| In commission | 21 September 1996–present[source] | — |
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| Completed | 12[source] |
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| Active | 0?[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Coastal defence vessel[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × Jeumont DC electric motors 4 × 600 VAC Wärtsilä UD 23V12 diesel engines 2 × Z drive azimuth thrusters[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Kelvin Hughes Nucleus S-band surface search radar Towed high-frequency sidescan sonar Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS) Magnetic degaussing system[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mk 5C cannon (removed 2014) 1 x Nanuk RCWS 12.7 mm heavy machine gun (trial) 2 × M2 machine guns[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma UAS[source] | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Country of origin | Canada[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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