 HMCS Margaret Brooke participates in Operation Nanook, 2022
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| History | |
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| Name | Margaret Brooke |
| Namesake | Margaret Brooke |
| Ordered | 19 October 2011 |
| Builder | Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Laid down | 29 May 2017 |
| Launched | 10 November 2019 |
| Commissioned | 28 October 2022 |
| Homeport | Halifax |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Magnanimi sunt fortes (Latin for 'Merciful are the brave') |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 6,615 t (6,511 long tons) |
| Length | 103.6 m (339 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 19.0 m (62 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Ice class | Polar Class 5 |
| Installed power | 4 × MAN 6L32/44CR (4 × 3.6 MW)[1] |
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| Range | 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 65 |
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| Aircraft carried | Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone or other helicopters/CU-176 Gargoyle UAV |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck |
HMCS Margaret Brooke (AOPV 431) is the second Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). The class was derived from the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship project as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy and is primarily designed for the patrol and support of Canada's Arctic regions. Named after Sub-Lieutenant Margaret Brooke, an RCN nursing sister who tried to save another person during the sinking of the ferry SS Caribou during World War II. Margaret Brooke was ordered in 2011, laid down in 2016 and launched in 2019. The vessel began contractor sea trials in May 2021, and she was delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy for post-acceptance sea trials on 15 July 2021. The official naming ceremony for the ship was conducted on 29 May 2022 in conjunction with that for sister ship Max Bernays. The vessel was commissioned on 28 October 2022.
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- ^ "ABCO Industries to Build 12m Landing Craft for Royal Canadian Navy". Baird Maritime. 17 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.