 HMCS Max Bernays (foreground), with HMCS Margaret Brooke (astern)
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Max Bernays |
| Namesake | Max Bernays |
| Builder | Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Laid down | 5 December 2018 |
| Launched | 23 October 2021 |
| Commissioned | 3 May 2024 |
| Homeport | CFB Esquimalt |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Interriti impetus (Latin for 'Undaunted by fire') |
| 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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| Speed | |
| Range | 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)[5] |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 65 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone or other helicopters/CU-176 Gargoyle UAV |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck |
HMCS Max Bernays (AOPV 432) is the third Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Canadian Navy. 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.
- ^ a b "Harry DeWolf (4702503)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
aops1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Harry DeWolf class fact sheet". www.canada.ca. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Royal Canadian Navy's OPV HMCS Max Bernays starts sea trials". Navy Recognition. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Maritime Engineering Journal, Fall 2022" (PDF).
- ^ "Irving Shipbuilding Selects Rosborough Boats to supply Multi-Role Rescue Boats for AOPS vessels". Irving Shipbuilding. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "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.