HMCS Summerside (MM 711)

HMCS Summerside entering St. John's Harbour
History
Canada
Name	Summerside
Namesake	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Builder	Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Laid down	28 March 1998
Launched	25 September 1998
Commissioned	18 July 1999
Homeport	CFB Halifax
Identification	Pennant number: MM 711 MMSI number: 316295000
Motto	Spem Successus Alit (Success nourishes hope)[1]
Honours and awards	Atlantic, 1941–44; Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942, 1944; Normandy, 1944; English Channel, 1944–45[1]
Status	in active service
Notes	Colours: Gold and red[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Kingston-class coastal defence vessel
Displacement	970 long tons (986 t)
Length	55.3 m (181 ft 5 in)
Beam	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	4 × Jeumont ANR-53-50 alternators, 4 × 600VAC Wärtsilä UD 23V12 diesel engines, 7.2 MW (9,700 hp) 2 × Jeumont CI 560L motors, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) 2 × LIPS Z drive azimuth thrusters
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	37
Sensors and processing systems	Kelvin Hughes navigation radar (I-band) Kelvin Hughes 6000 surface search radar (E-F band) Global Positioning System AN/SQS-511 towed side scan sonar Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS)
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 5C gun (removed from the class) 2 × M2 machine guns

HMCS Summerside is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1999. Summerside is the twelfth, and last, ship of her class. She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Summerside. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.^[2]