History
Canada
NameFrédérick Rolette
NamesakeFrédérick Rolette
BuilderIrving Shipbuilding, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Laid down29 June 2022
Launched9 December 2023
IdentificationIMO number: 4702541
StatusFitting out
General characteristics
TypeHarry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement6,615 t (6,511 long tons)
Length103.6 m (339 ft 11 in)
Beam19.0 m (62 ft 4 in)
Draught5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)[1]
Ice classPolar Class 5
Installed power4 × MAN 6L32/44CR (4 × 3.6 MW)[1]
PropulsionDiesel-electric; two shafts (2 × 4.5 MW)[2]
Speed
  • 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) (open water)
  • 3 kn (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 1 m (3 ft 3 in) ice[3]
Range6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)[4]
Boats & landing
craft carried
Complement65
Armament
Aircraft carriedSikorsky CH-148 Cyclone or other helicopters/CU-176 Gargoyle UAV
Aviation facilitiesHangar and flight deck

Frédérick Rolette (AOPV 434) will be the fifth 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.[7][8]

It was named to honour the naval hero, Lieutenant Frédérick Rolette.[9][8]

Design and construction

The first steel was cut for Frédérick Rolette on 20 May 2021.[7] The keel was laid on 29 June 2022.[10] The ship was launched on 9 December 2023.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Harry DeWolf (4702503)". Sea-web. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships". Royal Canadian Navy. January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Royal Canadian Navy's OPV HMCS Max Bernays starts sea trials". Navy Recognition. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Maritime Engineering Journal, Fall 2022" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Irving Shipbuilding Selects Rosborough Boats to supply Multi-Role Rescue Boats for AOPS vessels". Irving Shipbuilding. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. 1 2 "Production of Canada's Fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Underway With Cutting of First Steel for the Future HMCS Frédérick Rolette". Irving Shipbuilding. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. 1 2 "HMCS Frédérick Rolette name of navy's new Arctic patrol ship". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "HMCS Frédérick Rolette". Government of Canada. 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Keel Laid for 5th Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) the future HMCS Frédérick Rolette" (Press release). Irving Halifax Shipyard. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Halifax Shipyard launches Canada's fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship". shipsforcanada.ca. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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