Canadian Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels to visit Cleveland this weekend
July 03, 08 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Source: Joint Task Force Canada
HALIFAX, N.S. – Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Glace Bay, Summerside and Shawinigan will visit Cleveland, Ohio, from July 3 to 6, 2008. The Canadian Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels (MCDVs) will stop in Cleveland as part of a training deployment in the Great Lakes.
The primary role of the MCDVs is coastal surveillance and patrol. Their tasks also include general naval operations, training and exercises, search and rescue, support to law enforcement, natural resource protection and fisheries patrols.
Their size and shallow draught of 3.05 meters make them well suited for sailing into small ports, harbours or coves. The ships can reach speeds of approximately 15 knots and have a range of 5,000 nautical miles.
They are multi-role ships that can be fitted with inter-changeable modules supporting a wide variety of missions including general naval operations and exercises, as well as specialty work such as seabed mapping.
