HMCS Harry DeWolf and HMCS Margaret Brooke

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AOPV 430 Harry DeWolf and AOPV 431 Margaret Brooke in Halifax

  • Displacement: 6,615 t (6,511 long tons)
  • Length: 103.6 m (339 ft 11 in)
  • Beam: 19 m (62 ft 4 in)
  • Ice class: Polar Class 5
  • Installed power: Four 3.6 MW (4,800 hp) diesel generators
  • Propulsion: Diesel-electric; two shafts (2 × 4.5 MW (6,000 hp))
  • Speed:
    ◾17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (open water)
    ◾3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) (icebreaking)
  • Range: 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi)
  • Boats & landing craft carried:
    • Two Rosborough Rough Water 8.5m Multi-Role Rescue Boats
    • One ABCO Industries 12m landing craft
  • Complement: 5 (RCN). Accommodation for 87
  • Sensors and processing systems:
    • SATCOM (Link 16)
    • Multichannel VHF/HF Radio
    • Anti-missile detect systems
    • OSI Maritime Systems Integrated Bridge Navigational System
    • Kelvin Hughes SharpEye X and S-band navigation radars
    • AGEM Damage/Machinery Control Systems
  • Armament:
    • 1 × BAE Mk 38 25 mm (0.98 in) gun
    • 2 × M2 Browning machine gun
  • Aircraft carried:
    • Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone, or
    • Bell CH-146 Griffon (RCAF) and/or CU-176 Gargoyle UAV

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