HMCS Frédérick Rolette
HMCS Frédérick Rolette visiting New York City on 21 May 2025 | |
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Frédérick Rolette |
| Namesake | Frédérick Rolette |
| Builder | Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Laid down | 29 June 2022 |
| Launched | 9 December 2023 |
| Completed | 29 August 2024 |
| Identification |
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| 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) |
| Ice class | Polar Class 5 |
| Installed power | 4 × MAN 6L32/44CR (4 × 3.6 MW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| 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 |
Frédérick Rolette (AOPV 434) is the fifth Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel of 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.
It was named to honour the naval hero, Lieutenant Frédérick Rolette.