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     509 Protecteur     

Photo byJorge Guerra Moreno
Additional pictures:
Additional photo Magnify image   Richard Brito, Valparaíso, 8th September 2010

Country: Canada Canada
Class, [Type]: Protecteur, [AOR].
Builder: St. John SB & DD, St. John, Canada.
Launch date: 18 July 1968.
Commission date: 30 August 1969.

Displacement ( tons ): 24.700 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 172 x 23,16 x 9,15
Main machinery: 1 x 21.000 hp.
Speed ( knots ): 21.
Range ( miles ): 4.100 at 20 knots, 7.500 at 11.5 knots.
Complement: 227 ( 15 officers ).

Guns: 2 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 Mod. 0 Block I CIWS 20mm, 6 x 12,7mm.
Military lift: Cargo capacity: 13,250 tons total, with 12,000 tons distillate fuel, 600 tons diesel oil, 400 tons jet fuel, frozen and dry foods, spare parts, munitions.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Decca TM 1629, 1 x Decca TM 969.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 6-round Plessey Shield; SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy; EW: SLQ-504 (Racal Kestrel Type 242) intercept; Southwest SRD-502 (Telegon-4) HFD/F.
Helicopter: 3 x CH-124A Sea King.

Callsign: CYTV ( Charlie Yankee Tango Victor )
Comment: Carries four LCVPs.
Homeport: Esquimalt.

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