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Not enough guns.
Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship AOPS
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Seaspan (owned by Washington Marine of Ohio) has teamed with Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana, Rauma Shipyards of Finland and Aker Arctic.
www.seaspan.com
Their offer is based on the Multi-Purpose Vessel (Multi-Purpose Icebreaker) ordered by the Canadian Coast Guard with an expectation of 16 vessels to be built by Seaspan.
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Like the AOPS design, both the RCN and CCG variants all these hulls are PC4 class - Year-round operation in thick first-year ice, which may include old ice inclusions as per Transport Canada - displacement of about 9000 tonnes
PC4 vessels also include Fed Nav's MV Umiak I, MV Nunavik, andMV Arvik Ibulk freighters operating out of Voisey Bay and Deception. They displace about 32,000 tonnes.
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The Azipod propulsion system, which was proposed for the AOPS, has been employed in the NoCGV Svalbard and in the Double Acting Ships which, like the PC4s, are not expected to require separate ice-breaking services from heavy icebreakers.
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Aker Arctic is also involved in the two PC2 class heavy icebreakers - displacement of approximately 26,000 tonnes (similar to the JSS)
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Seaspan Announces Strategic Trilateral Partnership with American and Finnish Allies to Deliver U.S. Coast Guard’s Arctic Security Cutter - Seaspan
Partnership comprises world’s premier icebreaker shipbuilders: Bollinger Shipyards, Rauma Shipyards, Seaspan Shipyards and Aker Arctic Plan delivers fastest schedule, lowest risk, cost certainty, and a full transition to American shipyards MPI design exceeds all requirements and is production...
www.seaspan.com
Their offer is based on the Multi-Purpose Vessel (Multi-Purpose Icebreaker) ordered by the Canadian Coast Guard with an expectation of 16 vessels to be built by Seaspan.
Multi-Purpose Icebreaking for Coast Guard | Aker Arctic
The MPV is replacing up to three classes of older ships with one platform. The target is to develop a compact ship with a multitude of operational roles.
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Naval architect icebreaker | Aker Arctic
Aker Arctic has completed the hull form and contributed to the concept development for Canada’s sixteen new Multi-Purpose Vessels.
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Like the AOPS design, both the RCN and CCG variants all these hulls are PC4 class - Year-round operation in thick first-year ice, which may include old ice inclusions as per Transport Canada - displacement of about 9000 tonnes
PC4 vessels also include Fed Nav's MV Umiak I, MV Nunavik, andMV Arvik Ibulk freighters operating out of Voisey Bay and Deception. They displace about 32,000 tonnes.
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The Azipod propulsion system, which was proposed for the AOPS, has been employed in the NoCGV Svalbard and in the Double Acting Ships which, like the PC4s, are not expected to require separate ice-breaking services from heavy icebreakers.
NORILSKIY NICKEL | Aker Arctic
Independently operating double acting arctic cargo vessels. Read about M/T ENISEY – one more DAS™ Arctic tanker in service here on page 4. An article “The vessel that changed arctic shipping” in our…
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Aker Arctic is also involved in the two PC2 class heavy icebreakers - displacement of approximately 26,000 tonnes (similar to the JSS)
Seaspan Shipyards Unveils Digital Model of Canada’s Heavy Polar Icebreaker - Seaspan
May 29, 2024 – Ottawa, ON – Today at CANSEC, Canada’s leading defence & security tradeshow, Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards presented its progress towards completing the functional design on the first heavy Polar Icebreaker in Canada in over 60 years. Functional Design of the vessel is now more...
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Once you get past PC4, into the PC 3,2 & 1 (or equivalent), the number of operating vessels in those classes dwindle exponentially. Canada with 16x PC4, two heavies and up to 6 mediums along with the AOP's (8x PC 5 hull, PC 4 bow), Canada will have likley the 2nd or third largest and most capable fleets in the world.
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It would be interesting to compare the ice on the eastern shores of Hudson and James with that of the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland.
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Yes it is always first year ice and likley does not have a big of "ice pack effect" that you see in the open ocean where massive sheets can be wind driven to make an area impassable.
Here is some information on their Ice Class
en.wikipedia.org
Here is some information on their Ice Class
Finnish-Swedish ice class - Wikipedia
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Christening of HMSC Robert Hampton Grey, the last of the RCN's 6 x AOPS took place on Saturday, Aug 9th:
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Royal Canadian Navy christens her sixth and last Arctic offshore patrol ship - Naval News
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Irving shipbuilding named the sixth and last Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) in a ceremony taking place in Halifax on August 9th, 2025. Irving shipbuilding inc. press release Today marked the official Naming Ceremony of the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray...
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@SeaKingTacco I hope this crest is to your liking. Not a Corsair but...
Personally all the AOPS crests are above average if not down right awesome. This one is pretty cool. Naming them after people is a great idea. Who wouldn't want to sail on a ship that was named for a VC recipient who also was part of an attack on the Tirpitz. All those named were badasses in their own way.
Personally all the AOPS crests are above average if not down right awesome. This one is pretty cool. Naming them after people is a great idea. Who wouldn't want to sail on a ship that was named for a VC recipient who also was part of an attack on the Tirpitz. All those named were badasses in their own way.
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Bastard stepchildren of both the RCN and the RCAF.
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These really make the most of the CPF crests look kind of pathetic. I loved my time on CHA, but that has to be the lamest warship crest I've ever seen.
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"All Challenges Squarely Met".
I worked that phrase into PERs I wrote on the ship.... "LS Bloggins squarely met the challenge of XXX and successfully resolved etc..."
I worked that phrase into PERs I wrote on the ship.... "LS Bloggins squarely met the challenge of XXX and successfully resolved etc..."
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They definitely phoned in Charlottetown and Summerside.. They just took the center of the city and provincial flags respectively.
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How exactly do you make a PEI ship crest intimidating or aggressive ?
A killer potato ? A potato with the blight ?
A killer potato ? A potato with the blight ?
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I think they shit the bed generally with the naming of the Halifax class, but they could have gone with something like the provincial bird (blue jay) or really anything other than a few squares.
The unofficial crest with Screech the dog is pretty fun though, something that incorporated Screech would at least be interesting.
In general, we suck at warship names and crests (outside the tribal class), so it's weird that AOPs, which is a non combatant with no real offensive or defensive capabilities has pretty fighty crests and slogans.
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For sure, and I'm sure some people knew who they all were, but I hadn't heard of some of them. I think it's a great way to honour someone's heroics while keeping their memory alive, as a lot of people will learn about them through the ship names.
On the flip side, when you hear what they did, and compare it to what some people did in Afghanistan and elsewhere makes you wonder why we got stingy with VCs (but went the opposite with battle honours for CHA in Libya).
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A blue jay would definitely work for Toronto.
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I think a lot of the crests date back to the flower class at the start of WW2, but when you look at them all CHA really seems phoned in. I just imagine that the crests they really wanted was too over the top, so someone chose COA 3.
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HMCS Dublin I guess?
