On May 29, all the ships will arrive together in Québec City. They will assemble side by side on the St. Lawrence. Gangways will link the ships to make visiting them easier.
Rendez-vous naval represents a unique opportunity to visit and see military ships close up. Ships from Canada, the United States, France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom will leave you speechless.
With standard displacements of up to 26,000 tons, these impressive vessels are like little floating towns!
And they come armed with an impressive arsenal of missiles, cannons, and heavy machine guns. Wow!
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Ireland
| Dimensions : | 134,7 m X 16,4 m X 7,1 m (53,8' X 16,4' X 23,3') |
| Displacement : | 4 770 tons full load |
| Speed : | 29 knots. |
| Complement : | 17 officers, 198 crew, 17 members of the air detachment |
| Armament : | 8 Harpoon surface-surface missiles (130 km range); 16 Sea Sparrow surface-air missiles (18.5 km range); one 57 mm Bofors gun; one 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx gun; 24 Honeywell MK torpedoes; 46 anti-submarine missiles (11 km range) |
| Special equipment : | 1 CH124 Alpha helicopter – Bravo Sea-King |
| Detection and navigation systems : | Raytheon SPS-49 airborne radar; Sea Giraffe HC 150 airborne and surface radar; 2 Signal SPG-503 fire controls; Navigation: Kelvin Hughes 1007; TACAN air navigation aid; Westinghouse SQS-510 bow-mounted sonar; General Dynamics SQR-501 very low frequency towed array sonar |
France