Proposed Ship Capabilities
The Joint Support Ship Project envisions several multi-role vessels capable of supporting the Royal Canadian Navy's warships at sea, as well as providing strategic sealift and some airlift for naval task groups or army operations. The vessels will have a multi-purpose covered deck with the ability to carry up to 10,000 tonnes of ship fuel, 1,300 tonnes of aviation fuel, 1,100 tonnes of ammunition as well as 1,000 - 1,500 lane metres of deck space for carrying vehicles and containerized cargo. The vessels will also have hospital facilities as well as a large helicopter deck with two landing spots, hangar space for 4 helicopters, and a roll-on/roll-off deck for vehicles onto a dock.
- Ship particulars
- Crew size 30% to 50% less than current AORs
- Length/Beam/Draft (Deep) m 210 / Panamax / 9.5 (notional)
- Displacement (Deep) 28,000 tonnes (notional)
- Speed 21 knots (sustained)
- Range 10,800 @ 15 knots (28 km/h)
- Survivability
- Self defence active & passive
- Damaged Stability Enhanced Two Compartment
- Ice capability
- First year ice (polar class 5)
- Sealift
- Deck space (inc. upper deck) 1,000 - 1,500 lane metres
- Container system
- Airlift
- 4 × CH-148 Cyclone
- enclosed hangar with maintenance and repair facilities
- Underway support
- Ship fuel: 7,000 - 10,000 tonnes
- JP-5: 650 - 1,300 tonnes
- Ammunition: 1,100 tonnes
Note: Vessels will be designed with double or triple-hull for storage of petroleum products, unlike the current Protecteur class single-hull vessels.
- Joint headquarters support
- Naval communications
- Land communications
- Air communications
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