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Saturday 3 October 2009

HMCS Montréal FFH336
















Preparing to enter KGV dock in Glasgow prior to setting out on a NATO exercise.

HMCS Montréal (FFH 336) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1993.

Montréal is the seventh ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Montreal.

Montréal was laid down on 8 February 1991 at Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John and launched on 28 February 1992. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 29 September 1993 and carries the pennant number 336.

She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax.

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