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The River-class destroyer, formerly the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), and Single Class Surface Combatant Project is the procurement project that will replace the Iroquois and Halifax-class warships with up to 15 new ships beginning in the early 2030s as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. [14] [15]
Innovations in operational tactics have allowed the vessels of this class to adapt to new asymmetric surface threats. To ensure effective long-term capacity in this new threat environment the ships underwent a refit, including passive and active weapons, radars, and new combat architecture to meet the modern requirements.
On 8 February 2019, the Canadian government awarded Lockheed Martin Canada a C$185 million contract to design a fleet of up to 15 warships based on the Type 26 (the Canadian Surface Combatant), with a total program cost of $60 billion. The amount of the contract will increase as the design work increases.
Ensign of Canadian government ships from 1865 to 1911. The Canadian navy was created in 1910 as the Department of the Naval Service. The Naval Service integrated other marine arms of the government of Canada with which it had a common professional background and the objective of security in the Canadian maritime environment and national sovereignty.
Surface combatants; Based on the BAE's Type 26 frigate, [73] Irving Shipbuilding, Lockheed Martin Canada, and BAE Systems are expected to begin work on the Canadian Surface Combatant, sometime in 2024 [74] [75] [76] with a delivery date slated for early 2030. The CSC project is the largest and most complex shipbuilding initiative in Canada ...
The navy will receive a torpedo countermeasure hard kill weapon system to complement the soft-kill onboard the Upholder/Victoria-class submarine, Halifax-class frigate and Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel and may be applicable to the Canadian Surface Combatant. [76] Lightweight Torpedo Upgrade: MK 46 Mod 5A: N/A: 2020–2024: N/A
HMCS Halifax was the first of an eventual twelve Canadian-designed and Canadian-built vessels which combine traditional anti-submarine capabilities with systems to deal with surface and air threats as well. Ships of the class are named after capital cities of Canadian provinces (St. John's, Halifax, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Québec City ...
The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.