Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has minimize first metal for the longer term HMCS Robert Hampton Grey to formally start manufacturing of Canada’s Sixth and closing Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) for the Royal Canadian Navy constructed below the Nationwide Shipbuilding Technique. Robert Hampton Grey (AOPV 435) would be the sixth Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Canadian Navy. The category was derived from the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship mission as a part of the Nationwide Shipbuilding Procurement and is primarily designed for the patrol and assist of Canada’s Arctic areas. Building of Canada’s future fight fleet begins at Irving Shipbuilding’s Marine Fabricators facility in Dartmouth, the place 32 persons are concerned within the computerized plasma reducing and supply of 4,000 tonnes of metal every year in assist of the AOPS program. The ensuing 70,000 items are fabricated in a strategic sequence to fulfill the manufacturing schedule at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard, probably the most fashionable and largest indoor shipbuilding facility in North America.
The metal weighs 3734 kilograms (3.7 tonnes) and shall be utilized in a mix of places on the ship, together with the preliminary items that may start improvement of the keel. Upon completion, the longer term HMCS Robert Hampton Grey shall be 103.6 metres in size, have a 19-metre beam, displace 6,615 tonnes and be comprised of 440,000 elements. Every AOPS vessel has over 300kms of cable and greater than 36kms of pipe. Up to now, two AOPS have been delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy – HMCS Harry DeWolf and HMCS Margaret Brooke. The long run HMCS Max Bernays (AOPS 3) is due for supply subsequent month. The long run HMCS William Corridor (AOPS 4) not too long ago moved all Mega Blocks to land stage and is present process closing meeting in preparation for launch later this 12 months. The long run HMCS Frédérick Rolette (AOPS 5) formally laid the keel in June of this 12 months and building of the bow, mid-ship and stern Mega Blocks are underway. Halifax Shipyard may also assemble two AOPS variants for the Canadian Coast Guard, adopted by 15 Canadian Floor Combatants for the Navy which might be resulting from start building in 2024.
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The Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) sixth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) is called in honour of Lieutenant (Lt) Robert Hampton Grey, a Canadian naval hero of the Second World Struggle. Lt Grey joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1940 and served as a pilot within the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. He embarked in His Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Formidable with 1841 Squadron, becoming a member of the conflict within the Pacific as a part of Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa, Japan, in April 1945. Lt Grey was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for braveness and willpower in finishing up daring air strikes on the Japanese destroyer His Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Ship (HIJMS) Amakusa. On August 9, 1945, he led two flights of Corsair plane to assault naval vessels in Onagawa Bay, Japan. He opened the assault run flying straight into concentrated anti-aircraft fireplace and was hit virtually instantly. Together with his plane on fireplace and one bomb misplaced, he continued the assault and launched his remaining bomb on the escort vessel HIJMS Amakusa, inflicting the ship to capsize and sink. His plane then crashed into the ocean and his physique was by no means recovered.
Irving Shipbuilding Inc., Canada’s Nationwide Shipbuilder, is probably the most fashionable shipbuilder and in-service ship assist supplier in North America. Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, our expert crew and revolutionary amenities present environment friendly constructing, fabrication, conversion and servicing of vessels and offshore platforms. Irving Shipbuilding Inc. was integrated in 1959 and is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The corporate operates as a subsidiary of J.D. Irving Restricted. Irving Shipbuilding Inc. is the prime contractor and shipbuilder for the Royal Canadian Navy’s subsequent class of Canadian Floor Combatants (CSC) and Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) as a part of the Nationwide Shipbuilding Technique (NSS). The corporate are proud to proceed our lengthy historical past as a trusted associate in Canadian shipbuilding. Irving Shipbuilding Inc. is a member of the J.D. Irving, Restricted group of firms, a various family-owned firm with operations in Canada and the USA.
