Canadian Navy's third Arctic patrol icebreaker HMCS Max Bernays launched

Third patrol icebreaker HMCS Max Bernays (432) of the Harry DeWolf class for the Royal fleet Canada launched. The ceremony took place at Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax.

Patrol icebreaker Max Bernays is the second serial in a series of six ships of the Arctic zone (Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship), after the lead HMCS Harry DeWolf (430) and the first serial HMCS Margaret Brooke (431). The name was given in honor of the officer of the Canadian Navy, Max Bernays, who participated in the battles for the Atlantic during the Second World War.

The icebreaker will be completed afloat, after which it will become part of the Royal Canadian Navy. The dates have not yet been announced. The main task of such ships is observation and reconnaissance, protection of sovereignty, control of the situation in the exclusive economic zone of the state, search and rescue operations.

AOPS have a displacement of 6440 tons, their length is 103 m, and their width is 19 m. Equipped with diesel-electric power plants. Speed ​​up to 17 knots. The cruising range at an average speed of 14 knots is 6800 nautical miles. The ship can break one meter thick ice at a speed of three knots. The autonomy of a separate ship in Arctic waters is four months. Crew - 65 people.

The ship is armed with a 38 mm BAE MK25 automatic cannon and two M2 Browning machine guns. There are places for accommodating a CH-148 helicopter and two boats.

The Future HMCS Max Bernays has successfully been rolled onto the barge and is preparing for launch! Later today, Max will make her way to the Bedford Basin. If you're passing by and capture a photo, feel free to tag us! #ShipsForCanada pic.twitter.com/F6CZ2nJJyJ

- Irving Shipbuilding (@IrvingShipbuild) October 22, 2021

Comments

[Mountain shooter]

This is a mighty ship! The armament is amazing. And driving performance - meter ice? Where are they going to icebreaker?

[Pandiurin]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

This is a mighty ship! The armament is amazing. And driving performance - meter ice? Where are they going to icebreaker?

If in the Arctic, then in front of this icebreaker it is necessary to launch an ICEBREAKER and everything will be fine.

[zwlad]

The armament is amazing.

Ours are generally unarmed, if I'm not mistaken.

[Normann]

Do we have patrol icebreakers?

[lis-ik]

Quote: Normann

Do we have patrol icebreakers?

Is.

[Cat]

patrol icebreakers

Is it to drive poaching icebreakers?

[Sidor Amenpodestovich]

Quote: zwlad

Ours are generally unarmed, if I'm not mistaken.

The ship's ice class is Arc7. "Ivan Papanin" is able to overcome ice up to 1,7 m thick. Ice 1 m thick breaks through on a continuous run.
The main weapon of the 23550 prospect guard is the bow 76-mm AK-176MA artillery mount. It also provides for the use of smaller-caliber barrel systems to protect against light craft. If necessary, the ship will be able to carry rocket weapons. For this, it is proposed to place a container version of the Caliber complex on it.

Aft hangar and platform provide for the basing of a Ka-27 or UAV helicopter of various types. There are volumes in the ship’s hull for transporting two speed boats of 03160 “Raptor” Ave. and one hovercraft of 23321 “Manul” Ave.
From the article VO "Ivan Papanin" and project 23550. Military ship for peaceful work "

[zwlad]

2024 at its best. In the meantime, the existing ones have no weapons.

[lis-ik]

Quote: zwlad

The armament is amazing.

Ours are generally unarmed, if I'm not mistaken.

You are wrong. Even there were articles about ice-class patrol ships.

[zwlad]

The existing ones have no weapons. And those under construction when they are still built. Then we'll see what happens there.

[vkfriendly]

So, as far as we know, the Navy does not yet have icebreakers, something belongs to RosAtom, something to shipping companies in the Baltic, in the Pacific and in the North. Evpatiy Kolovrat is being built on the ropes for the Navy.

[credo]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

This is a mighty ship! The armament is amazing. And driving performance - meter ice? Where are they going to icebreaker?

Why make fun of it.
Each vessel has its own specialization and Canada, as one of the few countries on the Arctic coast, certainly has knowledge and ideas about what ice and what areas this vessel will sail.

[75 Sergey]

It's good that the diesel - does not float far.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

The ship can overcome one meter thick ice

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They have already taken into account "global warming" ...
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[tralflot1832]

Fishermen do not go fishing in the ice either. To kick back an ice floe, it’s okay. You have to see fish in Labrodor and who’s in charge there? The Spaniards, these are still those cod-eaters. And in Labrador there is a blockage from fishermen.

[Ros 56]

If I understand correctly, are they intended for the Great Lakes? Who is the specialist, tell me.

[tralflot1832]

For Labrador, chase Spanish (those are still pirates) and Russian fishermen.

[Kushka]

Here, here are the most. - there heaps of ice, and the Canadians
whiskey whiskey with ICE. Moreover, if anyone thinks
to keep the whiskey cold is wrong. Just ice
melts in a glass and dilutes the whiskey - you get a molar
burda- no fucking disgrace to the nation and get drunk to a pig's squeal.
And now the entot icebreaker will break even more ice,
and the patrolman because if someone bites with cash,
The patrol will also catch 15 days of ice unloading (at gunpoint).
And on VO here, strategic riddles are solved ...

[Aleksandr97]

No, just wondering why the choice fell on the 38 mm BAE MK25 automatic cannon ??? What targets can a patrol icebreaker hit with it? Of course, except for the conditionally lost seiner.
Given the displacement, the standard 127 mm Mk. 45 Mod. 1

[donavi49]

Why more? The remote control turret, by itself, also comes with heating. A Canadian sits in an armchair in front of several monitors, drinks tea with a sandwich with maple syrup, and shoots poachers.

If the Norwegians have a similar patrol icebreaker with a cannon and you have no idea, this cannon is uncovered only for exercises.

What is this for? For real tasks, he needs helicopters more, convertible areas, equipment and personnel. This gun will solve all pressing issues even more efficiently than 76 or 127 mm. For the threshold of its application is wider - for the same poachers who give, knock out the machine with an exact line, etc. A hit of 127 mm = guaranteed corpses, volumes of formal replies from all over the watch, a detailed investigation and a wagon of unnecessary smut. If something serious begins, the level of a real war in the Arctic (and this is only against Russia), then the sense of the 76/127 mm cannon is also zero.

[Sands Careers General]

Well, wow, she caught herself.
That's just our icebreakers have Caliber))

[hohohol]

Mountain Shooter (Eugene), Pandiurin (Pandiurin) judging by the number of minus members, the majority of members of the forum have no sense of humor, they do not know sarcasm.

[I am not a robot]

yes, it was a shame to some commentators for the western owners