Ship profile
Charlottetown
HMCS 339 - Canada - Halifax Class Frigate
Key facts
Country
Canada
Class
Halifax Class Frigate
Type
Guided Missile Frigate
Status
active
Current ops
Exercise - Philippine Sea
Latest public position
Area
Philippine Sea
Updated
2026-06-06T18:47:13Z
Public summary
The Halifax class is Canada's current front-line surface combatant class and the backbone of the Royal Canadian Navy's frigate force. Modernized combat systems, SMART-S radar, ESSM, Harpoon, gun and CIWS armament, hull and towed-array sonar, torpedoes and CH-148 Cyclone aviation give the class a broad escort profile for NATO deployments, maritime security and ASW tasks. The ships remain central until the River-class destroyers replace them as Canada's future surface combatants.
Current operations
Activity
Exercise
Location
Philippine Sea
Started
2026-06-06
Expected until
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On May 1, 2026, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN and HMAS TOOWOOMBA participated in a cross-pollination exercise as part of Exercise BALIKATAN 2026.
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