HMS Halifax Canadian Navy City Class Frigate

[Zeineth]

Hello all. Once again i have stepped out of my normal relm of shooting rock bands. I was envited on a invatation only tour of the Halifax Class Firgate HMCS Halifax yesterday. And well here are a few pics and the link to the full album.

Full shoot (http://picasaweb.google.com/zeineth/HMSHalifax)

Enjoy.

1.
http://lh6.google.com/image/zeineth/RjD-420-qGI/AAAAAAAAC0o/legmsNWjwfg/s800/IMG_0766.jpg

2. Alarm center
http://lh5.google.com/image/zeineth/RjD--m0-qQI/AAAAAAAAC14/OqcOIqRm-ZQ/s800/IMG_0786.jpg

3. incoming missel counter messures.
http://lh5.google.com/image/zeineth/RjD_Em0-qaI/AAAAAAAAC3I/gxksjOsaYoY/s800/IMG_0801.jpg

4. Surface to Surface missles 50 mile range fire and forget.
http://lh3.google.com/image/zeineth/RjD_HG0-qfI/AAAAAAAAC3w/7rJAKe6NRzc/s800/IMG_0818.jpg

5. Was still extremly foggy so the image looks a little over worked.
http://lh3.google.com/image/zeineth/RjD_LG0-qmI/AAAAAAAAC4o/xQzm8bdJNFg/s800/IMG_0847.jpg

[Skyhawk738QF]

Pretty cool pics! #1 one and the other fog ones are my favorites. In your album, what city is that? Thanks for sharing.

[mcminty]

Nice pics, although the caption for this one (http://picasaweb.google.com/zeineth/HMSHalifax/photo#5057822672935626914) is wrong. It not a railgun, but the Phalanx Close-in weapon system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS). Also I believe that it's the Halifax Class Frigate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_class_frigate), not the 'City Class'... and they should be prefixed HMCS, not just HMS.


:D


Nice pictures either way.

Andrew.

[cbock]

first shot in this post is really cool. some of your other shots don't have a whole lot too them. just kinda captured what was there. tough subject i guess.

[Zeineth]

Nice pics, although the caption for this one (http://picasaweb.google.com/zeineth/HMSHalifax/photo#5057822672935626914) is wrong. It not a railgun, but the Phalanx Close-in weapon system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS). Also I believe that it's the Halifax Class Frigate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_class_frigate), not the 'City Class'... and they should be prefixed HMCS, not just HMS.

Nice pictures either way.

Andrew.

Thanks for looking and being so correct. lol

You right about the gun, I couldn't remember exactly what he called it so I picked what I thought was close, guess I should have looked it up. Seems you are correct about the Class although my description is how it was explained to us. Again I should have looked it up.
Halifax-class (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_class_frigate) multi-role patrol frigates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate) is correct.


List of Armament:

24 x Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedoes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_46_torpedo)
16x Raytheon RIM-7 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow)
8 x Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGM-84_Harpoon)
57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun
20 mm Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS)
6 x .50 calibre (12.7 mm) heavy machine guns

You are right about it being a tough subject. Hard to take interesting pictures when everything is the same color of grey. Makes everything look the same. Not to mention everything inside is so cramped. I didn't bring a wide enough lens with me as I was not allowed to bring any bags or packs so I had to choose my lens before I could even see the ship.

[cbock]

don't get me wrong. it's cool to see something new that i probably won't ever get to see in person!

[RyanHutchinson]

cool pics. i was on that boat before