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HMCS Brandon MM-710

Kingston-class Coastal Patrol Vessel of Royal Canadian Navy.

 

The Kingston-class patrol vessels were conceived to advance the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and construction techniques in a ship designed to military specifications.

 

Modular payload

Kingston class vessels are designed to carry up to three 20-foot (6.1 m) ISO containers with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads-- much like the LCS class of ships of the US Navy.

 

As of 2009, the available modules included:

 

Indal Technologies AN/SLQ 38 deep mechanical minesweeping systems

MDA Ltd. AN/SQS 511 heavy-weight high-definition route survey systems

ISE Ltd. Trailblazer 25 bottom object inspection vehicle

ISE Ltd. HYSUB 50 deep seabed intervention system

Fullerton and Sherwood Ltd. 6-man, 2-compartment containerized diving systems

Naval engineered 6-person accommodation modules

MDA Ltd. Interim Remote Minehunting and Disposal System

 

Note that each ship can only carry 3 of the container s at a time.

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