MARGARET BROOKE (431)
MARGARET BROOKE
The History of the MARGARET BROOKE
Margaret Brooke (AOPV 431) is the second Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Canadian Navy.
Status: Post-acceptance trials
MARGARET BROOKE Statistical Data
- Pendant: 431
- Type: Arctic/Offshore Patrol Vessel
- Class: Harry DeWolf Class
- Displacement: 6,440 metric tonnes tonnes
- Length: 103.6 m (340 ft) ft
- Width: 19 m (62 ft) ft
- Draught: ft
- Speed: 17 knots kts
- Compliment: 65 Officers and Crew
- Arms: 1 x BAE Mk 38 25 mm; 2 x M2 Browning machine gun
- Builder: Halifax Shipyards
- Keel Laid: 29-May-2017
- Date Launched: 10-Nov-2019
- Date Commissioned: 28-Oct-2022
- Paid off:
Remarks
Named after Sub-Lieutenant Margaret Brooke, a Royal Canadian Navy Nursing Sister who heroically attempted to save fellow nursing sister Agnes Wilkie during the tragic sinking of the ferry SS Caribou off Newfoundland, during World War II.
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HMCS MARGARET BROOKE embarks on sea trials.
MARGARET BROOKE after launching.