HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701)
Glace Bay in the Atlantic Ocean on 9 June 2010 | |
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Glace Bay |
| Namesake | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia |
| Builder | Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Laid down | 28 April 1995 |
| Launched | 22 January 1996 |
| Commissioned | 26 October 1996 |
| Decommissioned | 3 October 2025 |
| Home port | CFB Halifax |
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| Motto | Ex Fundo Maris 'From the depths of the sea' |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic, 1944–45 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Notes | Colours: Black and white |
| Badge | Sable on a pile Argent a thistle proper. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kingston-class coastal defence vessel |
| Displacement | 990 t (970 long tons) |
| Length | 55.3 m (181 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 37 |
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HMCS Glace Bay is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy from 1996 to 2025. Glace Bay is the second ship of her class. She was the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Glace Bay. She was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and homeported at CFB Halifax.