HMCS Summerside (MM 711)

	HMCS Summerside entering St. John's Harbour
History
Canada
Name	Summerside
Namesake	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Builder	Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Laid down	28 March 1998
Launched	25 September 1998
Commissioned	18 July 1999
Decommissioned	3 October 2025
Home port	CFB Halifax
Identification	Pennant number: MM 711; MMSI number: 316295000;
Motto	Spem Successus Alit (Success nourishes hope)
Honours and; awards	Atlantic, 1941–44; Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942, 1944; Normandy, 1944; English Channel, 1944–45
Status	in active service
Notes	Colours: Gold and red
General characteristics
Class & type	Kingston-class coastal defence vessel
Displacement	970 long tons (986 t)
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	4 × Jeumont ANR-53-50 alternators, 4 × 600VAC Wärtsilä UD 23V12 diesel engines, 7.2 MW (9,700 hp); 2 × Jeumont CI 560L motors, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) ; 2 × LIPS Z drive azimuth thrusters;
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
Sensors &; processing systems	Kelvin Hughes navigation radar (I-band); Kelvin Hughes 6000 surface search radar (E-F band); Global Positioning System; AN/SQS-511 towed side scan sonar; Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS);
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 5C gun (removed from the class); 2 × M2 machine guns;

HMCS Summerside is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1999 to 2025. Summerside is the twelfth, and last, ship of her class. She was the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Summerside. She was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and homeported at CFB Halifax.