HMCS Robert Hampton Gray

Robert Hampton Gray (AOPV 435) will be the sixth Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Canadian Navy. The class was derived from the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship project as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement and is primarily designed for the patrol and support of Canada's Arctic regions. It is expected to be the last naval AOPV to be built and will be followed by two more non-armed vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard.

History
Canada
Name	Robert Hampton Gray
Namesake	Robert Hampton Gray
Builder	Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Laid down	21 August 2023
Launched	9 December 2024
Identification	Hull number: AOPV 435 IMO number: 4702553
Status	Fitting out
General characteristics
Type	Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	6,615 t (6,511 long tons)
Length	103.6 m (339 ft 11 in)
Beam	19.0 m (62 ft 4 in)
Draught	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)[1]
Ice class	Polar Class 5
Installed power	4 × MAN 6L32/44CR (4 × 3.6 MW)[1]
Propulsion	Diesel-electric Two shafts (2 × 4.5 MW)[2] Bow thruster[3]
Speed	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) (open water) 3 kn (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 1 m (3 ft 3 in) ice[4]
Range	6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)[5]
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × 8.5 m (28 ft) multi-role rescue boats 12 m (39 ft) landing craft[6][7]
Complement	65
Armament	1 × BAE Mk 38 25 mm (0.98 in) gun 2 × M2 Browning machine gun
Aircraft carried	Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone or other helicopters/CU-176 Gargoyle UAV
Aviation facilities	Hangar and flight deck

Design and construction

The option to build the sixth ship in the series was taken up in November 2018 when the vessel was ordered.^[8] She is named for Royal Canadian Navy Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, the last Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II. The first steel for Robert Hampton Gray was cut in August 2022, starting ship construction.^[9] The keel was laid down on 21 August 2023^[10] and the ship was launched in December 2024.^[11]