The first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) for Royal Canadian Navy, ‘HMCS Harry DeWolf’, has been assembled at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard, last week, after the bow section of the first AOPS was transported.
On Friday, December 8, 2017, the bow section of the first AOPS was transported on heavy lift transporters from inside the Halifax Shipyard’s indoor shipbuilding facility outside to land level.
The work will continue over the coming weeks, in order to join the bow mega-block and its components to the centre and stern mega-blocks.
With all three sections of the first AOPS having been joined, further outfitting of the ship will continue.
There are currently two AOPS, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf and the future HMCS Margaret Brooke, being constructed at Halifax Shipyard, with steel cutting for the third AOPS, the future HMCS Max Bernays, scheduled for later in December.
The ‘HMCS Harry DeWolf’ is expected to be launched at Halifax Shipyard next summer.
“It is clear that the National Shipbuilding Strategy is working. The Royal Canadian Navy’s ships are being built by the best shipbuilders in the most modern shipbuilding facility in North America, Canada’s shipbuilding industry is being reinvigorated, and Canadians are benefiting from coast to coast to coast,” Kevin McCoy, president of Irving Shipbuilding, stated.
