HMCS Fredericton Trials and Missile Test Fire
HMCS Fredericton tests the upgraded Evolved SeaSparrow missile system.
In November 2014, after Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton completed her Halifax-class modernization refit, the ship headed south to the coast off Norfolk, Virginia for sea trials and to test-fire the upgraded Evolved SeaSparrow missile system. The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) employs Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Systems as the main above-water warfare defence capability on the Halifax-class frigates.
Description
Video / February 6, 2015
- Royal Canadian Navy visual identifier shown on screen
- The following text is shown on screen:
- November 2014 - After HMCS Fredericton completed her Halifax class modernization refit, she headed south to test fire her upgraded SeaSparrow missile systems off Norfolk, Virginia.
- Novembre 2014 - Après les travaux effectués dans le cadre de la modernisation des navires de classe Halifax, le NCSM Fredericton a mis le cap vers le Sud pour les tirs d’essai de la version améliorée de son system de missile SeaSparrow près de Norfolk, en Virginie.
The video itself is a fast moving montage of Navy activities on board the HMCS Fredericton:
- Crew pulling rope
- Crew on deck of ship
- Crew member looking through binoculars
- Crew member studying sonar images
- HMCS Fredericton sailing in open water
- Crew performing various activities on deck
- Crew performing various activities below deck
- Sailor walking through ship below deck
- HMCS Fredericton sailing on choppy seas with spray splashing on deck
- Orders communicated verbally by multiple crew members
- Missiles fire
- Sea King helicopter takes off from deck
- Camera crew show flying above ship in helicopter