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CFAV ''Firebrand'' (YTR 562) is a in the Royal Canadian Navy designed by Robert Allan Ltd.. ''Firebrand'' is based in CFB Esquimalt, on Vancouver Island.〔 〕 Her sister ship CFAV ''Firebird'' (YTR 561) is based in CFB Halifax. Her three water cannons can fire water, supplemented by fire suppressant foam from her two 250 gallon tanks.〔 Her water cannons are capable of pumping a 19,000 litres per minute at 150 psi.〔 〕 Although not operated as such, she can also serve as a tugboat, and has a bollard pull of 7.5 tons. ==Design and construction== According to the ''Canadian American Strategic Review'' the class was designed by naval architects Robert Allan Limited, and were built at Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver in 1978,〔http://clydeside-images.blogspot.com/2011/01/canadian-navy-fire-fighting-tug.html〕 and later acquired by the Canadian Forces. The two ships displaced and were long, with a beam of and a draught of . The ships were powered by two azimuthing Z-drives and one hydraulic tunnel bow thruster. This gave the vessels a maximum speed of . The ships had a crew of five firefighters. The Fire class was equipped with three manually-controlled water cannons, two diesel-driven fire pumps capable of expending 2,500 gpm at 150 psi each. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CFAV Firebrand (YTR 562)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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