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HMCS ''Brandon'' is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1999. ''Brandon'' is the eleventh ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the name . ''Brandon'' was laid down on 6 December 1997 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 10 July 1998. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 5 June 1999 and carries the pennant number 710. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt. ==Design and Construction== The was conceived to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and construction techniques in a ship designed to military specifications. The construction of the design required the building of partially outfitted steel block units, which were assembled into larger blocks and those blocks were integrated into the ship. The decks were assembled upside down with pre-outfitting of the underside of the deck prior to installation on the ship. The ship is outfitted with a degaussing system from Power Magnetics and Electronic Systems.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kingston Class Coastal Defence Vessels, Canada )〕 ''Kingston'' class vessels are designed to carry up to three ISO containers with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads. 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「HMCS Brandon (MM 710)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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