Acadia class Multi-Role Command Cruiser
Operators
- Royal Canadian Navy (2018-present) [5]
- Royal Navy (2018-present) [5]
- Royal Australian Navy (2019-present) [2]
- Indian Navy (2021-present) [4]
- South African Navy (2022-present) [1]
Number Built
17 (5 Royal Canadian Navy, 5 Royal Navy, 4 Indian Navy, 2 Royal Australian Navy, 1 South African Navy)
Builders
- Newfoundland Shipyards, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (1x Royal Canadian Navy)
- Canadian Shipbuilding Corporation New Brunswick Shipyards, Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada (1x Royal Canadian Navy, 1x Indian Navy)
- Canadian Shipbuilding Corporation Cape Breton Shipyards, Edwardsville, Nova Scotia, Canada (1x Royal Canadian Navy, 1x South African Navy)
- Versatile Pacific Shipyards, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2x Royal Canadian Navy)
- Harland and Wolff Shipbuilders, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (2x Royal Navy)
- Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom (1x Royal Navy)
- Swan Hunter, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (2x Royal Navy)
- Australian Shipbuilding Corporation Eastern Yard, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia (2x Royal Australian Navy)
- Mumbai Naval Dockyards, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (1x Indian Navy)
- Cochin Shipyards, Kochi, Kerala, India (2x Indian Navy)
Displacement
24,670 tons (full load)
Length
829 ft 8 in (252.88 m)
Beam
92 ft 2 in (28.09 m)
Draft
28 ft 7 in (8.72 m)
Complement
886 (90 officers, 112 senior ratings, 684 men)
Propulsion
- 2 AECL HTNR-01 high-temperature gas-cooled prismatic-block-design nuclear reactors
- 4 L&T Nuclear NES-11 nuclear heat exchangers
- 4 Vektris Engineering MS7A geared steam turbines
- 2 General Motors EMD 24-265J2 auxillary diesel power generators
- 4 Western Electric Model 35NS induction electric motors
- 4 Rolls-Royce Kamewa M4550 waterjets
- Research in Motion ISPP-4A integrated power and propulsion system
Power Output
152.32 MW (204,170 shp) maximum power output, maximum available for propulsion 160,000 shp
Top Speed
35.2 knots (40.5 mph, 65.2 km/h)
Range
Theoretically unlimited, original nuclear fuel core lasts 30 months
Endurance
75 days
Armament
- 2 Mk.184AC Poseidon 16-cell vertical launch systems (32 RGM-186A Algoolik anti-ship missiles)
- 2 Sylver 2A80C Nujalik 64-cell vertical launch systems (128 missiles)
- 1 Sylver 2A70C Tornat 64-cell vertical launch system (64 missiles)
- 4 Sea Ceptor V2A 16-cell vertical launch systems (64 CAMM anti-aircraft missiles)
- 1 VL-ASM2 Makara 16-cell vertical launch system (16 RUM-188A Varuna anti-submarine missiles)
- 4 Mk.64F5 155mm/62-caliber naval guns (two two-gun mounts, 650 rounds per gun)
- 8 Mk.95F2 76mm/62-caliber naval guns (four two-gun mounts, 2200 rounds per gun)
- 8 M2 Browning 12.7mm machine guns (4 twin mounts, 2000 rounds per gun)
- 2 Mark 32 SVTT 12.75" triple torpedo tube sets
Radars and Sensor Systems
- DRDO CANTIS Mark 21AV automatic naval tactical data system, containing:
-- Pacific Alliance PS32 liquid-cooled supercomputer
- Commonwealth Air Defense Systems SV-2A Ataksak Anti-Air Missile System, consisting of:
-- 1 Thales Nederland/Research in Motion APAR-3A 3D active phased array radar
-- 1 Thales Nederland/Research in Motion S1850M long-range air-search radar
-- 1 Raytheon AN/SPS-67(V)11 medium-range surface-search radar
-- 2 Thales Nederland/Vektor Electrotechnic Sirius IRST infrared search and track systems
-- 2 Dalsa Technologies Northlight 2A1 electro-optical surveillance and tracking systems
-- 5 Commodore Defense ADV04 continuous-wave fire control radars
-- 2 Raytheon/Vektor Electrotechnic SPQ-9B gunfire control radars
- 2 Rheinmetall Pathfinder Mark II navigation radars
- 1 DRDO CANTIS Mark 22UW anti-submarine warfare system (Type 2084A variable-depth hull sonar, 1 C1633A4 towed sonar array, 1 C1634A1 area sonar system)
- 1 Ultra Electronics S2170 SSTD torpedo defense system
- 1 Raytheon/Vektor Electrotechnic AN/SLQ-32(V)8 electronic warfare system
Aircraft Carried
3 Canadair VS-145C Poseidon anti-submarine tiltwings
12 Dragonflyer X6A maritime amphibious UAV
Boats Carried
4 SB90N Fast Combat Boats