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MV Asterix
MV Asterix (formerly MS Asterix, MS Amorito, MS Neermoor and MS Cynthia), also designated CSS Asterix, is a Canadian commercial container ship that was converted into a supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). It was purchased by Federal Fleet Services as part of Project Resolve and converted for use as an interim replacement between the out of service Protecteur-class replenishment oiler and the future Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel. Originally launched in Germany in 2010 as Cynthia, the ship was converted and delivered to the RCN in December 2017 and leased to the navy with a merchant navy crew, complemented by RCN personnel. Asterix will be in Canadian service well into the 2020s.
The ship was owned by Capital Ship Management of Greece and registered in Monrovia, Liberia. The vessel was delivered at Quebec in October 2015 for conversion by a pan-consortium comprising Chantier Davie Canada, Aecon Pictou Shipyard of Pictou, Nova Scotia and NavTech, the conversion designer. The vessel is limited in her deployment to enter dangerous areas due to her lack of weapons systems and military-grade radars, and inability to survive combat damage.
The vessel also has a container bay for protection of the containers while in transit. The ship has a double hull, a feature that the previous Protecteur class did not have and prevented them from operating outside of international waters.
A retractable thruster at the bow was added for additional maneuverability and redundancy. The extra thruster allows for dynamic positioning and improved station-keeping in Asterix.
For mission purposes the ship has rooms for crew and medical/hospital facilities for humanitarian missions, along with humanitarian and disaster relief capabilities. There is an area to treat and process evacuees and survivors; a large medical ward divided into two areas capable of treating up to 60. The ship also provides room for 350 in emergency situations.
Asterix, post-conversion, is able to operate up to eight smaller boats with quick launch and recovery capability. Asterix has two aircraft hangars planned for two embarked CH-148 Cyclone helicopters, but big enough to hold CH-147F Chinook helicopters, as well as a landing deck capable of handling the largest helicopters. The ship is crewed by 36 civilian personnel and up to 114 military personnel, with a 67-person detachment specifically aboard for replenishment duties.
Due to the civilian nature of her design, Asterix is limited in her ability to survive damage sustained in combat (because of less compartmentalization and redundancy of systems compared to military design ships), and is lacking military-grade radars. The ship also lacks any installed self-defense weapons systems, although there are provisions should the need arise. These two issues prevent the ship from being deployed to hazardous combat areas. However, Asterix's design incorporates the ability to be upgraded: if required to enter a higher-threat environment, the necessary self-defence weaponry and sensors could be rapidly installed to harden the vessel, and like similar auxiliary support vessels will rely on allied military escorts for defense.
In 2023, Federal Fleet Services acquired and installed a pioneering multi-domain command-and-control system to detect, monitor and intercept aerial and surface threats.
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MV Asterix
MV Asterix (formerly MS Asterix, MS Amorito, MS Neermoor and MS Cynthia), also designated CSS Asterix, is a Canadian commercial container ship that was converted into a supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). It was purchased by Federal Fleet Services as part of Project Resolve and converted for use as an interim replacement between the out of service Protecteur-class replenishment oiler and the future Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel. Originally launched in Germany in 2010 as Cynthia, the ship was converted and delivered to the RCN in December 2017 and leased to the navy with a merchant navy crew, complemented by RCN personnel. Asterix will be in Canadian service well into the 2020s.
The ship was owned by Capital Ship Management of Greece and registered in Monrovia, Liberia. The vessel was delivered at Quebec in October 2015 for conversion by a pan-consortium comprising Chantier Davie Canada, Aecon Pictou Shipyard of Pictou, Nova Scotia and NavTech, the conversion designer. The vessel is limited in her deployment to enter dangerous areas due to her lack of weapons systems and military-grade radars, and inability to survive combat damage.
The vessel also has a container bay for protection of the containers while in transit. The ship has a double hull, a feature that the previous Protecteur class did not have and prevented them from operating outside of international waters.
A retractable thruster at the bow was added for additional maneuverability and redundancy. The extra thruster allows for dynamic positioning and improved station-keeping in Asterix.
For mission purposes the ship has rooms for crew and medical/hospital facilities for humanitarian missions, along with humanitarian and disaster relief capabilities. There is an area to treat and process evacuees and survivors; a large medical ward divided into two areas capable of treating up to 60. The ship also provides room for 350 in emergency situations.
Asterix, post-conversion, is able to operate up to eight smaller boats with quick launch and recovery capability. Asterix has two aircraft hangars planned for two embarked CH-148 Cyclone helicopters, but big enough to hold CH-147F Chinook helicopters, as well as a landing deck capable of handling the largest helicopters. The ship is crewed by 36 civilian personnel and up to 114 military personnel, with a 67-person detachment specifically aboard for replenishment duties.
Due to the civilian nature of her design, Asterix is limited in her ability to survive damage sustained in combat (because of less compartmentalization and redundancy of systems compared to military design ships), and is lacking military-grade radars. The ship also lacks any installed self-defense weapons systems, although there are provisions should the need arise. These two issues prevent the ship from being deployed to hazardous combat areas. However, Asterix's design incorporates the ability to be upgraded: if required to enter a higher-threat environment, the necessary self-defence weaponry and sensors could be rapidly installed to harden the vessel, and like similar auxiliary support vessels will rely on allied military escorts for defense.
In 2023, Federal Fleet Services acquired and installed a pioneering multi-domain command-and-control system to detect, monitor and intercept aerial and surface threats.
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