

SHIP PROFILE: HARRY DE WOLF CLASS ARCTIC/OFFSHORE PATROL SHIP
Building work has begun on the first of six new patrol ships for the Royal Canadian Navy. Combining the roles of traditional Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) and Arctic ice patrol ship, Dan Entwisle says the Harry De Wolf Class is attracting controversy long before the first one enters service. The Canadian navy has a tough job to perform. With massive coastlines on two oceans and an ice-bound Arctic maritime area to patrol, its surface ships can expect to be involved in anything