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HMCS Blooming point (Icebreaker)

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_HMCS Blooming Point_ (Nuclear Powered Icebreaker)

Dimensions:
Width: 10.0m
Length: 52.9m
Height: 16.9m

Armament:
1x Bushmaster III 50mm chaingun (for ice disruption and maritime interdiction)

Aviation Facilities:
1x Integrated Elevator LZ
2x internal hangars

Aircraft Carried:
2x CH-149 Cormorant medium lift helicopter
1x CMQ-88 Hummingbird (SAR variant)

Equipment:
1x High power search light
42x Mk-1 Search Flares
300x Mk-2 Search flares

Power:
2x UCanReDD PNR-73 Nuclear reactors
4x General Dynamics 18 cylinder backup engines

A nuclear powered ice breaker for the Royal Canadian Coast Guard. It boasts an extremely tough hull and multiple advanced ways to break up ice as thick as 2.5 meters. It also carries a Bushmaster III with specially designed rounds to help break up ice.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 32.8ft (10.0m)
  • Length 173.4ft (52.8m)
  • Height 55.6ft (16.9m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 75,960lbs (34,455kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.177
  • Wing Loading 7,057.0lbs/ft2 (34,455.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 10.8ft2 (1.0m2)
  • Drag Points 16599

Parts

  • Number of Parts 140
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 566