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Chief Stoker said:As some has already stated a replacement for the Kingston Class is not being looked at right now. I would say we could easily get another 10 to 15 years out of the class and they"re being modernized all the time. In fact I just spent the last month on one of them in the high Arctic and they are in pretty good shape. The problem is that the class is being asked to do two roles, one as a mine warfare type utility ship and that of a patrol ship. I can't see the RCN going with a fast patrol ship as a Kingston Class replacement. To replace the class we need two classes of ships not one.
That might be happening, if you consider the AOPS is supposed to do that patrol work. Perhaps it frees the MCDV's up to be MCM and route surveyors again. Especially when you think that there could be a few more AOPS built than originally thought give the Irving work gap issue. So when their replacements are eventually looked at 15 years from now they could focus on MCM ships.