 As built, the "Halifax"-class vessels displaced and were long overall and between perpendiculars with a beam of and a draught of .That made them slightly larger than the "Iroquois"-class destroyers.The vessels are propelled by two shafts with Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers driven by a CODOG system of two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, generating and one SEMT Pielstick 20 PA6 V 280 diesel engine, generating .