The HMCS Ville de Quebec is a 440-foot frigate armed with torpedoes , surface-to-air missiles and other weapons , and carries a twin-engine Sea King anti-submarine helicopter . Canada to send 440-foot frigate to help aid reach ports safely . Mission must be approved by Somalia 's transitional government . 80 % of Canada 's food aid to Somalia sent by ship . Heavily armed pirates frequently hijack Canadian ships off Horn of Africa .
Canada to send 440-foot frigate to help aid reach ports safely . Mission must be approved by Somalia 's transitional government . 80 % of Canada 's food aid to Somalia sent by ship . Heavily armed pirates frequently hijack Canadian ships off Horn of Africa .