CCGS John Cabot (1965)

For other ships with the same name, see CCGS John Cabot and John Cabot (ship).
John Cabot, 1973
History
Canada
NameCCGS John Cabot
NamesakeJohn Cabot
OwnerCCG
Ordered1962
BuilderCanadian Vickers
Christened31 May 1965
In service1965
Out of service1994
IdentificationCall sign: CGDJ
NameCS John Cabot
NamesakeJohn Cabot
OwnerTeleglobe Canada
In service1994
Out of service1997
IdentificationCall sign: VCGM
History
Italy
NameCS Certamen
OwnerElettra
In service1997
Out of service2010
IdentificationCall sign: IBUC, IMO number: 6514974
History
France
NameCerta
OwnerFrance Telecom
In service2010
Fatescrapped 2014
General characteristics
Class and typeHeavy icebreaker, cable repair ship
Displacement
  • 5,097 tonnes (5,618 tons) (GWT)
  • 5,234 tonnes (5,769 tons) (LDT)
Length313.3 feet (95.5 m)
Beam60.3 feet (18.4 m)
Draught34.2 feet (10.4 m)
Propulsiondiesel-electric twin-screw — 9,000 hp (6,700 kW) engine powering 4x 3,000 bhp (2,200 kW) generators driving 2x 4,500 shp (3,400 kW) propulsion motors
Range16,000 kilometres (9,900 mi)
Complement85
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck with telescoping hangar
NotesCable capacity: 400 miles (640 km)

CCGS John Cabot[1] (id: 320951;[2]IMO number: 6514974; MMSI number: 247253000)[3] was a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker and cable ship[2] in service starting 1965. It passed out of CCG service and entered private service in 1994, as the cable ship CS John Cabot.[1] In 1997, it was again renamed, becoming CS Certamen.[1][4] The ship was scrapped in 2014,[5] under the name Certa.[6] It was the world's first icebreaking cable repair ship built.[7][8] In 1985, it recovered the black boxes from Air India Flight 182.[7] As of 2023,[9] the John Cabot participated in the deepest submarine rescue ever performed, in 1973, retrieving Pisces III from the seafloor at 480 m (1,570 ft) and rescuing the crew of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.[1][10][9]

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