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 Canada | |
| Name | Sir Humphrey Gilbert |
| Namesake | Sir Humphrey Gilbert, explorer |
| Owner | Government of Canada |
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| Port of registry | Ottawa |
| Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Yard number | 614 |
| Launched | 29 October 1958 |
| Commissioned | June 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 2001 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for commercial use |
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| In service | 2010–present |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Light icebreaker and lighthouse and buoy tender |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 3,000 long tons (3,000 t) |
| Length | 72.5 m (237 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power | 4 × Fairbanks Morse 8-38D8-1/8[1] (4 × 1,279 hp)[2] |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric (DC/DC); two shafts with fixed pitch propellers |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Range | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance | 30 days |
| Aviation facilities | Helideck and telescopic hangar |
CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert[a] is a former Canadian Coast Guard light icebreaker and buoy tender that was later sold to a private owner and renamed Polar Prince. The ship entered service with the Department of Transport Marine Service in 1959 and transferred to the newly created Canadian Coast Guard in 1962, active until 2001. The icebreaker was sold to private interests in Newfoundland and renamed Polar Prince, sitting mostly idle until resold in 2009 to GTX Technology Canada Limited for service in the Arctic Ocean as a commercial icebreaker. In 2017, the vessel was temporarily rechristened Canada C3 and used for a high-profile voyage around Canada's three maritime coasts as part of the nation's 150th anniversary. In November 2021, the ship was purchased by Miawpukek Horizon Maritime Service Ltd, a joint venture between Horizon Maritime and the Miawpukek First Nation and chartered for educational and research expedition use.
- ^ "Polar Prince (30838)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Polar Prince (5329566)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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