CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier

CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
History
Canada
NameSir Wilfrid Laurier
NamesakeSir Wilfrid Laurier
OperatorCanadian Coast Guard
Port of registryOttawa, Ontario
BuilderCanadian Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario
Yard number230
Launched6 December 1985
Commissioned15 November 1986
In service1986–present
Refit2024
HomeportCCG Base Victoria (Pacific Region)
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeMartha L. Black-class light icebreaker
Tonnage
  • 3,812.1 GT
  • 1,533.6 NT
Displacement4,662 long tons (4,737 t) (full load)
Length83 m (272 ft 4 in)
Beam16.2 m (53 ft 2 in)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Ice classCASPPR Arctic Class 2
Installed power3 × Alco 251F diesel-electric, producing 8,847 hp (6,597 kW)
Propulsion2 × GE electric motors (total 7,040 hp [5,250 kW]) turning 2 fixed-pitch propellers
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Range6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Endurance120 days
Complement27
Aircraft carriedOriginally 1 × MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206L helicopter, currently 1 × Bell 429 GlobalRanger or Bell 412EPI
Aviation facilitiesHangar and flight deck
General characteristics (2024 refit)
Installed power3 × Wärtsilä engines[1]
NotesOtherwise same as built

CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier[a] is a Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker and major navaids tender of the Canadian Coast Guard.[2][3] Built in 1986 by Canadian Shipbuilding at Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, she was the last ship constructed there.[4] The ship has been based out of Victoria, British Columbia.

  1. ^ "3 new engines installed on CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier". LinkedIn. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ "CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier". Canadian Coast Guard. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Annual Report 2006-2007" (PDF). Fisheries and Oceans Canada. October 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood ON". shipbuildinghistory.com. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.


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