.JPG) CCGS Sir William Alexander near Halifax Harbour
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Sir William Alexander |
| Namesake | Sir William Alexander |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry | Ottawa |
| Builder | MIL-Davie Shipbuilding, Sorel |
| Yard number | 451 |
| Launched | 23 October 1986 |
| Commissioned | 13 February 1987 |
| In service | 1987–present |
| Refit | 1998 |
| Homeport | CCG Base Dartmouth (Maritime Region) |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker and buoy tender |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 4,662 long tons (4,737 t) full load |
| Length | 83 m (272 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 16.2 m (53 ft 2 in) |
| Draft | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Ice class | CASPPR Arctic Class 2 |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 13.7 knots (25.4 km/h) |
| Endurance | 120 days |
| Complement | 26 |
| Aircraft carried | Originally 1 × MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206L helicopter, currently 1 × Bell 429 GlobalRanger or Bell 412EPI |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter flight deck and hangar |
CCGS Sir William Alexander[a] is a Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker. Entering service in 1987, the vessel is currently assigned to CCG Maritimes Region and is homeported at CCG Base Dartmouth, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The vessel is named after Scottish explorer Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, who was an early colonizer of Nova Scotia.
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