CCGS Amundsen
The icebreaker and Arctic Ocean research vessel CCGS Amundsen.
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| Namesake: | Roald Amundsen |
| Owner: | Government of Canada |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver |
| Yard number: | 222 |
| Laid down: | 4 January 1977 |
| Launched: | 10 March 1978 |
| Sponsored by: | Lily Schreyer |
| Commissioned: | March 1979 (as CCGS Franklin) |
| Decommissioned: | 2000 |
| Recommissioned: | 2003 (as CCGS Amundsen) |
| In service: | 1979–present |
| Out of service: | 2011–2012 |
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| Refit: | 2003; 2011–2012 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Quebec City (Quebec Region) |
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| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel |
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| Length: | 98.2 m (322 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
| Ice class: | Arctic Class 3 |
| Installed power: | 13,200 kW (17,700 hp) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × diesel-electric motors powered by 6 × Bombardier M251F-16v9 |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range: | 35,000 nmi (65,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 100 days |
| Capacity: | 51 |
| Complement: | 31 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × light helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar and flight deck |
CCGS Amundsen is a Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1979 as Franklin and was renamed Sir John Franklin in 1980 and served as such until 1996. Declared surplus, the vessel was used as an accommodation ship in Labrador in 1996 and placed in reserve in 2000. In 2003, the ship was reactivated and underwent conversion to an Arctic research vessel. The ship recommissioned as Amundsen. In 2013, a helicopter operating from the ship crashed in the Arctic, killing three.
The Pierre Radisson class were designed for Coast Guard operations in the Arctic Ocean.Amundsen has a standard displacement of 6,400 long tons (6,500 t) and is 8,180 long tons (8,310 t) fully loaded. The vessel has a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 5,911 and a net tonnage (NT) of 1,678. The ship is 98.3 metres (322 ft 6 in) long overall with a beam of 19.5 metres (64 ft 0 in) and a draught of 7.2 metres (23 ft 7 in).
The vessel is propelled by two fixed-pitch propellers and one bow thruster powered by a diesel-electric system comprising six Alco M251F diesel engines that when driving the shafts create 13,200 kilowatts (17,700 hp) and six GEC generators creating 11.1 megawatts sustained powering two motors that when driving the shafts create 13,600 shp (10,100 kW). Amundsen is also equipped with one Caterpillar 398 emergency generator. This gives the vessel a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h). The vessel can carry 2,471 m3 (87,300 cu ft) of diesel fuel and has a range of 35,000 nautical miles (65,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) and can stay at sea for up to 100 days.
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