CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
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Canada | |
Name: | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
Namesake: | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
Builder: | Canadian Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario |
Yard number: | 230 |
Launched: | 6 December 1985 |
Commissioned: | 15 November 1986 |
In service: | 1986–present |
Homeport: | CCG Base Victoria (Pacific Region) |
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Status: | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker |
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) |
Draught: | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Ice class: | Arctic Class 2 |
Propulsion: | Diesel AC – (3 × ) ALCO 251F |
Speed: | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
Range: | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Endurance: | 120 days |
Complement: | 27 |
Aircraft carried: | 1 × light helicopter |
Aviation facilities: | Hangar and flight deck |
CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker and major navaids tender of the Canadian Coast Guard. Built in 1986 by Canadian Shipbuilding at Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, she was the last ship constructed there. The ship has been based out of Victoria, British Columbia.
Designed as a light icebreaker and buoy tender, Sir Wilfrid Laurier displaces 4,662 long tons (4,737 t) fully loaded with a gross tonnage (GT) of 3,812.1 and a net tonnage (NT) of 1,533.6. The ship is 83.0 metres (272 ft 4 in) long overall with a beam of 16.2 metres (53 ft 2 in) and a draught of 5.8 metres (19 ft 0 in).
The vessel is powered by is propelled by two fixed pitch propellers and bow thrusters powered by three Alco 251F diesel-electric engines creating 8,847 horsepower (6,597 kW) and three Canadian GE generators producing 6 megawatts of AC power driving two Canadian GE motors creating 7,040 horsepower (5,250 kW). The ship is also equipped with one Caterpillar 3306 emergency generator. This gives the ship a maximum speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h). Capable of carrying 1,096.0 long tons (1,113.6 t) of diesel fuel, Sir Wilfrid Laurier has a maximum range of 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at a cruising speed of 11 knots (20 km/h) and can stay at sea for up to 120 days. The ship is certified as Arctic Class 2.