CCGS Terry Fox
During spring refit and maintenance, May 2008, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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| Name: | Terry Fox |
| Namesake: | Terry Fox |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Yard number: | 803579 |
| Launched: | 1983 |
| Commissioned: | 1 November 1991 |
| In service: | 1991–present |
| Homeport: | CCG Base St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland and Labrador Region) |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8127799 Call sign: CGTF |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Icebreaker |
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| Displacement: | 7,100 long tons (7,200 t) (full load) |
| Length: | 88 m (288 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 17.9 m (58 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
| Ice class: | Arctic Class 4 |
| Installed power: | 4 × Stork-Werkspoor 8TM410 17,300 kW (23,200 hp) (combined) |
| Propulsion: | Two shafts, controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range: | 1,920 nmi (3,560 km; 2,210 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Endurance: | 58 days |
| Complement: | 24 |
CCGS Terry Fox is a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Gulf (and Arctic) icebreaker. The ship entered service in 1991 under lease and was purchased outright in 1993. Terry Fox is currently in service and is assigned CCG Base St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Region.
Designed to escort tankers through ice as a heavy icebreaker, Terry Fox and her sisters were designed to act as heavy tugs and supply vessels to support offshore oil rig platforms in a hostile environment. They bow is spoon-shaped, which allows the ship to ride up on the ice, making it easier to break it.Terry Fox, as a heavy icebreaker, is certified as Arctic Class 4. This allows the vessel to press through ice up to 1.8 metres (6 ft) thick. The ship has a displacement of 7,100 long tons (7,200 t) fully loaded, a gross tonnage (GT) of 4,233 and a net tonnage (NT) of 1,955. Terry Fox measures 88 metres (288 ft 9 in) long overall with a beam of 17.9 metres (58 ft 9 in) and a draught of 8.3 metres (27 ft 3 in). The ship is equipped with two Raccal Decca ARPA and one Furuno 1411 navigational radar.
The ship is powered by four Stork-Werkspoor 8TM410 diesel engines driving two shafts creating 17,300 kilowatts (23,200 bhp). The vessel is controlled by controllable pitch propellers and a bow and stern thruster. The ship is also equipped with a single Caterpillar 3406 emergency generator. This gives Terry Fox a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and with a storage for 1,919.0 m3 (67,770 cu ft) of diesel fuel, a range of 1,920 nautical miles (3,560 km; 2,210 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).
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