CCGS Tupper
| History | |
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 Canada
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| Name: | Tupper |
| Namesake: | Sir Charles Tupper |
| Owner: | Minister of Fisheries and Oceans |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Marine Industries, Sorel |
| Laid down: | March 1959 |
| Launched: | 3 October 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 1 December 1959 |
| Decommissioned: | 1997 |
| Renamed: | 2000 (as yacht Caruso) |
| Struck: | 1998 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Identification: | IMO number: 5370905 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Buoy tender |
| Tonnage: | 1,358 GRT |
| Displacement: | 1,876 long tons (1,906 t) |
| Length: | 62.4 m (204 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power: | 2,900 shp (2,200 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck and hangar |
CCGS Tupper was a Canadian Coast Guard ice-strengthened buoy tender that served from 1959 to 1998. The vessel spent her entire career on the East Coast of Canada. Following her Canadian service, Tupper was sold to private interests with the intention of converting her to a yacht, but the conversion never happened and the vessel moved about Halifax Harbour, suffering a fire in 2008 before being sold for scrap in 2011.
Tupper and sister ship Simon Fraser were 62.4 m (204 ft 9 in) long overall with a beam of 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) and a draught of 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in). The vessel had a fully loaded displacement of 1,876 long tons (1,906 t) and a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 1,358. The vessels were powered by a diesel-electric system driving two screws creating 2,900 shaft horsepower (2,200 kW). This gave the vessels a maximum speed of 14 knots (26 km/h). The ships were fitted with a flight deck and a telescopic hangar and were capable of operating one helicopter.
The buoy tender's keel was laid down in March 1959 by Marine Industries at their yard in Sorel, Quebec with the yard number 257. Tupper was launched on 3 October 1959, named for a former Prime Minister of Canada. The ship entered service with the Department of Transport on 1 December 1959. In 1962 the Department of Transport's Marine Service fleet was merged into the newly formed Canadian Coast Guard and Tupper was given the new prefix CCGS.
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