Fire-class fireboat
CFAV Firebird in Halifax harbour
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Fire class |
| Builders: | Vancouver Shipyards |
| Operators: |
 Royal Canadian Navy
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| In service: | 1978-present |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 1 |
| Laid up: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fireboats/Yard tractor tugs |
| Displacement: | 140 tonnes (138 long tons) |
| Length: | 23.1 m (75 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 5 |
| Equipment: | 3 × manually-controlled 3-inch (7.6 cm) water cannons 2 × diesel-driven fire pumps, 2,500 gpm at 150 psi each |
The Fire-class fireboats/Yard tractor tugs were two fireboats operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. The two vessels are CFAV Firebrand (YTR 562) and CFAV Firebird (YTR 561).
Firebird was based at CFB Halifax, and Firebrand at CFB Esquimalt. According to the Canadian American Strategic Review the class was designed by naval architects Robert Allan Limited, and were built at Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver in 1978, and later acquired by the Canadian Forces.
The two ships displaced 140 tonnes (138 long tons) and were 23.1 metres (75 ft 9 in) long, with a beam of 6.4 metres (21 ft) and a draught of 2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in). The ships were powered by two 365 horsepower (272 kW) azimuthing Z-drives and one hydraulic tunnel bow thruster. This gave the vessels a maximum speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph). The ships had a crew of five firefighters.
The Fire class was equipped with three manually-controlled 3-inch (76 mm) water cannons, two diesel-driven fire pumps capable of expending 2,500 gpm at 150 psi each.
In 2008, Firebird helped extinguish a fire aboard the former Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Tupper in Halifax harbour.
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