CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
 CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
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| Career (Canada) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
| Namesake: | Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario |
| Yard number: | 807038 |
| Commissioned: | 1986 |
| In service: | 1986-present |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Victoria, British Columbia (Pacific Region) |
| Identification: | CGJK |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 1100 |
| Type: | Light Icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 3,812.08 tonnes (4,202.10 short tons) |
| Length: | 83 m (272 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 16.2 m (53 ft 2 in) |
| Draft: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Ice class: | Arctic Class 2 |
| Propulsion: | Diesel AC - (3x) ALCO 251-16V |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 20,200 nmi (37,400 km) |
| Endurance: | 120 days |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 26 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar |
The CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a light icebreaker and Major Navaids Tender of the Canadian Coast Guard.[1] Built in 1986 by Canadian Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada the ship currently is based out of Victoria, British Columbia.
The Laurier is a multi-tasked vessel which carries out a wide variety of Coast Guard programs including, but not limited to; buoy tending, search and rescue, science work, lightstation re-supply, beacon maintenance, radio repeater site maintenance, and icebreaking/escorting, aids to navigation and science work during summer patrols in the Arctic.
The vessel has been employed on research voyages[2] and the rescue of survivors of the M/V Queen of the North.
[edit] Engine
Like CCGS Martha L. Black, Laurier has a locomtive engine, ALCO-MLW 251-16V.
