CCGS Pierre Radisson
 CCGS Pierre Radisson
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Pierre Radisson |
| Namesake | Pierre Radisson |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder | Versatile Pacific Shipyards Limited, Vancouver |
| Yard number | 383326 |
| Launched | 1978 |
| Commissioned | 1987 |
| Refit | 1995, 1996-1997 |
| Homeport | CCG Base Quebec City |
| Identification | CGSB |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | T1200-class Medium Arctic icebreaker |
| Displacement | 5,910 tonnes (6,514.66 short tons) |
| Length | 98.15 m (322 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 19.15 m (62 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 7.16 m (23 ft 6 in) |
| Ice class | 100A (Arctic Class 2-3) |
| Speed | 16.7 knots (30.9 km/h) |
| Range | 15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km) |
| Endurance | 120 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 38 |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar |
CCGS Pierre Radisson is a T1200-class Medium Arctic and Gulf icebreaker of the Canadian Coast Guard.[1][2] Her winter home port is Quebec City at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. She is staffed by a crew of twelve officers and twenty-six sailors. She was built in 1978 by Burrard Dry Dock Company in North Vancouver, British Columbia.IMO number: 7510834.
Service history
Pierre Radisson participated in Operation Nanook (2009) and Operation Nanook (2008), annual joint training exercises with elements of the Canadian Forces to conduct sovereignty and disaster patrols in the Canadian Arctic.[3][4]
On 27 July 2015, CCGS Pierre Radisson located and rescued Sergey Ananov, a Russian helicopter pilot who attempted a round-the world flight. Ananov's Robinson R22 helicopter crashed and sunk in the Davis Strait, between Baffin Island and Greenland, the previous day, but the pilot managed to swim to a nearby ice floe.[5][6]
The CAN$8.7 million contract for the vessel's refit was awarded on 10 August 2016 to Verreault Navigation Inc. with the work to be done at Les Méchins, Quebec. The refit is scheduled to begin in September 2016 and completed by January 2017. The refit was scheduled as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy. The refit includes re-coating the hull, replacement of windows, reconditioning the flight deck and hangar and maintenance to steel work, propulsion and the interior.[7]
Workboat/lifeboat
Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker Pierre Radisson's workboat/lifeboat No.2 was repurposed as a training boat/work boat (13D17073) that has been operated by the Maritime Affairs Committee Navy League of Canada - Outaouais Branch since November 1998. The boat was named John Boucher, in honour of the founder of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Sea Cadet Corps la Hulloise, which is sponsored by the Outaouais Branch of the Navy League of Canada. The main purpose of the boat today is to provide training for RCN Sea Cadet Corps la Hulloise. When not used by the sea cadets, it serves as a workboat for the Navy League.[8]
References
- ^ "CCGS Pierre Radisson". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ G.W. Timco; I. Kubat; A. Collins; M. Johnston (March 2004). "Data Collection Program on Ice Regimes Onboard the CCG Icebreakers - 2003". Canadian Hydraulics Centre, National Research Council of Canada. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ Elizabeth Thompson (2009-08-20). "Military takes Arctic trip: Operation Nanook 09 let Canadian Rangers, regular Forces members exchange skills". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03.
- ^ Elizabeth Thompson (2009-08-20). "Military takes Arctic trip: Operation Nanook 09 let Canadian Rangers, regular Forces members exchange skills". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03.
- ^ Sergey Ananov, Russian helicopter pilot missing in Davis Strait, found alive. Canadian Forces JRCC tweets pilot on world flight was found on floe after leaving Iqaluit, 2015-07-27
- ^ Sergey Ananov, Russian pilot rescued in Arctic, recounts 2-day ordeal. Broken belt caused helicopter to malfunction; Ananov scared away 3 polar bears while awaiting rescue, 2015-07-27
- ^ Public Services and Procurement Canada (10 August 2016). "$8.7-Million Contract Awarded for Refit and Maintenance of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Pierre Radisson" (Press release). marketwired.ca. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ 'Fred Gordon'
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