CCGS Simon Fraser
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image= | Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= Canada | Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|Canada|coast guard}} | Ship name=Simon Fraser | Ship namesake=Simon Fraser | Ship owner=Government of Canada | Ship operator=* Department of Transport Canada | Ship registry=Ottawa, Ontario | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number=306 | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=18 August 1959 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=February 1960 | Ship decommissioned=March 2001 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= 1986 | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification=* Official number: 313105
| Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=Sold 2006 | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Buoy tender |Ship displacement={{convert|1876|LT|t}} |Ship tonnage={{GRT|1,358}} |Ship length= {{convert|62.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|12.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= {{convert|4.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship ice class= |Ship power={{convert|2900|shp|kW|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=Diesel-electric |Ship speed={{convert|14|kn|km/h}} |Ship range={{convert|5000|nmi|km|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h}} |Ship endurance=20 days |Ship complement= |Ship aircraft=1 × helicopter |Ship aircraft facilities=Flight deck and hangar }} |
CCGS Simon Fraser{{efn|CCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship}} was a buoy tender operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1960 with the Department of Transport's Marine Fleet, before being transferred to the newly formed Canadian Coast Guard in 1962. The buoy tender served on both coasts of Canada and was used for search and rescue duties along the West Coast of Canada. The ship was loaned to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 2000 and transited the Northwest Passage, circumnavigating North America in the process. The ship was taken out of service in 2001 and sold to private interests. In 2006, the vessel reappeared as a yacht using the same name.
Design and description
Simon Fraser and sister ship {{ship|CCGS|Tupper||2}} were {{convert|62.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long overall with a beam of {{convert|12.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{convert|4.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The vessel had a fully loaded displacement of {{convert|1876|LT|t}} and a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 1,358.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=179}}{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=88}} The vessels were powered by a diesel-electric system (DC/DC) driving two fixed-pitch screws creating {{convert|2900|shp|kW|lk=in}}. This gave the vessels a maximum speed of {{convert|14|kn|km/h|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=88}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/Vessel?vessel_id=128 |title=CCG Fleet: Vessel Details – CCGS Simon Fraser |publisher=Canadian Coast Guard |date=4 February 2015 |access-date=2 January 2017}} The ship carried {{convert|200.00|m3|impgal|abbr=on}} of diesel fuel, had a range of {{convert|5000|nmi|km|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h}} and could stay at sea for up to 20 days. The ships were fitted with a flight deck and a telescopic hangar and were capable of operating one helicopter.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=179}}{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=79}}
Service history
The vessel was constructed by Burrard Dry Dock at their yard in Vancouver, British Columbia with the yard number 306.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}} Simon Fraser was launched on 18 August 1959, named after a Scottish explorer who charted much of what became known as British Columbia.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=255}} The ship entered service with the Department of Transport in February 1960.{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=88}}{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}} In 1962 the Department of Transport's Marine Service fleet was merged into the newly formed Canadian Coast Guard and Simon Fraser was given the new prefix CCGS.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=13}} The vessel was registered in Ottawa, Ontario.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}
Simon Fraser was initially assigned to duties in the Western Region, working in the Pacific Ocean. In 1986, the vessel was converted for search and rescue duties and transferred to the Laurentian Region in Eastern Canada. Towards the end of her career, Simon Fraser returned to buoy tending duties in the Maritimes Region, based at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=179}} She played a role in searching for wreckage that could show the cause of the crash of Swissair Flight 111.{{cite web |url=http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/communications/maritimes/news98e/m98032.htm |title=Media Advisory: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canadian Coast Guard Coast Guard support for Swiss Air Flight 111 investigation continues |publisher=Department of Fisheries and Oceans |date=6 September 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021225202843/http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/communications/maritimes/news98e/m98032.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 December 2002 |df=dmy-all }} In May 2000 Simon Fraser was loaned to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) support group. Travelling from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Vancouver, the vessel transited the Panama Canal. From there, the Coast Guard ship escorted the {{ship|RCMP vessel|Nadon}} on a transit of the Northwest Passage, which was recreating the historic 1940–1942 transit of {{ship|RCMP|St Roch}}. In doing so, Simon Fraser circumnavigated North America.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=179}} This was Simon Fraser{{'}}s last voyage prior to her decommissioning.{{cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14869192_ITM |title=New Life for Old Vessels | publisher=Canadian Sailings |date=17 April 2006 |first=Tom |last=Peters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103040652/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14869192_ITM |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
Simon Fraser was taken out of service in 2001 and renamed 2001–07. In 2006 she was sold to Quay Marine Associates Inc., reverted to her original name and registered in Livorno, Italy, where she was taken for conversion to a yacht and charter vessel.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}
References
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- {{cite book |last=Maginley |first=Charles D. |last2=Collin |first2=Bernard |name-list-style=amp |year=2001 |title=The Ships of Canada's Marine Services |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-070-5 }}
- {{cite book |last=Maginley |first=Charles D. |date=2003 |title=The Canadian Coast Guard 1962–2002 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiancoastgua0000magi |url-access=registration |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-075-6 }}
- {{csr|register=MSI|id=5328732|shipname=Simon Fraser |accessdate=2 January 2017 |ref={{sfnref|Miramar Ship Index}}}}
- {{cite book |editor-first=John |editor-last=Moore |year=1981 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships, 1981–1982 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=New York |isbn=0-531-03977-3 }}
External links
- [https://livornodailyphoto.blogspot.com/2017/11/ccgs-simon-fraser.html Simon Fraser at Livorno in 2017]
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Category:Navaids tenders of the Canadian Coast Guard