CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
{{Short description|Icebreaker in the Canadian Coast Guard}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2017}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier.jpg |Ship caption={{Abbr|CCGS|Canadian Coast Guard Ship}} Sir Wilfrid Laurier }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|coast guard}} |Ship name=Sir Wilfrid Laurier |Ship namesake= Sir Wilfrid Laurier |Ship operator=Canadian Coast Guard |Ship registry=Ottawa, Ontario |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Canadian Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=230 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=6 December 1985 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 15 November 1986 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service=1986–present |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit=2024 |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= CCG Base Victoria (Pacific Region) |Ship identification=
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|Ship displacement={{cvt|4662|LT|t}} (full load) |Ship length= {{cvt|83|m|ftin}} |Ship beam= {{cvt|16.2|m|ftin}} |Ship draught= {{cvt|5.8|m|ftin}} |Ship ice class=CASPPR Arctic Class 2 |Ship power=3 × Alco 251F diesel-electric, producing {{convert|8847|hp|kW|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=2 × GE electric motors (total {{convert|7040|hp|kW|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) turning 2 fixed-pitch propellers |Ship speed= {{convert|15.5|kn}} |Ship range={{convert|6500|nmi}} at {{convert|11|kn}} |Ship endurance=120 days |Ship complement=27 |Ship boats= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship armour= |Ship aircraft=Originally 1 × MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206L helicopter, currently 1 × Bell 429 GlobalRanger or Bell 412EPI |Ship aircraft facilities=Hangar and flight deck |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header=title |Header caption= (2024 refit) |Ship power=3 × Wärtsilä 26 series engines{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7183858388609458177/|title=3 new engines installed on CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier|website=LinkedIn|date=10 April 2024|accessdate=10 April 2024}} |Ship notes=Otherwise same as built }} |
CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier{{efn|name=prefix}} is a {{sclass|Martha L. Black|icebreaker|0}} light icebreaker and major navaids tender of the Canadian Coast Guard.{{cite web |url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/Vessel?vessel_id=100 |title=CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier |publisher=Canadian Coast Guard |date=4 February 2015 |accessdate=16 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307123033/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/Vessel?vessel_id=100 |archivedate=7 March 2015 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/folios/00019/docs/cg_fleet_ar_small-eng.pdf |title=Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Annual Report 2006-2007 |publisher=Fisheries and Oceans Canada |date=October 2007 |accessdate=16 March 2015}} Built in 1986 by Canadian Shipbuilding at Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, she was the last ship constructed there.{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/canadayards/collingwood.htm |title=Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood ON |work=shipbuildinghistory.com |date=18 February 2015 |accessdate=16 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091503/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/canadayards/collingwood.htm |archivedate=2 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }} The ship has been based out of Victoria, British Columbia.
Description and design
Designed as a light icebreaker and buoy tender, Sir Wilfrid Laurier displaces {{convert|4662|LT|t|lk=on}} fully loaded with a {{GT|3812.1|disp=long}} and a {{NetT|1533.6|disp=long}}. The ship is {{convert|83.0|m|ftin}} long overall with a beam of {{convert|16.2|m|ftin}} and a draught of {{convert|5.8|m|ftin}}.Saunders, p. 95
The vessel is propelled by two fixed-pitch propellers and bow thrusters powered by three Alco 251F diesel-electric engines creating {{convert|8,847|hp|lk=in}} and three Canadian GE generators producing 6 megawatts of AC power driving two Canadian GE motors creating {{convert|7040|hp}}. The ship is also equipped with one Caterpillar 3306 emergency generator. This gives the ship a maximum speed of {{convert|15.5|kn|km/h|lk=in}}. Capable of carrying {{convert|1096.0|LT|t}} of diesel fuel, Sir Wilfrid Laurier has a maximum range of {{convert|6500|nmi|km|lk=in}} at a cruising speed of {{convert|11|kn|km/h}} and can stay at sea for up to 120 days. The ship is certified as Arctic Class 2.
The icebreaker is equipped with one Racal Decca Bridgemaster navigational radar operating on the I band. The vessel has a {{convert|980|m3|abbr=on}} cargo hold. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has a flight deck and hangar which originally accommodated light helicopters of the MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206L types, but in the 2010s, the Bell 429 GlobalRanger and Bell 412EPI were acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard to replace the older helicopters.{{cite web |url=https://verticalmag.com/features/better-faster-stronger-canadian-coast-guards-new-helicopter-fleet/ |title=Better, Faster, Stronger: The Canadian Coast Guard's new helicopter fleet |last=Johnson |first=Oliver |work=Vertical Magazine |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=5 April 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105182234/https://www.verticalmag.com/features/better-faster-stronger-canadian-coast-guards-new-helicopter-fleet/ |archive-date=5 January 2018 }} The ship has a complement of 27, with 10 officers and 17 crew. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has 26 additional berths.
=Workboat/lifeboat=
Sir Wilfrid Laurier{{'}}s workboat/lifeboat No. 1 was re-purposed as a training boat/work boat that has been operated by the Maritime Affairs Committee Navy League of Canada – Outaouais Branch since 1995. The boat was named Fred Gordon, in honour of {{abbr|WO1|warrant officer first class}} (ret'd) Fred Gordon, EM, CD former Regimental Sergeant-Major for Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC) 1967–1971. Fred Gordon was a member of the Hull Legion who supported the Royal Canadian Navy Sea Cadet Corps la Hulloise (CCMRC No. 230) sponsored by the Outaouais Branch of the Navy League of Canada.{{cite web |url=http://affairesmaritimes.org/en/our-boats/fred-gordon-rescue.html |title=Fred Gordon |publisher=Comité des Affaires Maritimes Ligue Navale du Canada (succ. de l'Outaouais) |accessdate=16 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234642/http://affairesmaritimes.org/en/our-boats/fred-gordon-rescue.html |archivedate=18 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
Operational history
The ship was constructed by Canadian Shipbuilding at their yard in Collingwood, Ontario with the yard number 230.{{csr|register=MSI|id=8320456|shipname=Sir Wilfrid Laurier |access-date=27 November 2016}} Named for a former prime minister of Canada, Sir Wilfrid Laurier was launched on 6 December 1985 and entered service on 15 November 1986. The ship is registered in Ottawa, Ontario, and homeported at Victoria, British Columbia. The ship was initially assigned to the Laurentian Region, but transferred to the Western Region.Maginley and Collin, p. 176
Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a multi-tasked vessel which carries out a wide variety of Coast Guard programs including 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.
File:CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Cambridge Bay.JPG prior to departing to search for Franklin's lost expedition]]
The vessel has been employed on research voyages{{cite web |url= http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/sid/SeaIceDynamics/Beaufort.htm |title= 2001–2002 Beaufort Sea Ice Stress Measurement Project |publisher = CRREL-USAC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204081816/http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/sid/SeaIceDynamics/Beaufort.htm |archive-date=2012-02-04 |access-date=16 March 2015}} and the rescue of survivors of the car ferry {{MV|Queen of the North||2}}. In 2014 the ship was part of the search for John Franklin's ships, {{HMS|Erebus|1826|2}} and {{HMS|Terror|1813|2}}, during the Victoria Strait Expedition.{{cite news|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/09/franklin-expedition-ship-found-pmo-says/ |title=Franklin expedition ship found, PMO says |work=National Post |last=Rennie |first=Steve |agency=Canadian Press |date=9 September 2014 |access-date=16 March 2015}} Erebus was found on that expedition.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lost-franklin-expedition-ship-found-in-the-arctic-1.2760311 |title=Lost Franklin expedition ship found in the Arctic |newspaper=CBC News |date=9 September 2014 |access-date=25 August 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hms-erebus-ship-s-bell-recovered-from-franklin-expedition-1.2826455 |title=HMS Erebus ship's bell recovered from Franklin expedition |newspaper=CBC News |date=6 November 2014 |access-date=25 August 2016}} In 2016, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, accompanied by the Royal Canadian Navy vessel {{HMCS|Shawinigan|MM 704|2}}, carried archaeologists to the site for further research. The two vessels also continued the search for Terror.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/archaeologists-resume-search-sir-john-franklins-hms-terror |title=Archaeologists to resume search for Sir John Franklin's HMS Terror |magazine=Canadian Geographic |last=Kylie |first=Aaron |date=23 August 2016 |access-date=25 August 2016}}
Sir Wilfrid Laurier arrived at Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock in North Vancouver in November 2023 to undergo an extensive refit through April 2024, as part of a Vessel Life Extension.{{cite web |url= https://www.seaspan.com/stories/ccgs-sir-wilfrid-laurier-arrives-at-vancouver-drydock-for-extensive-refit-project/ |title= CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier arrives at Vancouver Drydock for extensive refit project |access-date=10 April 2024}} In September 2024, Sir Wilfrid Laurier departed Canada and arrived at Yokohama, being the first CCG ship to make a port call and speak to personnel from the Japan Coast Guard and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries while having the ship open to the public.{{cite web |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20241002-I32WGJS46FNXRNU6XENUSCAM3U/ |title=違法漁業監視で協力を インド太平洋への関与強化へ、カナダ砕氷船が横浜に初寄港 |language=Japanese |trans-title=Canadian icebreaker makes first port call in Yokohama to cooperate in monitoring illegal fishing and strengthen engagement in the Indo-Pacific |work=The Sankei Shimbun |date=2 October 2024 |access-date=16 October 2024}} During the voyage, Sir Wilfrid Laurier{{'}}s officers conducted several anti-IUU fishing operations. The ship returned to Victoria on 28 October.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/british-columbia/coast-guards-north-pacific-patrol-uncovers-shark-finning-dark-vessels/article_c6161667-6f50-5c63-8fad-4c8ced670b0a.html |title=Coast guard’s North Pacific patrol uncovers shark finning, dark vessels |work=Toronto Star |agency=The Canadian Press |date=28 October 2024 |access-date=4 November 2024 |url-access=subscription}}
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Maginley |first1=Charles D. |last2=Collin |first2=Bernard |date=2001 |title=The Ships of Canada's Marine Services |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=978-1-55125-070-0}}
- {{cite book |editor-first=Stephen |editor-last=Saunders |date=2004 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Alexandria, Virginia |isbn=978-0-7106-2623-3}}
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