CCGS Vincent Massey

CCGS Vincent Massey is {{convert|83.7|m|ftin}} long overall and {{convert|77.77|m|ftin}} between perpendiculars. Her hull has a beam of {{convert|18|m|ftin}} and moulded depth of {{convert|8.5|m|ftin}}. At design draught, she draws {{convert|6.5|m|ftin}} of water, but can be loaded to a maximum draught of {{convert|7.22|m|ftin}} which corresponds to a displacement of 6,872{{nbsp}}tons. Originally built to DNV ice class "ICE-10 Icebreaker", her hull structures and propulsion system will be upgraded to Polar Class 4 level and the vessel will be rated as Arctic Class 2 in Canadian service.{{citation-needed|date=November 2020}} Originally she was served by a crew of 13, but this will be increased to 19 (9 officers and 10 crew) when the vessel is commissioned by the Canadian Coast Guard.

Vincent Massey has four medium-speed diesel engines geared to two controllable pitch propellers in nozzles. She has two eight-cylinder MaK 8M32 and two six-cylinder MaK 6M32 diesel engines rated at {{convert|3840|kW|hp|abbr=on}} and {{convert|2880|kW|hp|abbr=on}} each. With a total propulsion power of {{convert|13440|kW|hp|abbr=on}}, she can achieve a maximum speed of {{convert|16|kn}} in open water and break {{convert|1|m|ft|adj=on}} ice at a continuous speed of {{convert|3|kn}}. In addition, she has two bow thrusters (one fixed, one retractable and azimuthing) and one transverse stern thruster for maneuvering and dynamic positioning.

== Career ==

She has been employed supplying offshore Arctic petroleum drilling expedition.

From 2003 to 2017, the vessel was named Tor Viking II because the Swedish ship registry does not allow two ships sharing a name.

In late January 2010 the Swedish Maritime Administration called for Vidar Viking and Tor Viking to serve as icebreakers in the Baltic Sea.

{{cite news

|url = http://www.pr-inside.com/transatlantic-apos-s-icebreakers-are-called-in-for-r1693761.htm

|title = TransAtlantic's icebreakers are called in for icebreaking in Baltic Sea

|publisher = PR Inside

|date = 29 January 2010

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100212223739/http://www.pr-inside.com/transatlantic-apos-s-icebreakers-are-called-in-for-r1693761.htm

|archivedate = 12 February 2010

|quote = TransAtlantic has a long-term contract with the SMA, which entails that the vessels must be available during the first quarter of the year as required and within ten days for icebreaking in the Baltic Sea. In return, Transatlantic receives an annual basic fee, regardless of whether icebreaking is conducted or not. If icebreaking is conducted, the fee is increased. The contract expires in 2015, with an option to extend for an additional 15 years.

|url-status = dead

}}

The vessels were chartered on a contingency basis; Trans Viking's parent company, Transatlantic, is paid a basic flat fee for the vessels to be available, within ten days, without regard to whether they are used. They were used in 2007. The contract expired in 2015.

In October 2015, Tor Viking rescued a French sailor and his cat from the {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} sailboat La Chimere which had lost its rudder and rigging in heavy seas {{convert|400|mi|km}} south of Cold Bay, Alaska. When Tor Viking arrived alongside in {{convert|20|ft|m|-0|adj=on}} seas, the man jumped over the icebreaker's railing with the cat tucked in his shirt. The rescue was captured on video by a United States Coast Guard Lockheed C-130 Hercules monitoring the operation.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/frenchman-ship-jump-1.3282684|title=Frenchman leaps from sailboat to waiting ship in south Alaska sea|publisher=CBC|date=21 October 2015|accessdate=1 May 2019}}{{cite AV media|date=21 October 2015|title=Tor Viking Rescues Mariner and His Cat - Oct. 20, 2015|url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItjPkT0HwcA|access-date =1 May 2015|publisher =GCaptain}}

In December 2015, Tor Viking became the first ship to transit the Northern Sea Route in December without support from nuclear-powered icebreakers at this time of the year. The vessel entered Bering Strait on 28 November and passed around the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya on 10 December.{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2015/12/first-december-voyage-without-icebreaker|title=First December voyage without icebreaker|first=Atle|last=Staalesen|work=The Barents Observer|date=14 December 2015|accessdate=1 May 2019}}

In 2016, Chantier Davie Canada began offering Tor Viking and her sister ships as a replacement to the ageing Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers under the moniker "Project Resolute". In addition to the three Swedish icebreaking offshore vessels, the offer also included a fourth slightly bigger and more powerful vessel, the US-flagged {{ship||Aiviq}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.davie.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/icebreaker-briefing-RESOLUTE-1.pdf|title=Project Resolute|publisher=Davie Shipbuilding|accessdate=20 January 2018|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032937/https://www.davie.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/icebreaker-briefing-RESOLUTE-1.pdf|url-status=dead}} In August 2018, Chantier Davie Canada was awarded a Can$610 million dollar contract for the acquisition and refitting of the three vessels.{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-coast-guard/news/2018/12/icebreakers.html| title=Icebreakers| publisher=Government of Canada, Canadian Coast Guard| date=December 2018| accessdate=20 October 2022| url-status=live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220124210854/https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-coast-guard/news/2018/12/icebreakers.html| archive-date = 24 January 2022}} On 10 August 2018, Viking Supply Ships announced the sale of its three vessels to Canada for a profit of $274 million.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vikingsupply.com/newsarticle/sale-of-ships-including-write-down-of-certain-book-values-in-q2-and-guiding-of-an-expected-loss-in-h2%5B%5Bexternal%5D%5D/3012767|title=Sale of ships including write down of certain book values in Q2 and guiding of an expected loss in H2|website=www.vikingsupply.com|access-date=11 August 2018|date=10 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.marinelog.com/news/viking-supply-confirms-sale-of-icebreaking-ahts-trio-to-canada/|title=Viking Supply confirms sale of icebreaking AHTS trio to Canada|first=Nick|last=Blenkey|work=MarineLog|publisher=Simmons-Boardman|date=13 August 2018|accessdate=1 May 2019}} Once retrofitted at Davie Shipbuilding, the vessels are expected to remain in service in the Canadian Coast Guard for 15 to 25 years.

Tor Viking was named CCGS Vincent Massey after Charles Vincent Massey (1887–1967), a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Confederation and the first one born in Canada. The vessel was dedicated to Canadian service on 11 September 2023.

{{commons category|IMO 9199622|CCGS Vincent Massey}}

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{{cite news

| url = https://maritime-executive.com/article/canada-to-use-interim-icebreakers-for-around-20-years

| title = Canada to Use Interim Icebreakers for Around 20 Years

| work = Maritime Executive

| date = 23 October 2018

| accessdate = 24 October 2018

| quote = The Canadian Press reports that there are no immediate plans to replace the Coast Guard's existing vessels which are on average more than 35 years old.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/canada-buys-commercial-icebreakers-for-its-coast-guard#gs.an2JPBE

| title = Canada Buys Commercial Icebreakers for its Coast Guard

| work = Maritime Executive

| date = 13 August 2018

| accessdate = 15 August 2018

| quote = On Monday, Norwegian harsh-environment OSV operator Viking Supply Ships announced that it has sold three icebreaking anchor handlers to the government of Canada, which will retrofit them for use by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG).

}}

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