| CCGS Griffon | |
|---|---|
 CCGS Griffon patrolling the Detroit River | |
| Career (Canada) |  |
| Name: | CCGS Griffon |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec |
| Yard number: | 328110 |
| Commissioned: | 1970 |
| Refit: | 1995 by Pascol Engineering |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Prescott, Ontario (Central and Arctic Region) |
| Identification: | CGDS |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2025[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | High Endurance Multi Tasked Vessel - Light Icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 2,212 tonnes (2,438.31 short tons) |
| Length: | 71.32 m (234 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 14.94 m (49 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 4.73 m (15 ft 6 in) |
| Ice class: | Ice Class 1 |
| Propulsion: | Diesel electric engine, 2984 kW |
| Speed: |
11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) cruise 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) maximum |
| Range: | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) |
| Endurance: | 90 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 25 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 x MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter deck only |
CCGS Griffon is a Canadian Coast Guard High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel and Light Icebreaker stationed in Prescott, Ontario, Canada.[1] The CCG classes her as a "High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel – Light Icebreaker".
The ship provides icebreaking services along the eastern Lake Ontario and upriver along the St. Lawrence River to Montreal.
History[]
Griffon was launched in 1970 from Davie Shipbuilding in Lauzon, Quebec and staffed by a crew of 25.[1] She has a 118-square-metre (1,270 sq ft) flight deck, to land helicopters, but unlike larger CCG vessels she has no hangar. On February 13, 2009, The vessel broke ice at the mouth of the Grand River that had caused a flood in the small towns of Dunnville and Cayuga, Ontario.[2][3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vessel:CCGS Griffon". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Fleet/Vessel_pdf?id=1101&no_build=1. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ↑ Daniel Nolan (2011-02-17). "Grand River icebreaker delayed". Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2011-02-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thespec.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F486021--grand-river-icebreaker-delayed&date=2011-02-20.
- ↑ Cathy Pelletier (2011-02-16). "Griffon icebreaker called to Port Maitland: This week's weather mirrors flood of 2009". Dunnville Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2011-02-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dunnvillechronicle.com%2FArticleDisplay.aspx%3Fe%3D2980971&date=2011-02-20.
External links[]
The original article can be found at CCGS Griffon and the edit history here.