| CCGS Leonard J. Cowley | |
|---|---|
 In St. John's Harbour, 2010 | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | CCGS Leonard J. Cowley |
| Namesake: | Newfoundland biologist and assistant deputy minister of Fisheries and Oceans Len Cowley |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Builder: | West Coast Manly Shipyards Limited, Vancouver, BC |
| Commissioned: | 1984 |
| Refit: | 1996 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2026[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | High endurance all weather, offshore ice strengthened multiple role patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 1,255 tons |
| Length: | 72 m (236 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 12.1 m (39 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Ice class: | 100 A1 Class 2 |
| Installed power: | Diesel |
| Propulsion: | controllable pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) |
| Endurance: | 28 days |
| Complement: | 19 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
CCGS Leonard J. Cowley is a high endurance all weather, offshore ice strengthened multi patrol vessel of the Canadian Coast Guard.
Layout[]
Leonard J. Cowley is said to share design elements with the Republic of Ireland's Róisín class Patrol Craft.[1] She was built in 1984 and underwent a modernization in 1996. Leonard J. Cowley has a hangar and flight deck capable of operating a Eurocopter BO-105 helicopter.
CCGS Leonard J. Cowley (right) in harbour with CCGS George R. Pearkes
Service[]
She is mostly used for fishery patrol off Newfoundland and Labrador. She is named for Canada's first Minister of Marine and Fisheries.
On February 22, 2009, the vessel was instrumental in rescuing the crew of the FV Monte Galineiro.[2]
CGS St. John's[]
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There is a proposal that this section be split into a new article titled [[::CGS St. John's|CGS St. John's]]. (Discuss) (January 2013) |
Vessels at this base:
- CCGS Pierre Radisson - icebreaker
- CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent - icebreaker
- CCGS Cygnus - patrol vessel
- CCGS Henry Larsen - icebreaker
- CCGS George R. Pearkes - icebreaker
- CCGS Ann Harvey
- CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell
- CCGS Terry Fox
- CCGS Wilfred Templeman
Popular culture[]
Bryan Williston of the Canadian folk band Two Roads Home has adapted the poem "The Amphion" (written by Holmes Hooke) into a lively song. Both the song and poem tell of the rescue of a ship called The Amphion by the crew of the Leonard J., which included officer James Gurney of Owen Sound, and Earl Prior and Ron Nichols (both of Newfoundland).
References[]
- ↑ Stephen Priestley (June 2006). "The Kingston Class: 'Mid-Life' or Move Over for the MCDV?". Canadian American Strategic Review. Archived from the original on 2007-05-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20070524142921/http://www.sfu.ca/casr/id-opv-small.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
- ↑ "Crew rescued from blazing vessel". BBC News. February 23, 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7904908.stm. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- CCGS Leonard J. Cowley, specs
External links[]
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada article about the CCGS Leonard J. Cowley
- CCGS Leonard J. Cowley, Can. Coast Guard website
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