| CCGS Pierre Radisson | |
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| Name: | CCGS Pierre Radisson |
| Namesake: | Pierre Radisson |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Versatile Pacific Shipyards Limited, Vancouver, BC |
| Yard number: | 383326 |
| Launched: | 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 1987 |
| Refit: | 1995, 1996-1997 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Quebec City |
| Identification: | CGSB |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2026[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | T1200 Class |
| Type: | Medium Arctic icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 5,910 tonnes (6,514.66 short tons) |
| Length: | 98.15 m (322 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 19.15 m (62 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 7.16 m (23 ft 6 in) |
| Ice class: | 100A (Arctic Class 2-3) |
| Speed: | 16.7 knots (30.9 km/h) |
| Range: | 15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km) |
| Endurance: | 120 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 38 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar |
The CCGS Pierre Radisson is a T1200 Class Medium Arctic and Gulf icebreaker of the Canadian Coast Guard.[1][2] She is designated as a "Medium Gulf Icebreaker. Her winter home port is Quebec City at the mouth of the St Lawrence River in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. She is staffed by a crew of twelve officers and twenty-six sailors. She was built in 1978 by Burrard Dry Dock Company in North Vancouver, British Columbia. IMO number: 7510834.
Pierre Radisson participated in Operation Nanook (2009) and Operation Nanook (2008), annual joint training exercises with elements of the Canadian Forces to conduct sovereignty and disaster patrols.[3][4]
Pierre Radisson's home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador[5] and is stationed there with other CGS ships.
References[]
- ↑ "CCGS Pierre Radisson". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-11-03. http://www.marinfo.gc.ca/en/Flotte/PierreRadisson.asp. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ↑ G.W. Timco, I. Kubat, A. Collins & M. Johnston (March 2004). "Data Collection Program on Ice Regimes Onboard the CCG Icebreakers - 2003". Canadian Hydraulics Centre, National Research Council of Canada. http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?action=rtdoc&an=9204701&article=1. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ↑ Elizabeth Thompson (2009-08-20). "Military takes Arctic trip: Operation Nanook 09 let Canadian Rangers, regular Forces members exchange skills". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edmontonsun.com%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2F2009%2F08%2F19%2F10520306.html&date=2009-09-03.
- ↑ Elizabeth Thompson (2009-08-20). "Military takes Arctic trip: Operation Nanook 09 let Canadian Rangers, regular Forces members exchange skills". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edmontonsun.com%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2F2009%2F08%2F19%2F10520306.html%23%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2F2009%2F08%2F20%2Fpf-10526171.html&date=2009-09-03.
- ↑ Vessel - Canadian Coast Guard
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