CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
| Namesake | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder | Canadian Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario |
| Yard number | 230 |
| Launched | 6 December 1985 |
| Commissioned | 15 November 1986 |
| In service | 1986–present |
| Refit | 2024 |
| Homeport | CCG Base Victoria (Pacific Region) |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 4,662 long tons (4,737 t) (full load) |
| Length | 83 m (272 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 16.2 m (53 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Ice class | CASPPR Arctic Class 2 |
| Installed power | 3 × Alco 251F diesel-electric, producing 8,847 hp (6,597 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × GE electric motors (total 7,040 hp [5,250 kW]) turning 2 fixed-pitch propellers |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Endurance | 120 days |
| Complement | 27 |
| Aircraft carried | Originally 1 × MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206L helicopter, currently 1 × Bell 429 GlobalRanger or Bell 412EPI |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck |
| General characteristics (2024 refit) | |
| Installed power | 3 × Wärtsilä 26 series engines |
| Notes | Otherwise same as built |
CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker and major navaids tender of the Canadian Coast Guard. Built in 1986 by Canadian Shipbuilding at Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, she was the last ship constructed there. The ship has been based out of Victoria, British Columbia.