CCGS Labrador
CCGS Labrador | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Labrador |
| Namesake | Labrador |
| Owner | Government of Canada |
| Operator | |
| Builder | Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel |
| Yard number | 187 |
| Laid down | 18 November 1949 |
| Launched | 14 December 1951 |
| Commissioned | 8 July 1954 |
| Maiden voyage | 23 July 1954 |
| Renamed | 1210 (1988) |
| Refit | January 1955 |
| Homeport | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Broken up 1989 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wind-class icebreaker |
| Tonnage | 3,823 GRT |
| Displacement | 6,490 long tons (6,590 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
| Ice class | Arctic Class 2–3 |
| Installed power | 6 × 10-cylinder diesel engines (6 × 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two shafts (2 × 5,000 hp (3,700 kW)) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 228 |
| Aircraft carried | Two Bell HTL-4 single-rotor helicopters, or one Piasecki HUP II twin-rotor helicopter. |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck |
| Notes | Registry #1 310129 Registry #2 CN |
CCGS Labrador was a Wind-class icebreaker. First commissioned on 8 July 1954 as Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Labrador (pennant number AW 50) in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Captain O.C.S. "Long Robbie" Robertson, GM, RCN, in command. She was transferred to the Department of Transport (DOT) on 22 November 1957, and re-designated Canadian Government Ship (CGS) Labrador. She was among the DOT fleet assigned to the nascent Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) when that organization was formed in 1962, and further re-designated Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Labrador. Her career marked the beginning of the CCG's icebreaker operations which continue to this day. She extensively charted and documented the then-poorly-known Canadian Arctic, and as HMCS Labrador was the first ship to circumnavigate North America in a single voyage. The ship was taken out of service in 1987 and broken up for scrap in 1989.