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Canadian Vickers ordered the construction of a large floating drydock, which was opened in 1912. [1] [3] Due to the establishment of Canadian Vickers, Montreal became one of Canada's leading shipbuilding centres. [1] The shipyard's first full year of operation was 1914, a year marked by the beginning of World War I. [2]
The vessel was originally scheduled to be decommissioned in 2000 however a refit extended the decommissioning date to 2017. In the 26 February 2008 federal budget, the Government of Canada announced it was funding a $721 million "Polar Class Icebreaker" (later named Arpatuuq) as a replacement vessel for Louis S. St-Laurent.
The Canadian Vickers Vedette was the first aircraft designed and built in Canada to meet a specification for Canadian conditions. It was a single-engine biplane flying boat purchased to meet a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) demand for a smaller aircraft than the Vickers Viking with a much greater rate of climb, to be suitable for forestry survey and fire protection work.
Those ships constructed using the Canadian Vickers design displaced 357 long tons (363 t) and were 130 feet (40 m) long overall with a beam of 25 feet (7.6 m) and a draught of 13 feet (4.0 m). [5] The vessels were propelled by a steam-powered triple expansion engine driving one shaft creating 480 indicated horsepower (360 kW) giving the vessels ...
CCGS John Cabot [1] (id: 320951; [2] IMO number: 6514974; MMSI number: 247253000) [3] was a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker and cable ship [2] in service starting 1965. It passed out of CCG service and entered private service in 1994, as the cable ship CS John Cabot. [1]
Canadian Vickers Vista 3-view drawing from L'Air June 1,1927. Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 [1] General characteristics. Crew: 1; Length: 23 ft 8 in (7.22 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 6 in (8.98 m) Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.28 m) Empty weight: 655 lb (297 kg) Gross weight: 1,005 lb (456 kg) Fuel capacity: 110 lb (50 kg) fuel and oil
The claim: Donald Trump can't travel to Canada because he is a convicted felon. A Dec. 3 Threads post (direct link, archive link) offers a theory as to why Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
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