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During the winter months, Louis S. St-Laurent sometimes operates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to aid ships in transiting to Montreal, Quebec, although she usually only serves this assignment during particularly heavy ice years. Since entering service in 1969, the icebreaker has been compelled to go through several refits in order to keep her in ...
CCGS Arpatuuq (Inuktitut:) is a future Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker that will be built under the Polar Icebreaker Project as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy.The ship was initially expected to join the fleet by 2017 but has been significantly delayed and is now expected by 2030.
The Polar Icebreaker Project (previously Polar Class Icebreaker Project) is an ongoing Canadian shipbuilding program under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. [6] Announced in 2008 with an intention to replace the ageing CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent with a new polar icebreaker by 2017, the program has faced multiple delays and changes, and as of 2024 consists of two planned icebreakers, CCGS ...
CCGS Amundsen [note 1] is a Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.The vessel entered service in 1979 as Franklin and was renamed Sir John Franklin in 1980 and served as such until 1996.
Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker Pierre Radisson ' s workboat/lifeboat No.2 was repurposed as a training boat/work boat (13D17073) that has been operated by the Maritime Affairs Committee Navy League of Canada – Outaouais Branch since November 1998.
CCGS Earl Grey [note 1] is a Samuel Risley-class light icebreaker and buoy tender in the Canadian Coast Guard.Constructed in 1986, the vessel serves a variety of roles, including light ice-breaking and buoy tending, as well as being strengthened for navigation in ice to perform tasking along the shores off the Atlantic coast of Canada.
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CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert [a] is a former Canadian Coast Guard light icebreaker and buoy tender that was later sold to a private owner and renamed Polar Prince.The ship entered service with the Department of Transport Marine Service in 1959 and transferred to the newly created Canadian Coast Guard in 1962, active until 2001.