CCGS Simon Fraser

The CCGS Simon Fraser is a buoy tender once operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.[1][2][3]

Career
Name: CCGS Simon Fraser
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Builder: Burrard Dry Dock, Vancouver, BC
Commissioned: 1960
Refit: 1986
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics
Type: Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel
Displacement: 1353 gross tons
Length: 62.26 m (204 ft 3 in)
Beam: 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draft: 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
Ice class: 100 A1
Propulsion: Diesel2 x Deutz 8 cyl engines
Speed: 13.8 knots (25.6 km/h)
Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km)
Endurance: 24 days
Complement: 20

She was built, in 1960, at the Burrard Dry Docks, in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was modernized in 1986, at Versatile Marine, Montreal, Quebec. She displaces 1353 gross tons. She was staffed by a crew of 24.

She played a role in searching for wreckage that could show the cause of the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111.[4]

In 1999 she escorted the Nadon on a transit of the Northwest Passage, which was recreating the historic 1940-42 transit of the RCMP St Roch.[5] The Nadon's transit was a millennium project. This was the Simon Fraser's last voyage prior to her decommissioning.[6]

After her decommissioning the Simon Fraser, and her sister ship the CCGS Tupper, was sold for conversion into a yacht and charter vessel in Italy.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Ships of the CCG 1850-1967". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccg-gcc.gc.ca%2Feng%2FCCG%2FUSQUE_Ship_Details&date=2009-09-13. 
  2. ^ "Fleet: CCGS Simon Fraser". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccg-gcc.gc.ca%2Feng%2FFleet%2FVessels%3Fid%3D1050&date=2009-10-01. 
  3. ^ "Technical: CCGS Simon Fraser". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccg-gcc.gc.ca%2Feng%2FFleet%2FVessel_pdf%3Fid%3D1050%26no_build%3D1&date=2009-10-01. 
  4. ^ "Media Advisory: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canadian Coast Guard Coast Guard support for Swiss Air Flight 111 investigation continues". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 1998-09-06. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca%2Fcommunications%2Fmaritimes%2Fnews98e%2Fm98032.htm&date=2009-10-01. 
  5. ^ Paul Beesley. "Simon Fraser & Tupper". boatnerd. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boatnerd.com%2FShiphotos%2Ffor-sale%2Fcoast-guard-canadian%2Fsimon-fraser.htm&date=2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  6. ^ a b Tom Peters (2006-04-17). "New Life for Old Vessels". Canadian Sailings. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessmylibrary.com%2Fcoms2%2Fsummary_0286-14869192_ITM&date=2009-10-01.