| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Vancouver Shipyards |
| Operators: | Royal Canadian Navy |
| In service: | 1978-present |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fireboats/Yard tractor tugs |
| Displacement: | 140 tonnes (138 long tons) |
| Length: | 23.1 m (75 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 365 hp azimuthing Z-drives 1 × hydraulic tunnel bow thruster |
| Speed: | 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Equipment: | 3 × manually-controlled 3 inch (7.6 cm) water cannon 2 × diesel-driven fire pumps, 2,500 gpm @ 150 psi each |
The Royal Canadian Navy operates two Fire-class fireboats/Yard tractor tugs. The two vessels are the CFAV Firebrand (YTR 562) and the CFAV Firebird (YTR 561).[1]
Firebird is based at CFB Halifax, and Firebrand at CFB Esquimalt. The class is based on British designs and built at Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver in 1978,[2] and later acquired by the Canadian Forces.