Ville class tugs

Career (Canada)
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General characteristics
Displacement: 45 gross tons
Length: 19.5 m
Beam: 4.72m
Draught: 2.74m
Propulsion: 1x steerable kort nozzle

The Royal Canadian Navy operates five Ville-class harbour tugs.[1][2] The five vessels are the CFAV Lawrenceville (YTL 590), CFAV Parksville (YTL 591), CFAV Listerville (YTL 592), CFAV Merrickville (YTL 593) and CFAV Marysville (YTL 594). Listerville, Merrickville and Maryville are based in CFB Halifax, on Canada's East Coast. Lawrenceville and Parksville are based in CFB Esquimalt.

The Royal Canadian Navy operates six other, larger tugboats, the 140 ton CFAV Tillicum, and five 250 ton Glen class tugs, and two 140 ton Fire class fireboats.[2][3][4] The larger tugs are also split between both coasts.

Canada operated a fleet of 17 ton tugs, built during World War II, which were also called the Ville-class.[2] The current vessels are named after the World War 2 vessels.[5]

Specifications[2]
displacement 45 gross tons
length 19.5m
beam 4.72m
draught 2.74m
powerplant 1 x Caterpillar 3406 diesel (365hp)East coast Villes only. West coast Villes 1 x Caterpillar D343 rated @ 365bhp.
propulsion 1x steerable kort nozzle
bollard pull 7.5 tons

References

  1. ^ "Esquimalt Harbour". Canadian Department of National Defence. July 16, 2007. http://www.navy.dnd.ca/marpac/harbour/marpac_harbour_e.asp?category=95&title=904. Retrieved 2008-02-13. "Two VILLE (YTL) Class tugs - LAWRENCEVILLE and PARKSVILLE - 45 gross tons, fitted with steerable Kort Nozzle. Maximum bollard pull 7.5 tons." 
  2. ^ a b c d "Canadian Forces Small Ships — the Ville class YTL Harbour Tug". Canadian American Strategic Review. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080302225324/http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-navy-aux-ytl-ville.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-13. 
  3. ^ "Canadian Forces Small Ships — the Glen class YTB Tractor Tug". Canadian American Strategic Review. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080302225319/http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-navy-aux-ytb-glen.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-13. 
  4. ^ "Canadian Forces Small Ships — the Fire class YTR Rescue Boats". Canadian American Strategic Review. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080302225329/http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-navy-aux-ytr-fire.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-13. 
  5. ^ "Merrickville / Ann Marie". Russel Brothers Limited. http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xmerrickville.html. Retrieved 2008-02-13.