CCGS Limnos

CCGS Limnos in Lake Ontario at the CNE Air Show.
Career (Canada)
Name: Limnos
Namesake: Limnology
Owner: Government of Canada
Operator: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry: Ottawa, Ontario
Builder: Port Weller Dry Dock Limited, Port Weller, Ontario
Yard number: 328088
Completed: 1968
Commissioned: 1968
In service: 1968-present
Refit: 1981, 2010
Homeport: CCG Base Burlington, Ontario - Central and Arctic Region
Identification: Callsign: CG2350
IMO number: 6804903
MMSI number: 316001434
General characteristics
Type:Hydrographical Survey Vessel
Displacement:459.94 tonnes (507.00 short tons)
Length:44.81 m (147.0 ft)
Beam:9.75 m (32.0 ft)
Draft:2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Ice class:A1 - 900 A1 Ice Class 1
Speed:10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range:3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)
Endurance:14 days
Boats and landing
craft carried:
  • Ambar 550 (Crane)
  • Boston Whaler - 5m (Crane)
Complement:14
Crew:8
Aircraft carried:No
Aviation facilities:No

The CCGS Limnos is a Canadian Coast Guard Coastal Research & Survey vessel.[1]

The Limnos gets its name from the word "limnology" which is the division of hydrology that studies inland waters, including their biological, physical, chemical, geological and hydrological aspects.

This vessel performs various scientific surveys throughout the Great Lakes. She has served on joint missions, on the Great Lakes with vessels from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.[2]

CGS Base Burlington

Other ships at the base:

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