CCGS Griffon
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Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon is a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) high endurance multi-tasked vessel and light icebreaker stationed in Prescott, Ontario, Canada.[1] Completed in 1970, Griffon provides icebreaking services along eastern Lake Ontario and upriver along the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal.
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Name | Griffon |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
Port of registry | Ottawa |
Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
Yard number | 664 |
Launched | 26 September 1969 |
Completed | April 1970 |
In service | December 1970 |
Refit | 1995 by Pascol Engineering |
Homeport | CCG Base Prescott, Ontario (Central and Arctic Region) |
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Status | Ship in active service |
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Type | Light Icebreaker |
Tonnage | 2,212 GT |
Displacement | 3,096 tonnes (3,412.76 short tons) fully loaded |
Length | 71.3 m (233 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 15.1 m (49 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.73 m (15 ft 6 in) |
Ice class | CASPPR Arctic Class 2 |
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Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
Endurance | 90 days |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Complement | 25 |
Sensors and processing systems | Sperre S-Band and X-Band navigational radar |
Aircraft carried | 1 × MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206B helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck only |
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