CCGS George R. Pearkes
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CCGS George. R. Pearkes and the CCGS Leonard J. Cowley in St. John's, August 2008.
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Canada | |
Name: | George R. Pearkes |
Namesake: | George R. Pearkes, politician, Lt-Gove of BC, member of NWMP |
Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
Builder: | Versatile Pacific Shipyards Limited of Vancouver, BC |
Yard number: | 807025 |
Commissioned: | 1986 |
In service: | 1986-present |
Homeport: | CCG Base St. John's, NL (Newfoundland and Labrador Region) |
Identification: | CGCX |
Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Type 1100 |
Type: | Light icebreaker and buoy tender |
Displacement: | 3,809.09 tonnes (4,198.80 short tons) |
Length: | 83 m (272 ft 4 in) |
Beam: | 16.2 m (53 ft 2 in) |
Draft: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Ice class: | Arctic Class 2 |
Propulsion: | Diesel Electric - 3 Alco 251F-16V |
Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Range: | 14,500 nmi (26,900 km) |
Endurance: | 120 days |
Boats & landing craft carried: |
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Complement: | 25 |
Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
Aviation facilities: | Yes - Hangar |
The CCGS George R. Pearkes is a light icebreaker and buoy support vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard.[1][2]
George R. Pearkes is a High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel Light Icebreaker and Buoy tender. She was built in 1986 by Versatile Pacific Shipyards Limited of Vancouver, BC
George Pearkes' home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador[3] and is stationed there with other CGS ships.
References
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- ↑ Vessel - Canadian Coast Guard