CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
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| 300px CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
| Namesake: | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Canadian Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario |
| Commissioned: | 1986 |
| Homeport: | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,000 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 |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 20,200 nmi (37,400 km) |
| Complement: | 26 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
The CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a light icebreaker and Major Navaids Tender of the Canadian Coast Guard.[1] Built in 1986 by Canadian Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada the ship currently is based out of Victoria, British Columbia.
The Laurier is a multi-tasked vessel which carries out a wide variety of Coast Guard programs including, but not limited to; buoy tending, search and rescue, science work, lightstation re-supply, beacon maintenance, radio repeater site maintenance, and icebreaking/escorting, aids to navigation and science work during summer patrols in the Arctic.
The vessel has been employed on research voyages[2] and the rescue of survivors of the M/V Queen of the North.
