CCGS Des Groseilliers
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| CCGS Des Groseilliers | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | CCGS Des Groseilliers |
| Namesake: | Médard des Groseilliers |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Commissioned: | 1982 |
| Refit: | 1996 |
| Homeport: | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 98.24 m (322 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 19.84 m (65 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 7.44 m (24 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel electric |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 30,600 nmi (56,700 km) |
| Complement: | 38 (12 officers, 26 crew) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
The CCGS Des Groseilliers is an icebreaker in the Canadian Coast Guard.[1]
The vessel is named after Medard Chouart Des Groseilliers (1618-1669) a close associate of Pierre-Esprit Radisson in explorations west of the Great Lakes and the founding of the English Hudson's Bay Company.
The vessel has participated in a number of research voyages, including Ice Station Sheba.[2] As part of the Sheba project the Des Groseilliers was allowed to be frozen into the ice for the Arctic winter, to serve as a base for scientific researchers.
In spring 2008, the Des Groseilliers collided with the Sea Shepherd vessel RV Farley Mowat in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, during the annual seal hunt.
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