CCGS Terry Fox
 Terry Fox during spring refit and maintenance, May 2008, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | CCGS Terry Fox |
| Namesake: | Terry Fox |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Burrard Yarrows Corporation in Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Launched: | 1983 |
| Commissioned: | 1992 |
| Homeport: | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| Identification: | CGTF |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,234 tons |
| Length: | 88 m (288 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 17.8 m (58 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
| Ice class: | Arctic Class 4 |
| Propulsion: | Diesel |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range: | 1,920 nmi (3,560 km) |
| Complement: | 24 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
CCGS Terry Fox is a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Gulf icebreaker.
Named after the late cancer research activist Terry Fox, the vessel was built in 1983 as MV Terry Fox by Burrard Yarrows Corporation in Vancouver, British Columbia. MV Terry Fox, along with her sister ship MV Arctic Kalvik supported Gulf Oil's operations in the Beaufort Sea during the 1980s. Not limited to escorting tankers through ice, these multipurpose ships were designed to act as heavy tugs and supply vessels to support offshore oil rig platforms in a hostile environment.
MV Terry Fox was acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard in 1992 and renamed CCGS Terry Fox. Classed as a "Heavy Gulf Icebreaker" by the coast guard, she is stationed at CCG Base Southside in St. John's, Newfoundland and operates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during the winter ice season and in Canada's eastern Arctic during the summer shipping season, assisting in escorting the annual Arctic summer sealift to coastal communities. The vessel was transferred from the CCG Base Dartmouth in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on April 1, 2008.
The Terry Fox is the sister ship to the Vladimir Ignatjuk (formerly Arctic Kalvik).
References
- Canadian Coast Guard CGCS Terry Fox web page Retrieved 2008 05 21.
- Nunatsiaq News Newspaper story about the Terry Fox Retrieved 2008 05 21.
