Heavy ,Arctic Class icebreaker CCGS Louis S St Laurent underway during post-docking trials,Bedford Basin,Halifax,Nova Scotia on 4th January 2012.
Owner: Government of Canada ,Dept of Fisheries and Oceans
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
IMO No:6705937
Builder: Canadian Vickers, Montreal
Commissioned: 1969
Rebuild: 1988–1993 (Halifax Shipyards)
General characteristics:
Class and type: Heavy Arctic Icebreaker
Displacement: 11,441 tonnes (12,611.54 short tons) Tons burthen: 5,370 tonnes (5,919.41 short tons)
Length: 119.63 metres (392.49 ft) Beam: 24.38 metres (79.99 ft) Draught: 9.91 metres (32.51 ft)
Ice class: 100 A
Installed power: 20,142 kilowatts (27,010.87 bhp)
Propulsion: 3 GE direct current motors powered by 5 x Krupp Mak 16M453C diesels.
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h)
Endurance: 205 days
Boats and landing craft carried: 1 x Zodiac Hurricane RHIB 2 x workboat/lifeboat 1 x LCM barge
Complement: 46
Aircraft carried: 2 x MBB Bo 105 or equivalent