CCGS Louis S St Laurent underway in the Bedford Basin,Halifax,Nova Scotia on 16th April 2009.
Built at Canadian Vickers,Mtrl,1969.
Lengthened and re-engined at Halifax Shipyards 1988-1993.
Type: Heavy Arctic Icebreaker (Canada's largest 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:Diesel electric, 3 GE direct current motors powered by 5 x Krupp Mak 16M453C.
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h)
Endurance: 205 days
Boats and landingcraft 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.
Own/Operator: Canadian Govt./Canadian Coast Guard.
Flag:Canada.
Call Sign:CGBN.
Photo © Capnken 2009