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Type 1100's
A group of light icebreakers and navigation aids ships classed as Type 1100. They are fitted with an AC/AC electric propulsion system that initially gave some trouble until their sophisticated electronic control system was perfected. At about 3800 tons, they are much larger that the previous group of 2000-ton ships without much increase in buoy or cargo capacity, but are manoeuvrable and are excellent icebreakers and sea-boats. The Martha L Black and Gearorge R Pearkes were built for the Western Region; the Sir Wilfrid Laurier for Laurentien Region and, the Ann Harvey for Newfoundland Region, but the first three have exchanged stations. In 2004 the George R Pearkes was transferred from Laurentien to Newfoundland to replace the decommissioned Bernier.
Martha L Black
Built: Versatile Pacific Shipyard, Vancouver, BC Date Completed: 1986 Tonnage: 3815 grt (approx) Dimensions: 272 x 53 x 19 (ft) Machinery: Twin screw Diesel-electric 7040 SHP Speed 16 knots Based in Quebec City, Quebec
CCGS Martha L Black downbound on Lake St Pierre. Night was quickly falling. CCGS Martha L Black downbound on Lake St Pierre. CCGS Martha L Black downbound on Lake St Pierre. CCGS Martha L Black came through the North West Passage in 1988.
George R Pearkes
	Built: Versatile Pacific Shipyard, Vancouver, BC Date Completed: 1987 Tonnage: 3815 grt (approx) Dimensions: 272 x 53 x 19 (ft) Machinery: Twin screw Diesel-electric 7040 SHP Speed 16 knots Based in Quebec City, Quebec
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Built: Canadian Shipbuilding Ltd, Owen Sound, ON Date Completed: 1986 Tonnage: 3815 grt (approx) Dimensions: 272 x 53 x 19 (ft) Machinery: Twin screw Diesel-electric 7040 SHP Speed 16 knots Based in Victoria, British Columbia	Last ship built in Collingwood. The vessel left Collingwood in the fall of 1986 and went immediately to work buoy tending and then icebreaking mainly in the Saguenay. There was a refit done to fix up some things in the cargo hold. The original design had pillars and other things in the hold which, as any buoy tender sailor can tell you, is a bad idea. The refit tidied all that up.
Ann Harvey
No photo available, yet.
The Sir William Alexander and the Edward Cornwallis differ from the above four 1100's by having one less deck to their bridge superstructure, and their buoy handling derricks mounted forward. The Alexander had her derrick replaced by a crane in 1998. both are based in the Maritimes Region.
Sir William Alexander
Outbound Halifax, Nova Scotia January 2000	Built: marine Industries Lte, Tracy, QC Date Completed: 1987 Tonnage: 3727 grt Dimensions: 272 x 53 x 19 (ft) Machinery: Twin screw Diesel-electric 7040 SHP Speed 16 knots
Edward Cornwallis
Built: marine Industries Lte, Tracy, QC Date Completed: 1986 Tonnage: 3727 grt Dimensions: 272 x 53 x 19 (ft) Machinery: Twin screw Diesel-electric 7040 SHP Speed 16 knots

CCGS Edward Cornwallis ready to receive a SarTech from a Canadian Forces SAR helo.	USCGC Tahoma, Edward Cornwallis and the merchant ship J D Mitchell.	USCGC Tahoma, Edward Cornwallis and the merchant ship J D Mitchell.
	Edward Cornwallis. Who was he? Click Here.	Edward Cornwallis. The sister ship to the Cornwallis, Sir William Alexander, is in the Gulf of Mexico helping the USCG and NOAA to restore their buoys following the recent hurricanes.