by boatnerddemo | February 24, 2023 | Canadian Coast Guard
CCGS Cove Isle CCGS Cove Isle is a small buoy tender currently stationed at CCG Base Parry Sound in Parry Sound, Ontario. The vessel was built in 1980 by Canadian Dredge & Dock in Kingston, Ontario, and operates throughout the navigation season. This vessel class...
by boatnerddemo | February 24, 2023 | Canadian Coast Guard
CCGS Constable Carrière CCGS Constable Carrière is the fourth of nine “Hero-Class” midshore patrol vessels built by Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 2012 to 2014. The primary mission of these vessels is to provide maritime security and...
by boatnerddemo | February 24, 2023 | Canadian Coast Guard
CCGS Caribou Isle CCGS Caribou Isle is a small buoy tender currently stationed at CCG Base Prescott in Prescott, Ontario. The vessel was built in 1985 by Breton Industry, Ltd., in Port Hakesbury, Nova Scotia, and operates throughout the navigation season. This vessel...
by boatnerddemo | February 23, 2023 | Canadian Coast Guard
CCGS Amundsen CCGS Amundsen is a Pierre Radisson-class medium icebreaker. It was built in 1978 at Burrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver, BC, and commissioned in March of 1979 as the CCGS Franklin. One year later, the vessel was renamed to CCGS Sir John Franklin at the...
by boatnerddemo | February 3, 2023 | Canada Steamship Lines
Whitefish Bay In October 2010, the Government of Canada elected to remove a long standing 25% import duty on vessels built in foreign yards and brought under Canadian flag. This duty had been put in place to protect Canadian shipyards from foreign competition but was...
