Ship Details

Samuel Risley (C.C.G.S.)

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Photo Credit: www.inter-j01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Government of Canada

 
 
Registry #1 805575 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# 8322442 MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1985 Samuel Risley (C.C.G.S.) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1985 Place Delta Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 228.6' x 44.9' x 17.1'
Builder Vito Steel Boat & Barge Construction Ltd. Measurement (metric) 65.3m x 13.7m x 5.3m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 1967.13 Type 1 Icebreaker, light (Medium Navaids Tender Arctic Class 2)
Registered Tonnage 649.48 Type 2
Engine 4-2130bhp diesel engines (1985) Engine Manufacture Wartsila
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CG2960
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1985-2022 she was owned by The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa ON.
 
Fate Afloat in 2022 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named after the 19th century maritime inspector and first head of Board of Steamship Inspectors Samuel Risley for Upper Canada and Ontario.
 
Anecdotes
After completion, the ship sailed to eastern Canada, transiting the Panama Canal and deploying to the Great Lakes. The ship is assigned to the Central Region, based at Parry Sound, Ontario. This vessel is responsible for keeping an ice-free passage between Port Colborne, Ontario and Thunder Bay, Ontario.
 
References
McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Maginley, C.D. & B. Collin (2001); Canada List of Shipping; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCGS_Samuel_Risley;
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