Ship Details
Amundsen (C.C.G.S.) Photo Credit: www.inter-j01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. Government of Canada

 

Registry #1	383347 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#	7510846	MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1979	Franklin (C.C.G.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	(nk)	Sir John Franklin (C.C.G.S.) (I)	Name 7
Name 3	2000	2000-02	Name 8
Name 4	2002	Amundsen (C.C.G.S.)	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1979	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	German & Milne	Measurement (imp)	322' x 64' x 23.5'
Builder	Burrard-Yarrows Corp., North Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	90.22m x 19.51m x 9.6m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	5910.42	Type 1	Icebreaker, Arctic Class II (Medium Gulf/River)
Registered Tonnage	1678.05	Type 2
Engine	13600bhp T/S diesel-electric engine (1979)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	CGDT
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain P. Chafe; Captain A. Piercey

 

Owner(s)
In 1979 she was owned by the Canada Department of Transport, Ottawa ON Canada. In 2002-2024 she was owned by The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa ON Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 204	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1979 under the comand of Captain A. Piercey, the CCGS Sir John Franklin made a partial transit, west to east, of the Northwest Passage on her maiden voyage through the Beaufort Sea, Prince of Wales Strait and Viscount Melville Sound. In 1989 this vessel made a partial transit of the Northwest Passage under the command of Captain P. Chafe and Captain D. McGarvie, accompanied by the USCGC Polar Star, through Lancaster Sound, Vctoria Strait, Demarcation Point. In 1991 this vessel completed a partial transit of the Northwest Passage westward through Prince Regent Inlet, Bellot Strait to Tuktoyaktuk and return via Peel Sound under the command of Captain P. Chafe. This vessel was built of all welded steel construction. This vessel carries a crew of 75 and is based at St. John's Newfoundland. This vessel was christened by Mrs. Edward Shreyer, wife of the Governor General of Canada. In 1979 this vessel made a West to East Transit of the Northwest Passage on her maiden voyage from the West coast of Canada to her base on the East coast.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; MacFarlane, J.M. (1992) Northwest Passage Challengers. In Resolution. Spring Issue. Maritime Museum of British Columbia; Canada List of Shipping
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