20198346 (2)-SharpenAI-Motion.jpg Busting Out 2019 - Thunder Bay Harbour
CCGS Griffon on her way to breaking paths past the Main Gap Light House - Cub with Ski's on the Harbour Ice ;safe from the Breakers.
The local tugs managed through the heavy Ice to assist the Freighters into the Elevators. Using the passages cut by the Ice Breakers.
The CCGS Sameul Risley blew a motor this year and had to call in re-enforcements - The Griffon , The Pierre Radisson and even the USGC Alder for a few days. The Risley went down for about a month while they fixed her motors.
A Type 1100 buoy tender, Griffon displaces 3,096 tonnes (3,413 short tons) fully loaded, with a gross tonnage of 2,212 and a deadweight tonnage of 786 tons. The ship is 71.3 metres (233 ft 11 in) long overall and 65.2 metres (213 ft 11 in) with a beam of 15.1 metres (49 ft 6 in) and a draught of 4.73 metres (15 ft 6 in).[2][3]
The ship is propelled by two shafts powered by four Fairbanks-Morse 38D8-1/8-12 diesel-electric generators that generate 5.8 megawatts (7,800 hp) sustained driving two motors creating 3,982 horsepower (2,969 kW). This gives the ship a maximum speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) and a range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[2] The ship is rated as Arctic Class 2, and has an endurance of 90 days.[1]
The ship has a crew of 25 and has two Kelvin Hughes I-band navigational radars. The ship has a 118-square-metre (1,270 sq ft) flight deck to land helicopters, but unlike larger Canadian Coast Guard vessels she has no hangar.[2] The ship is capable of operating either the MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206B helicopters.
20198346 (2)-SharpenAI-Motion.jpg Busting Out 2019 - Thunder Bay Harbour
CCGS Griffon on her way to breaking paths past the Main Gap Light House - Cub with Ski's on the Harbour Ice ;safe from the Breakers.
The local tugs managed through the heavy Ice to assist the Freighters into the Elevators. Using the passages cut by the Ice Breakers.
The CCGS Sameul Risley blew a motor this year and had to call in re-enforcements - The Griffon , The Pierre Radisson and even the USGC Alder for a few days. The Risley went down for about a month while they fixed her motors.
A Type 1100 buoy tender, Griffon displaces 3,096 tonnes (3,413 short tons) fully loaded, with a gross tonnage of 2,212 and a deadweight tonnage of 786 tons. The ship is 71.3 metres (233 ft 11 in) long overall and 65.2 metres (213 ft 11 in) with a beam of 15.1 metres (49 ft 6 in) and a draught of 4.73 metres (15 ft 6 in).[2][3]
The ship is propelled by two shafts powered by four Fairbanks-Morse 38D8-1/8-12 diesel-electric generators that generate 5.8 megawatts (7,800 hp) sustained driving two motors creating 3,982 horsepower (2,969 kW). This gives the ship a maximum speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) and a range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[2] The ship is rated as Arctic Class 2, and has an endurance of 90 days.[1]
The ship has a crew of 25 and has two Kelvin Hughes I-band navigational radars. The ship has a 118-square-metre (1,270 sq ft) flight deck to land helicopters, but unlike larger Canadian Coast Guard vessels she has no hangar.[2] The ship is capable of operating either the MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206B helicopters.