Back CCGS Amundsen Spanish سیسیجیاس آموندسن Persian NGCC Amundsen French NGCC «Amundsen» NB CCGS Amundsen Portuguese CCGS Amundsen Slovenian CCGS Amundsen Swedish
 The icebreaker and Arctic Ocean research vessel CCGS Amundsen.
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name |
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| Namesake |
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| Owner | Government of Canada |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver |
| Yard number | 222 |
| Laid down | 4 January 1977 |
| Launched | 10 March 1978 |
| Sponsored by | Lily Schreyer |
| Commissioned | March 1979 (as CCGS Franklin) |
| Decommissioned | 2000 |
| Recommissioned | 2003 (as CCGS Amundsen) |
| In service | 1979–present |
| Out of service | 2011–2012 |
| Renamed |
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| Refit | 2003; 2011–2012 |
| Homeport | CCG Base Quebec City (Quebec Region) |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 98.2 m (322 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
| Ice class | CASPPR Arctic Class 3 |
| Installed power | 6 × Bombardier M251F-16v9, 13,200 kW (17,700 hp) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two shafts |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 35,000 nautical miles (65,000 km; 40,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Endurance | 100 days |
| Capacity | 51 |
| Complement | 31 |
| Aircraft carried | Originally 1 × MBB Bo 105 or Bell 206L helicopter, currently 1 × Bell 429 GlobalRanger or Bell 412EPI |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck |
CCGS Amundsen[note 1] is a Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1979 as Franklin and was renamed Sir John Franklin in 1980 and served as such until 1996. Declared surplus, the vessel was used as an accommodation ship in Labrador in 1996 and placed in reserve in 2000. In 2003, the ship was reactivated and underwent conversion to an Arctic research vessel. The ship recommissioned as Amundsen.
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