CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell
 Sir Wilfred Grenfell during spring refit and maintenance, March 2008, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name: | Sir Wilfred Grenfell |
| Namesake: | Sir Wilfred Grenfell |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Marystown Shipyard Limited, Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Yard number: | 809762 |
| Commissioned: | 1987 |
| In service: | 1987–present |
| Homeport: | CCG Base St. John's, Newfoundland – Newfoundland and Labrador Region |
| Identification: | CGJY |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Offshore Ice Strength Multi Patrol Vessel/Icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 2,404 tonnes (2,649.96 short tons) |
| Length: | 68.48 m (224 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 5.42 m (17 ft 9 in) |
| Ice class: | Lloyds 3 |
| Propulsion: | Geared diesel |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range: | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) |
| Endurance: | 35 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 20 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell is a Canadian Coast Guard vessel based in St. John's, Newfoundland.
An Offshore Ice Strength Multi Patrol Vessel, the vessel is named after the medical missionary in Labrador, Sir Wilfred Grenfell.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell was built in 1987 by Marystown Shipyard Ltd., in Marystown, Newfoundland. She was originally laid down as an offshore supply vessel but was subsequently purchased by the Canadian Government and converted for Coast Guard service.
She played an important role in the Turbot War.
In popular culture
In the novel World War Z, by Max Brooks, ex-Sir Wilfred Grenfell has been decommissioned and is at Alang, India awaiting scrapping. The still functioning ship is used to rescue people escaping from the zombie hordes.[1]
It also appeared in the novel The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child as an ice-strengthened Canadian Coast Guard cutter.
References
- ↑ Brooks, Max (2006). World War Z. pp. 72–73.
See also
External links
- CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell Canadian Coast Guard