CCGC Samuel Risley
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The CCGC Samuel Risley is a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker and buoy tender assigned to the North American Great Lakes.[1][2]
The Risley is named after a 19th century maritime inspector.
The Risley is a Polar Class 2 vessel, capable of breaking ice up to 2 feet in depth.
Risley is responsible for keeping an ice-free passage between Port Colborne, Ontario and Thunder Bay, Ontario. She also performs Search and Rescue duties. Unlike the United States Coast Guard Canadian Coast Guard vessels are unarmed, and have no military or paramilitary duties.
The vessel has a long low afterdeck, with a large crane for manipulating buoys.
The vessel has a crew of approximately twenty.
Specifications
| officers | 9 |
| crew | 13 |
| displacement | 3400 tons |
| cruising speed | 13 knots |
| cruising range | 10,000 nautical miles |
| power | 6595 Kilowatts |
| length | 69.73 metres |
| width | 13.7 metres |
| draft | 5.2 metres |
References
- ↑ CCGS Samuel Risley, Canadian Coast Guard, 2008-03-31. Retrieved on 2008-09-04.
- ↑ Neil Schultheiss. The Unstoppable Samuel Risley, Boatnerd, 2001. Retrieved on 2008-09-05.