CCGS Sir John Franklin (2017)

History
Canada
Name: Sir John Franklin
Port of registry: Ottawa, Canada
Ordered: 19 October 2011
Builder: Seaspan Shipyard, Vancouver, British Columbia
Launched: 8 December 2017
Identification: IMO 9781839
Status: Under going sea trials
General characteristics
Type: Fisheries research vessel
Displacement: 3,212 t (3,161 long tons; 3,541 short tons)
Length: 63.4 m (208.0 ft)

CCGS Sir John Franklin[note 1] is an offshore fisheries research ship of the Canadian Coast Guard. The ship was ordered in 2011 as part of the Canadian National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) as a replacement for aging Canadian Coast Guard vessels. The ship was launched on 8 December 2017, named for Sir John Franklin, an Arctic explorer whose final expedition ended with the death of all his men in 1848.

Design and description

Sir John Franklin is the first of three vessels ordered on 19 October 2011 by the Canadian government under the NSPS for offshore fisheries research.[1] The three vessels are intended to replace the aging CCGS Teleost, CCGS W.E. Ricker and CCGS Alfred Needler.[2] The initial design for the research vessels called for a 55-metre (180 ft)-long ship that could act as "floating laboratories for scientific research and ecosystem-based management."[2][3] However, when Seaspan received the technical plans from the government in 2012, they found that the ship's design would be prone to capsizing. The design was altered, leading to an increased design length of 63.4 m (208 ft) and a larger displacement of 3,212 metric tons (3,161 long tons; 3,541 short tons), 610 metric tons (600 long tons; 670 short tons) more than initially planned.[3][4] The ship was constructed in 37 blocks and welded together.[1]

Service history

The ship was ordered in 2011 and construction began on the vessel at Seaspan Shipyards, in Vancouver, British Columbia in June 2015.[5] The ship was named for Sir John Franklin, an Arctic explorer, whose last mission into Canadian waters ended in death and failure. This is the second ship of the Canadian Coast Guard to be named for Franklin, with the first, CCGS Amundsen, carrying the name from her launch in 1979 until 2003. There was some displeasure with the chosen name for the ship, with some claiming that it celebrated failure.[6] The ship was launched on 8 December 2017 at Vancouver.[7] The vessel arrived at Victoria, British Columbia on 12 December 2017 to complete construction and perform sea trials.[8] In August 2018 it was announced that, due to a number of welding faults totalling up to 44 metres (144 ft), the ship would be returned to the shipyard for re-welding.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ CCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship

Citations

  1. 1 2 Kieltyka, Matt (25 October 2016). "First federal ship taking shape at Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards". Toronto Metro News. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Shipbuilding projects to equip the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard - Offshore Fisheries Science Vessels". Canadian Coast Guard. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 Cudmore, James (4 December 2015). "Design of Coast Guard's fisheries ships led to fears of capsizing". CBC News. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Canada's Next Generation of Non-Combat Vessels". Seaspan Shipyards. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "New offshore fisheries science ship under construction in North Vancouver". CBC News. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Pynn, Larry (13 December 2016). "New CCGS Sir John Franklin Gets Frosty Reception". Haikai Magazine. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Pawson, Chad (8 December 2017). "Ahoy! 1st vessel built under federal shipbuilding strategy unveiled in B.C." CBC News. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Duffy, Andrew A. (12 December 2017). "New Coast Guard ship coming to Victoria for finishing, sea trials". Times Colonist. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Brewster, Murray (16 August 2018). " "Shipbuilding program hits snag as inspection finds defective welds in hull". CBC News. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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