CCGS Cygnus
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name: | Cygnus |
| Namesake: | Cygnus, constellation in the northern hemisphere |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Marystown Shipyard, Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Yard number: | 800742 |
| Commissioned: | 1982 |
| Refit: | 1996 |
| Homeport: | CGS Base St. John's, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Identification: | CGDW |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | high endurance all weather, offshore ice strengthened multiple role patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 1,255 tonnes (1,383.40 short tons) |
| Length: | 62.5 m (205 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 12.1 m (39 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Ice class: | 100 A1 Class 2 |
| Propulsion: | geared diesel - (2 × ) Nohab 12 cyl |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range: | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) |
| Endurance: | 25 days |
| Complement: | 19 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × MBB BO 105 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | hangar |
Canadian Coast Guard Ship Cygnus is a high endurance all weather, offshore ice strengthened multi patrol vessel of the Canadian Coast Guard.[1]
She was built in 1982 in Marystown Shipbuilding and underwent a modernization in 1996. CCGS Cygnus has a hangar and flight deck capable of operating a Eurocopter BO-105 helicopter.
Cygnus' home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador[2] and is stationed there with other CGS ships.
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