CCGS George R. Pearkes
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The CCGS George R. Pearkes is a light icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...

 and buoy support vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard
Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard is the coast guard of Canada. It is a federal agency responsible for providing maritime search and rescue , aids to navigation, marine pollution response, marine radio, and icebreaking...

.

George R. Pearkes is a High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel Light Icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...

 and Buoy tender
Buoy tender
A buoy tender is a type of vessel used to maintain and replace navigational buoys. The name is also used for someone who works on such a vessel and maintains buoys....

. She was built in 1986 by Versatile Pacific Shipyards Limited
Burrard Dry Dock
Burrard Dry Dock Ltd. was a Canadian shipbuilding company headquartered in North Vancouver, British Columbia . Together with the neighboring North Van Ship Repair yard and the Yarrows Ltd...

 of Vancouver, BC

George Pearkes' home port is St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

  and is station with other CGS ships:

CGS Base St. John's

  • CCGS Pierre Radisson
    CCGS Pierre Radisson
    The CCGS Pierre Radisson is a T1200 Class Medium Arctic and Gulf icebreaker of the Canadian Coast Guard.She is designated as a "Medium Gulf Icebreaker. Her winter home port is Quebec City at the mouth of the St Lawrence River in the Gulf of St...

     - icebreaker
  • CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
    CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
    CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent is a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Arctic Icebreaker.Named after the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Louis St. Laurent, PC CC QC LLD DCL LLL BA. The vessel is classed a "Heavy Arctic Icebreaker" and is the largest icebreaker and flagship of the CCG. It...

     - icebreaker
  • CCGS Leonard J. Cowley
    CCGS Leonard J. Cowley
    CCGS Leonard J. Cowley is a high endurance all weather, offshore ice strengthened multi patrol vessel of the Canadian Coast Guard.-Layout:...

     - multi role
  • CCGS Cygnus
    CCGS Cygnus
    Canadian Coast Guard Ship Cygnus is a high endurance all weather, offshore ice strengthened multi patrol vessel of the Canadian Coast Guard....

     - patrol vessel
  • CCGS Henry Larsen
    CCGS Henry Larsen
    CCGS Henry Larsen is a Canadian Coast Guard T1200 Class Medium Arctic icebreaker serving in the Newfoundland and Labrador Region and based in St John's, Newfoundland....

     - icebreaker
  • CCGS Ann Harvey
    CCGS Ann Harvey
    CCGS Ann Harvey is a Canadian Coast Guard Buoy tender and SAR vessel with Light icebreaker duties. She was constructed in 1987 by Halifax Dartmouth Industries, in Halifax, Nova Scotia....

     - icebreaker and same class/design as G.R. Pearkes
  • CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell
    CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell
    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....

  • CCGS Terry Fox
    CCGS Terry Fox
    CCGS Terry Fox is a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Gulf icebreaker.Named after the late cancer research activist Terry Fox, the vessel was built in 1983 as MV Terry Fox by Burrard Yarrows Corporation in Vancouver, British Columbia. Terry Fox, along with her sister ship MV Arctic Kalvik supported Gulf...

     - icebreaker
  • CCGS Wilfred Templeman
    CCGS Wilfred Templeman
    The CCGS Wilfred Templeman is a Canadian Coast Guard research vessel.Built in 1981, the Wilfred Templeman is a Offshore Fishery Science Vessel that patrols the coast off Newfoundland and Labrador....

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