CCGS Simon Fraser
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The CCGS Simon Fraser is a buoy tender
once operated by the Canadian Coast Guard
.
She was built, in 1960, at the Burrard Dry Docks, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
She was modernized in 1986, at Versatile Marine, Montreal, Quebec.
She displaces 1353 gross tons.
She was staffed by a crew of 24.
She played a role in searching for wreckage that could show the cause of the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111.
In 1999 she escorted the Nadon on a transit of the Northwest Passage
, which was recreating the historic 1940-42 transit of the RCMP St Roch.
The Nadon's transit was a millennium project
.
This was the Simon Fraser's last voyage prior to her decommissioning.
After her decommissioning the Simon Fraser, and her sister ship the CCGS Tupper
, was sold for conversion into a yacht and charter vessel in Italy
.
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....
once operated by 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...
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She was built, in 1960, at the Burrard Dry Docks, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
She was modernized in 1986, at Versatile Marine, Montreal, Quebec.
She displaces 1353 gross tons.
She was staffed by a crew of 24.
She played a role in searching for wreckage that could show the cause of the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111.
In 1999 she escorted the Nadon on a transit of the Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...
, which was recreating the historic 1940-42 transit of the RCMP St Roch.
The Nadon's transit was a millennium project
Millennium Project
The Millennium Project is an independent international think tank with 40 "nodes" around the world that gathers and accesses information on futures studies that produces the annual State of the Future report since 1997 and the Futures Research Methodology series Versions 1-3.The Project was formed...
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This was the Simon Fraser's last voyage prior to her decommissioning.
After her decommissioning the Simon Fraser, and her sister ship the CCGS Tupper
CCGS Tupper
The CCGS Tupper was a Canadian Coast Guard Ice-strengthened Navigation aids vessel that served from 1959-1998.The vessel was commissioned into the Department of Transport's Marine Service as CGS Tupper in 1959 at Marine Industries, Sorel using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship"...
, was sold for conversion into a yacht and charter vessel in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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