CCGS Vector
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The CCGS Vector is a Hydrographic Survey 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...

.

She was built in 1965 in Yarrows Shipyard
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...

 in Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

 and is station at 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...

 Base Patricia Bay in Sidney, British Columbia
Sidney, British Columbia
Sidney is a town located at the northern end of the Saanich Peninsula, on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of the 13 Greater Victoria municipalities. It has a population of approximately 11,300. Sidney is located just east of Victoria International Airport,...

. The survey vessel is staffed by a crew of twelve.

CGS Base Patricia Bay

Most ships at this base are research vessels including:
  • CCGS Revisor - research vessel
  • CCGS John P. Tully
    CCGS John P. Tully
    The CCGS John P. Tully is a offshore oceanographic science vessel in the Canadian Coast GuardShe was built by Bel-Air Shipyards in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1985....

  • CCGS W. E. Ricker
    CCGS W. E. Ricker
    The CCGS W.E. Ricker is a Canadian Coast Guard offshore fisheries research vessel. The vessel was built in 1978 by Narasaki Senpakukogyo Limited of Muroran Hokkaido, Japan. . The ship sails with six officers and a crew of 13....

     - research vessel
  • CCGS Gordon Reid
    CCGS Gordon Reid
    The CCGS Gordon Reid is a Mid-shore Patrol Vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard. She operates on Canada's West Coast with a home port of Patricia Bay, British Columbia...

    - SAR
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