Art of a Polar-8 icebreaker at sea.
The Polar 8 Icebreakers are a class of eight icebreakers in service in the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy from 1993 onwards. The were developed throughout the mid-1980s and work began on them in 1988 after funds were authorized for six Polar 8-class icebreakers. In 2009, work began on a further two icebreakers for the RCN. The two ships, HMCS Rankin Inlet and HMCS Frobisher Bay, entered service in 2014 and 2015.
Specifications[]
- Type: Icebreaker
- Characteristics
- Length: 575 feet (175.26 meters)
- Beam: 115 feet (35.06 meters)
- Draft: 37 feet (11 meters)
- Displacement: 45,000 tons
- Crew: 138
- Power: 105,000 shp
- Propulsion: 2 x RTA96-C diesel engines
- Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers)
- Speed: 18.5 Knots (34.27 Kilometers/Hour; 21.29 Miles/Hour)
- Senor Suite:
- Aviation Facilities: Hangar for two large helicopters, and flight deck
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x Agusta-Westland CH-149 Cormorant maritime helicopters
Unit Run[]
Canadian Coast Guard[]
- CCGS Pierre Trudeau
- CCGS Robert Stanfield
- CCGS John Edward Broadbent
- CCGS Roald Amundsen
- CCGS John G. Diefenbaker
- CCGS Terry Fox
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- HMCS Rankin Inlet (IBH-01)
- HMCS Frobisher Bay (IBH-02)