CCGS Sora
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| History | |
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 Canada |
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| Name: | Sora |
| Operator: | |
| Builder: | Canadian Dredge & Dock Limited, Kingston, Ontario |
| Commissioned: | 1982 |
| Recommissioned: | 2005 with Toronto Fire Services |
| Decommissioned: | 2005 from CGS |
| In service: | 1982–present |
| Struck: | 2005 |
| Homeport: |
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| Fate: | Transferred as reserve ship for the Toronto Fire Services |
| Status: | Active service with Toronto Fire Services |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Multiple Task Utility Craft |
| Tonnage: | 21 gross tons |
| Length: | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 1.24 m (4 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engines |
| Speed: | 26 knots (48 km/h) |
| Range: | 300 nautical miles (560 km) |
| Endurance: | 1 day |
| Complement: | 3 |
CCGS Sora was a 12.5m Small Multi Task Utility Craft in the Canadian Coast Guard. It was deployed for medium range task and perform under moderate to high speed in moderate weather conditions and in sheltered waters in station mode.
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Career with Canadian Coast Guard
During her career with the Canadian Coast Guard, Sora was a search and rescue boat along the Detroit River and western Lake Erie.[1]
Her task included:
- towing disabled/grounded light watercraft
- medical evacuation calls
- searching for missing vessels or aircraft over water
The vessel is not ice class and did not operated between December and April.[1]
Transfer to Toronto Fire
She was declared surplus in late 2005 and sold to the Toronto Fire Services in 2006 by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. It is a back-up fireboat for the William Lyon Mackenzie.
In November 2014 the City acquired another former CCG vessel, the CCGS Cape Hurd, planning to use it to replace the Sora as its second fireboat.[2][3]
See also
Other utility ships in CCG:
References
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