CCGS Gordon Reid
 Gordon Reid and de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver seaplane moored at Prince Rupert, BC. | |
| History | |
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 Canada
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| Name: | Gordon Reid |
| Namesake: | Gordon Reid |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Versatile Pacific Shipyards, Vancouver, BC |
| Yard number: | 813735 |
| Commissioned: | 1990 |
| In service: | 1990-present |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Patricia Bay, Sidney, British Columbia |
| Identification: | CGBR |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Mid-shore patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 880 GT |
| Length: | 49.95 m (163 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
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| Speed: | Cruising 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Max 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range: | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Endurance: | 28 days |
| Complement: | 14 |
CCGS Gordon Reid is a mid-shore patrol vessel of the Canadian Coast Guard. She operates on Canada's West Coast with a home port of Patricia Bay, British Columbia. CCGS Gordon Reid is a 49.95-metre vessel providing search and rescue coverage throughout the Pacific Coast.[1] She has a full complement 6 officers and 8 crew.
In October 2014 the Russian container ship MV Simushur lost the use of its engines near environmentally sensitive Haida Gwai.[2][3][4] The Gordon Reid was the first vessel to try to tow the disabled vessel so it didn't run aground. However the Gordon Reid's own engines were not powerful enough. The American ocean-going tug Barbara Foss was dispatched from nearby Prince Rupert to tow the disabled Russian vessel.
CGS Base Patricia Bay
Other ships at the base include:
- CCGS John P. Tully - science vessel
- CCGS Revisor - research vessel
- CCGS Vector - survey ship
- CCGS W. E. Ricker - research vessel
See also
- Coriolis II - Formerly CCGS John Jacobson
References
- ↑ Vessel - Canadian Coast Guard
- ↑ Sarah McCoy (2014-12-23). "Oil Spill Response: USCG, CCG & Foss Team". Marine link. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10.
By 1830 hours, the 164-foot CCG patrol ship Gordon Reid had arrived and managed to get the freighter under tow. Even then, the operation moved by fits and starts. Though the seas had calmed somewhat, the tow line broke three times. Nevertheless, the stricken vessel was towed westward at 1.5 knots, and by Saturday, the ship had moved about 25 miles away from shore.
- ↑ Bernie Smith (2014-11-05). "Reader takes issue with coastline letter". Parksville, British Columbia: Comox Valley Record. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10.
Unfortunately, a modestly-powered, 50 m long Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel like the CCGS Gordon Reid had no realistic chance of towing the 9,400 tonne M/V Simushir completely out of danger. And help was still a long way off.
- ↑ "The Simushir incident – What vessels are required for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) in order to protect the BC Coastal Environment?". Canadian American Strategic Review. October 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10.
Unfortunately, a modestly-powered, 50 m long Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel like the CCGS Gordon Reid had no realistic chance of towing the 9,400 tonne M/V Simushir completely out of danger. And help was still a long way off.