CCGS Sir John Franklin (2017)
CCGS Sir John Franklin is an offshore fisheries research ship of the Canadian Coast Guard. The ship was ordered in 2011 as part of the Canadian National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) as a replacement for aging Canadian Coast Guard vessels. The ship was launched on 8 December 2017, named for Sir John Franklin, an arctic explorer who led two Royal Navy expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage, the second ending with the death of all his crew around 1848. The first of three vessels, Sir John Franklin is the sister ship of CCGS Capt. Jacques Cartier and CCGS John Cabot.
CCGS Sir John Franklin docked at Ogden Point in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Sir John Franklin |
| Port of registry | Ottawa, Canada |
| Ordered | 19 October 2011 |
| Builder | Seaspan Shipyard, North Vancouver |
| Laid down | 24 June 2015 |
| Launched | 8 December 2017 |
| In service | 27 June 2019 |
| Homeport | CCG Base Patricia Bay (Pacific Region) |
| Identification | IMO number: 9781839 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fisheries research vessel |
| Displacement | 3,212 t (3,161 long tons) |
| Length | 63.4 m (208 ft) |
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