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CCGS A. LeBlanc
CCGS ''A. LeBlanc'' is the seventh of nine s operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The ship entered service in 2014 and is based at Quebec City, Quebec. ''A. LeBlanc'' is tasked with enforcing Canadian maritime law within Canada's maritime borders. Description Based on Damen Stan patrol vessel, Damen Stan's Patrol 4207 design, the ship measures Length overall, long overall with a Beam (nautical), beam of and a Draft (hull), draught of . The ship has a and a . The ship is propelled by two controllable pitch propellers driven by two MTU 4000M geared diesel engines rated at . The patrol vessel is also equipped with two Northern Lights M1066 generators and one Northern Lights M1064 emergency generator. The vessel has a maximum speed of . ''A. LeBlanc'' has a fuel capacity of giving the vessel a range of at and an endurance of 14 days. The ship has a Ship's company, complement of nine with five officers and four crew and has five additional berths. The ship is equipped with Sperr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Ship
A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design to another ship. Such vessels share a nearly identical hull and superstructure layout, similar size, and roughly comparable features and equipment. They often share a common naming theme, either being named after the same type of thing or person (places, constellations, heads of state) or with some kind of alliteration. Typically the ship class is named for the first ship of that class. Often, sisters become more differentiated during their service as their equipment (in the case of naval vessels, their armament) are separately altered. For instance, the U.S. warships , , , and are all sister ships, each being an . Perhaps the most famous sister ships were the White Star Line's s, consisting of , and . As with some other liners, the sisters worked as running mates. Other sister ships include the Royal Caribbean International's and . ''Half-sister'' refers to a ship of the same class but with some s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
