CCGS ''Bartlett''CCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship is a in operation by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1969 and was modernized in 1988. In 1982, the ship commanded the recovery efforts following the ''

Ocean Ranger ''Ocean Ranger'' was a semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, east of St. John's, Newfoundland, for Mobil Oil of ...

'' sinking off the coast of

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. The vessel is assigned to the Pacific Region and is based at Victoria,

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Design and description

''Bartlett'' is a member of the ''Provo Wallis''-class buoy tenders, and is tasked with monitoring navigational aids along the West Coast of Canada. Her twin vessel, is now markedly different after undergoing a refit in 1990 that saw her hull lengthened by as well as improved equipment and accommodation. ''Bartlett'' is

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with a

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of and a draught of . The ship has a fully loaded displacement of and has a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 1,317 and a . The buoy tender is propelled by two controllable pitch

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s powered by two Mirrlees National KLSDM6 geared

diesel engine The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-call ...

s creating . This gives ''Bartlett'' a maximum speed of . The vessel can carry of

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and has a range of at a cruising speed of . The vessel is ice-strengthened and carries a complement of 24, with 9 officers and 15 crew. The vessel has 11 spare berths.

Service history

The buoy tender was constructed by

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at their yard in Sorel,

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with the yard number 388. The vessel was completed in December 1969 and entered service with the Canadian Coast Guard. ''Bartlett'' is named after Captain Robert Bartlett who made over 40 expeditions to the Arctic. The vessel was initially assigned to serve in the

and

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regions before transferring to the West Coast. The vessel is currently based at Victoria, British Columbia. On 15 February 1982, the mobile offshore drilling unit ''

'' capsized and sank in bad weather east of

in the worst naval disaster in Canadian waters since

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. ''Bartlett'' was among the vessels sent to the site and directed the surface search for the crew. Only debris, liferafts and the bodies of 22 of the 84 crew of ''Ocean Ranger'' were recovered. ''Bartlett'' was modernized in 1988 at

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which saw new propulsion and navigation equipment installed. The ship underwent a $16.9 million vessel-life extension at the

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yard in North Vancouver in 2010. The refit extended the buoy tender's life by ten years, revamping the vessel's electric systems. In October 2016, after the

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''Nathan E. Stewart'' sank near

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and began to leak oil, and ''Bartlett'' were deployed to help contain the spill.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartlett, CCGS Provo Wallis-class navaids tenders Ships built in Sorel-Tracy 1969 ships Navigational aids Navaids tenders of the Canadian Coast Guard