Geschichte
This patrol vessel, arctic icebreaking was built in 1953 by Marine Industries Ltd. in Sorel, QC.
Historische Notizen
In 1954 H.M.C.S. Labrador under command of Captain O. C. S. Robertson RCN this vessel made an East to West Transit of the Northwest Pasage (the first warship to Transit and to Circumnavigate North America).
In 1956 H.M.C.S. Labrador under the command of Captain T.C. Pullen RCN this vessel made an East to West Transit of the North West passage. Under the command of Captain T. C. Pullen RCN in 1957 this vessel escorted the US Coast Guard Squadron through Bellot Strait and Eastern Arctic as a partial transit of the northwest Passage. This vessel was renamed as Labrador this vessel was owned by The Minister of Transport (Canadian Coast Guard), Ottawa ON.
In 1989 this vessel was reported to have been broken up in the Far East.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1953-1958 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy.
In 1958-1987 she was owned by the Canadian Coast Guard, Ottawa ON Canada.
Referenzen
- Jane's Fighting Ships
- Maginley, C.D. & B. Collin (2001)
- MacFarlane, J.M. (1992) Northwest Passage Challengers. In Resolution. Spring Issue. Maritime Museum of British Columbia
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
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