CCGS Saurel

CCGS Saurel was a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker. She was the first Canadian icebreaker to be built in Canada.[1] She was designated Saint John Shipbuilding hull number 6, but work was subcontracted to Canadian Vickers as hull number 110. Upon completion in December 1929, Saurel attempted to prevent flood damage by breaking up ice jams on Lake Saint Pierre.[2] As larger and heavier icebreakers later proved more effective on the Saint Lawrence River, Saurel assisted winter shipping in the Gulf of St. Lawrence until retired in 1967.[3]

History
Canada
Name: Saurel
Operator:
Builder: Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec
Commissioned: 1929
Decommissioned: 1967
In service: 1929–1967
Stricken: 1967
Fate: Scrapped 1968
General characteristics
Type: Icebreaker
Tonnage: 1,252 GRT[1]
Length: 200 ft (61 m)[1]
Beam: 42 ft (13 m)[1]
Draught: 19.3 ft (5.9 m)[1]
Propulsion:
  • 2 × triple expansion steam engines[1]
  • 3,600 ihp (2,700 kW)

Citations
  1. Middlemiss, Norman. "Arctic Shipping and Trade Routes". Shipping Today and Yesterday. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. "May Keep Lake Saint Peter Open". Montreal Gazette: 13. 16 December 1930.
  3. "Bell Island Blockaded by Ice". Bell Island Submarine Miner. Dominion Wabana Ore Limited. April 1955.
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