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CCGS Amundsen

Built by Burrard Dry Dock in 1979

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IMO: 7510846

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

5,910GT

Length Overall

98m

Year Built

1979

Overview

About This Vessel

CCGS Amundsen is a Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1979 as Franklin and was renamed Sir John Franklin in 1980 and served as such until 1996. Declared surplus, the vessel was used as an accommodation ship in Labrador in 1996 and placed in reserve in 2000. In 2003, the ship was reactivated and underwent conversion to an Arctic research vessel. The ship recommissioned as Amundsen.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

Machinery FailureMinor
Jun 27, 2024Clutterbuck Head, NUNAVUT (NU)
On 27 June 2024, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship "AMUNDSEN" reported having sustained a total failure of its port engine in Ungava Bay, NU. The vessel proceeded to an anchorage off Rivière Koksoak, QC to assess the issue. The vessel later proceeded to St. John's, NL for repairs.
GroundingSerious
Mar 11, 2024Pointe au Boeuf, QUEBEC (QC)
On 11 March 2024, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship "AMUNDSEN" reported having run aground during an icebreaking operation in Anse Saint-Jean, QC. The vessel refloated at high tide, the crew completed a damage assessment, and then the vessel resumed its operations.
Machinery FailureMinor
Jan 8, 2024Pointe de la Chèvre, QUEBEC (QC)
On 08 January 2024, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship "AMUNDSEN" reported having sustained a leak from its CO2 firefighting system in the St. Lawrence River off St-Siméon, QC. The vessel proceeded to Québec, QC to conduct repairs.
FireSerious
Sep 9, 2023Johnson Point, NUNAVUT (NU)
On 09 September 2023, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship "AMUNDSEN" reported having sustained a fire in an emergency backup battery charger compartment while in Baffin Bay, NU. The crew extinguished the fire and replaced the charger before resuming their voyage.
FireSerious
Feb 2, 2021Québec, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 02 February 2021, the Canadian Coast Guard vessel "AMUNDSEN" sustained a minor fire in its engine room while the vessel was moored in Québec, QC. The fire was extinguished and no injuries or pollution were reported.
Machinery FailureMinor
May 31, 2019Cacouna, QC., QUEBEC (QC)
On 31 May 2019, the Canadian Coast Guard ship "AMUNDSEN" was reported disabled in the St. Lawrence River off Cacouna, QC due to a propulsion failure. The crew carried out repairs while the vessel was drifting and the vessel resumed its voyage.
Not InvolvedModerate
Aug 24, 2018Kugaaruk (Pelly Bay), NU, NUNAVUT (NU)
On 24 August 2018, the passenger vessel "AKADEMIK IOFFE" ran aground 78 nautical miles NNW of Kugaaruk, NU. The Canadian Coast Guard vessels "PIERRE RADISSON" and "AMUNDSEN" were tasked to assist and 5 aircrafts were dispatched by the Department of National Defence. On 25 August 2018 the vessel was refloated and the passengers were evacuated to the vessel "AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOV". Three ballast water tanks and 2 fuel oil bunker tanks were breached and took on water. Approximately 80 liters of the vessel's bunkers were released in the environment.
ExplosionSerious
Feb 10, 2018Saint-André, QC, QUEBEC (QC)
On 10 February 2018, the icebreaker "AMUNDSEN" sustained a crankcase explosion on the diesel engine of propulsion generator No.4 on the St. Lawrence River 5.18 nautical miles NW of Saint-André, QC.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

74/100

Elevated riskLow confidence20% component coverage

Multiple adverse factors, or a hard ship-specific signal, lift this hull above the fleet norm.

PSC detentionsno data

Sanctions exposureno data

AIS-gap & behaviourno data

Hull age100

Flag registerno data

A coverage-weighted blend of the single component we could read for this hull; the weights renormalise over only the components present, so a thin read is never inflated and a hull is never credited a “safe 0” for a signal it has no row for. This headline is flagged low-confidence (a thin or structural-only read) and should not be treated as a verdict. Higher means riskier. Derived in-house from government-open port-State-control, flag, sanctions and our own vessel data; weight it by the coverage above.

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