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The CSS Baffin was built by Canadian Vickers in 1956 as one of
the most modern hydrographic survey vessels in the world. She was accepted by
the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys on January 22nd, 1957. She was 90
meters (LOA) with a displacement of 4986 tonnes and carried a Lloyd's Ice Class
I registration. With a complement of 57 crew and accommodations for 29
scientific staff, she had an endurance of 76 days at a cruising speed of 10 kt.
Originally fitted with 6 launches, 2 helicopters, 2 landing barges, she served
primarily along Canada's eastern seaboard and in the Canadian Arctic as well as
numerous missions to other parts of the world. She was decommissioned in1990.
1965 off Sable Island experienced engine room
failure. Returned to Halifax shipyards for repairs which lasted remainder of
survey season.
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Year |
HIC |
Capt./Sai. Master |
Location |
Survey Type |
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1957 |
J.E.V. Goodwill |
D.M.Snelgrove |
Nova Scotia |
Hydrographic |
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1958 |
D’.A.H. Charles |
W. Kettle |
NS, & Baffin Isl |
Various |
| 1959 |
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NS, off
southeast coast |
Two-range
Decca |
| 1959 |
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Hudson Strait |
Hydrographic |
| 1959 |
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Exeter Bay
(Cape Dyer, Baffin Island) |
Inshore,
Reconnaissance |
| 1962 |
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East of
Halifax, NS |
Offshore |
| 1962 |
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Barrow Str,
westward Arctc |
Offshore |
| 1962 |
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Duke of York
Bay, Southhampton Isl, Arctic |
Reconnaissance |
| 1962 |
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Alexis River,
Labrador |
Standard |
| 1963 |
R.
Wills |
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Sable
Island NS |
Control
and Sounding |
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1963 |
R. Wills |
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Tail of the Bank |
Off-Shore |
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1964 |
M. Bolton |
W.N. Kettle |
Caribbean |
Foreign |
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1964 |
H.R. Blandford |
P.M. Brick |
Bay of Fundy |
Multidiscipline |
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1965 |
F.L. DeGrasse |
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N.S. returned to Halifax for repair |
Off-Shore (planned) |
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1966 |
S. van Dyck |
W.N. Kettle |
Antigua, West Indies |
Training, Off-Shore |
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1966 |
T.B. Smith |
|
Tail of the Bank |
Off-Shore |
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1967 |
S. van Dyck |
P.M. Brick |
Antigua,West Indies Jamaica, West Indies |
Training, Harbour |
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1967 |
F.L. DeGrasse |
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Grand Bank of NL |
Off-Shore |
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1968 |
S. van Dyck |
P.M. Brick |
St. Kitts, Barbados, West Indies |
Training, Harbour |
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1969 |
S. van Dyck |
P.M. Brick |
Grenadines, Redonda, West Indies |
Training, Off-shore
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1970 |
S. van Dyck |
P.M. Brick |
Canouan, West Indies |
Training |
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1970
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Beaufort Sea, north of Tuktoyaktuk
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Deep Draft Vessel route
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1973
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St. Lawrence River Estuary
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Multidiscipline
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| 1973 |
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Sept
Iles, Que |
Harbour |
| 1973 |
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Cape
White Handkerchief, Labrador |
Reconnaissance
and Control |
| 1973 |
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Lancaster
Sound and Maxwell Bay, Arctic |
Hydrographic |
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