Name Sora Decommissioned 2005 from CGS Length 12 m Endurance 24 hours 0 minutes | Commissioned 1982 In service 1982–present Range 555,600 m | |
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Operator Canadian Coast GuardToronto Fire Services (City of Toronto) Builder Canadian Dredge & Dock Limited | ||
CCGS Sora was a 12.5m Small Multi Task Utility Craft in the Canadian Coast Guard. It was deployed for medium range task and perform under moderate to high speed in moderate weather conditions and in sheltered waters in station mode.
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Career with Canadian Coast Guard
During her career with the Canadian Coast Guard, Sora was a search and rescue boat along the Detroit River and western Lake Erie.
Her task included:
The vessel is not ice class and did not operated between December and April.
Transfer to Toronto Fire
She was declared surplus in late 2005 and sold to the Toronto Fire Services in 2006 by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. It is a back-up fireboat for William Lyon Mackenzie. In November 2014, the City of Toronto acquired another former CCG vessel, CCGS Cape Hurd, planning to use it to replace Sora as its second fireboat.