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CCGS Sora

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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 Guard Toronto Fire Services (City of Toronto)

Recommissioned
  
2005 with Toronto Fire Services

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:

  • towing disabled/grounded light watercraft
  • medical evacuation calls
  • searching for missing vessels or aircraft over water
  • 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.

    References

    CCGS Sora Wikipedia