CCGS Limnos

CCGS Limnos in Toronto, Ontario
History
Canada
Name	Limnos
Namesake	Limnology
Owner	Government of Canada
Operator	Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry	Ottawa, Ontario
Builder	Port Weller Dry Dock Limited, Port Weller, Ontario
Yard number	47
Completed	May 1968
Commissioned	1968
In service	1968–present
Refit	1981, 2010
Homeport	CCG Base Burlington, Ontario – Central and Arctic Region
Identification	Call sign CG2350 IMO number: 6804903 MMSI number: 316001434
General characteristics
Type	Research vessel
Tonnage	489 GT 146 NT
Length	44.8 m (147 ft)
Beam	9.8 m (32 ft)
Draught	2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Installed power	2 × Caterpillar C18 geared diesel engines, 714 kW (957 hp)
Propulsion	2 × L-drive azimuth thrusters
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Endurance	14 days
Capacity	16
Complement	14

CCGS Limnos^[a] is a Canadian Coast Guard coastal research and survey vessel and it is named after the Greek island of Limnos which itself derived from "limni", the Greek word for lake. The ship entered service in 1968 and is currently active. The ship is based on the Great Lakes at the Coast Guard Base in Burlington, Ontario and is used for hydrographic and limnological research.
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