gcaptain | March 2, 2017 by Mike Schuler
The CCGS Sipu Muin is a powerful, heavy hovercraft that is used for icebreaking on hard-to-access areas along the St. Lawrence River where conventional icebreakers cannot navigate. The hovercraft is also equipped as a buoytender, and can be used in search and rescue, environmental pollution response, and navigational aid construction and maintenance operations.
The vessel is homeported in Trois Rivières, Quebec.
Photo: Canadian Coast Guard
CCGS Sipu Muin
- Type Medium/River Icebreaker
- Length 28.5 m
- Breadth 12 m
- Power 2818 kW
- Maximum speed 50 knots
- Cruising speed 45 knots
- Maximum weight 70 tm
- Core crew 8
- Builder Westland Aerospace, England and Hike Metal Products Ltd, Ontario
- Year Built 1998
