RESULTS OF FULL SCALE TRIALS IN ICE OF CCGS PIERRE RADISSON

In July, 1978, the Canadian Coast Guard accepted delivery of the first of the new "R-Class" icebreakers, the CCGS Pierre Radisson. The ship was extensively instrumented prior to her maiden voyage which was to take her from Victoria, B.C. through the Northwest Passage to her new home port of Quebec. Full scale data gathered in thick first year and multi year ice in the Arctic and subsequently during winter operations in the Saguenay River, St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence provided performance information for a wide range of ice type, thickness and strength. This data is presented together with 1/36 scale model experiment results.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at Ice Tech '81 sponsored by the Eastern Canadian Section of SNAME, 16-19 June 1981. Proceedings price to members $30.00; non-members $45.00.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Edwards, R Y
  • Johnson, B
  • DUNNE, M
  • Comfort, G
  • Bulat, V
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ice; Ice phenomena; Icebreakers; Icebreaking; Instrumentation; Operations; Prototype tests
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions; Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic operations; Ice characteristics; Model testing; Ss pierre radisson
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330896
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM