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CCGS Sora was a 12.5m Small Multi Task Utility Craft that has seen service with the Canadian Coast Guard and Toronto Fire Services. 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. In 2005, it was transferred to Toronto and used as part of the Fire Services fleet. It was finally retired in 2015.
As the fireboat Sora | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Sora |
| Operator | |
| Builder | Canadian Dredge & Dock Ltd., Kingston |
| Commissioned | 1982 |
| Recommissioned | 2005 with Toronto Fire Services |
| Decommissioned | 2005 from CCG |
| In service | 1982–present |
| Stricken | 2005 |
| Homeport |
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| Fate | Transferred as reserve ship for the Toronto Fire Services |
| Status | Retired with Toronto Fire Services on October 31, 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Multiple Task Utility Craft |
| Tonnage | 21 gross tons |
| Length | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 1.24 m (4 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | Diesel engines |
| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h) |
| Range | 300 nautical miles (560 km) |
| Endurance | 1 day |
| Complement | 3 |
During her career with the Canadian Coast Guard, Sora was a search and rescue boat along the Detroit River and western Lake Erie.[1]
Her task included:
The vessel is not ice class and did not operated between December and April.[1]
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 government acquired another former CCG vessel, CCGS Cape Hurd, which replaced Sora as its second fireboat[2][3]
Other utility ships in CCG:
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