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Length Overall 150.1 m
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Length Waterline 137.6 m
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Breadth 28.0 m
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Depth 13.5 m
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Design Draft 10.5 m
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Power 39,600 kW
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Speed (Open Water) 18.0 kn
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Speed (2.5 m ice) 3.0 kn
The John G. Diefenbaker ‘Polar Icebreaker’ is the flagship vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard and will serve a multitude of missions in the Arctic. Some of those missions include maintaining sovereignty and presence; arctic science, weather and ice monitoring; economic and commercial development; national security; northern re-supply and logistics support; search and rescue, environmental and emergency response; fisheries conservation and protection.