CCGS ''A. LeBlanc'' is the seventh of nine s operated by the

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. The ship entered service in 2014 and is based at

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, Quebec. ''A. LeBlanc'' is tasked with enforcing Canadian maritime law within Canada's maritime borders.

Description

Based on Damen Stan's Patrol 4207 design, the ship measures

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with a

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of and a draught of . The ship has a and a . The ship is propelled by two

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s driven by two MTU 4000M geared

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s rated at . The patrol vessel is also equipped with two Northern Lights M1066 generators and one Northern Lights M1064 emergency generator. The vessel has a maximum speed of . ''A. LeBlanc'' has a fuel capacity of giving the vessel a range of at and an endurance of 14 days. The ship has a

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of nine with five officers and four crew and has five additional berths. The ship is equipped with

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Visionmaster FT navigational

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operating on the X and S-bands.

Service history

''A. LeBlanc'' was ordered from

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in 2009 and the ship's

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was

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on 27 October 2012 at

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with the

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6101. The ship was launched on 27 January 2014 and named for Agipit LeBlanc, a fishery control officer who was murdered in the line of duty. The ship was completed on 5 March 2014 and was accepted, following

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s, on 20 March 2014. ''A. LeBlanc'' is based at

, Quebec and is

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, Ontario.

References

Sources

* {{Hero class patrol vessel 2014 ships Hero-class patrol vessels Patrol vessels of the Canadian Coast Guard