CCGS Provo Wallis
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name: | Provo Wallis |
| Namesake: | Provo Wallis |
| Owner: | Government of Canada |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Marine Industries, Sorel |
| Yard number: | 387 |
| Commissioned: | 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 2011 |
| In service: | 1969–2003; 2006–2011 |
| Out of service: | 2011 |
| Refit: | 1990 |
| Struck: | 2011 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Saint John, NB (Maritime Region) |
| Identification: | CGDP |
| Status: | Decommissioned, sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Provo Wallis Class Marine service vessel and navigational aid tender |
| Displacement: | 1,462 tonnes |
| Tons burthen: | 581 tonnes |
| Length: | 60.29 m (197 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 12.95 m (42 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in) |
| Ice class: | Ice strengthened |
| Installed power: | 2,098 bhp (1,564 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Mirrlees National KLSDM6 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,300 nautical miles (6,112 km) |
| Endurance: | 21 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
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| Complement: | 24 |
CCGS Provo Wallis is a former Canadian Coast Guard Ship that served as a buoy tender for the Canadian Coast Guard from 1969-2011.
Honour
CCGS Provo Wallis is named in honour of Provo Wallis, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Wallis was appointed Admiral of the fleet in the Royal Navy on December 11, 1877; the highest rank in the Royal Navy. Provo Wallis died in 1892 and was both the last surviving commanding officer from the Napoleonic Wars and the last veteran of the conflict to serve as Admiral of the Fleet.
Service history
CCGS Provo Wallis was built in 1969 at Marine Industries, Sorel. She was modernized in 1990 at Marystown Shipyard in Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador, which saw her hull lengthened by 20 ft (6.1 m), a new derrick installed, and other modernizations.
She was classed as a Medium-endurance Multi-tasked Vessel. Her twin vessel was CCGS Bartlett. The homeport of Provo Wallis was CCG Base Saint John in Saint John, New Brunswick, however, from 1969–2003 she was mostly based at CCG Base Dartmouth in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
In 2003 CCGS Provo Wallis was placed in cold lay-up/mothballed at CCG Base Dartmouth but was reactivated in 2006 and sailed to British Columbia where she replaced her sister ship CCGS Bartlett which was placed in cold lay-up until refit in 2010.
Decommissioning and sale
Upon completion of the refit for CCGS Bartlett in 2010, CCGS Provo Wallis was declared surplus and decommissioned. She was renamed 2011-02 by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and was listed for sale by Crown Assets with a reserve price of $400,000 (CAD). She was sold in November 2011 to an undisclosed buyer. This sale was not completed and 2011-02 was re-listed for sale by Crown Assets in April 2012.