SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Voyages
C.S.S. F.C.G. SMITH
� The maiden voyage of the catamaran C.S.S.
F.C.G. Smith occurred in 1986. The ship is
owned by the federal Department of Fisheries
and Oceans and is operated by DFO’s
Scotia-Fundy Region. The vessel is primarily
used by the Canadian Hydrographic Service
as an acoustic sweep vessel in the coastal
areas of the maritime provinces.
� Principal statistics - built in 1985 . . . length
34.8m . . . breadth overall 14m . . . single hull
breadth 4m . . . draft 2.1m . . . freeboard to
working deck 1.3m . . . 370 tonnes displacement
. . . 12 knot full speed . . . 10 knot
service speed . . . 7 day endurance . . .
scientific complement of 4 . . . integrated
sweep transducers, auto-pilot and laserranging
positioning system . . . onboard data
processing up to 500,000 depth measurements
logged daily.
� 97 (102) sea days and 4,387 (4,869) n. miles
steamed in 1986 (1987).
VOYAGE
YEAR
NUMBER
86-009
86-024
87-013
87-004
102
VOYAGE
DATES
Jun. 6-Sep. 22
Sep. 29-Oct. 31
May 4-Oct. 23
Oct. 26-Nov. 6
OFFICER
IN
CHARGE
A. Adams, CHS
A. Adams, CHS
G.W. Henderson,
CHS
R.M. Eaton, CHS
AREA
OF
OPERATION
13 ports - Gulf of
St. Lawrence/Cabot
Strait
Halifax Harbour,
Lunenburg, Liverpool,
Yarmouth, N.S.
Bay of Fundy
Cape Breton, P.E.I.,
N.B., Gulf Shore
Halifax Harbour and
Bedford Basin
VOYAGE
OBJECTIVES
Sweep surveys
Sweep surveys
Sweep surveys
Gear tests