CCGS Saurel

History
Canada
Name	Saurel
Operator	Department of Marine, Marine Service section Canadian Coast Guard
Builder	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec
Commissioned	1929
Decommissioned	1967
In service	1929–1967
Stricken	1967
Fate	Scrapped 1968
General characteristics
Type	Icebreaker
Tonnage	1,252 GRT[1]
Length	200 ft (61 m)[1]
Beam	42 ft (13 m)[1]
Draught	19.3 ft (5.9 m)[1]
Propulsion	2 × triple expansion steam engines[1] 3,600 ihp (2,700 kW)

CCGS Saurel was a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker. She was the first Canadian icebreaker to be built in Canada.^[1] She was designated Saint John Shipbuilding hull number 6, but work was subcontracted to Canadian Vickers as hull number 110. Upon completion in December 1929, Saurel attempted to prevent flood damage by breaking up ice jams on Lake Saint Pierre.^[2] As larger and heavier icebreakers later proved more effective on the Saint Lawrence River, Saurel assisted winter shipping in the Gulf of St. Lawrence until retired in 1967.^[3]

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