CNAV Endeavour

CNAV Endeavour (later CFAV Endeavour, after the 1968 unification of the Canadian Armed Forces) was an . The vessel served the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1965 to 1999. Endeavour performed research in oceanography and anti-submarine warfare, primarily on the West Coast of Canada.

Description

Endeavour had a displacement of at full load with a length overall of , a beam of and a draught of . EndeavourTemplate:'s hull was stiffened for work in areas with ice.Template:Sfn

The ship was propelled by two shafts driven by a diesel-electric engine creating . The machinery space was insulated to reduce noise. This gave the vessel a maximum speed of and a range of at . Endeavour could turn 21⁄2 times its length. The ship had a helicopter deck. The ship was fitted with two 9-ton Austin-Weston telescopic cranes. Two oceanographical winches, each holding of wire, two bathythermograph winches and one deep-sea coring winch were also fitted. The vessel had a complement of 50, which included 10 officers, 13 scientists and two aircrew.Template:Sfn

Service history

Endeavour was ordered from Yarrows Ltd. and constructed at their shipyard in Esquimalt, British Columbia and given the yard number 250.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn EndeavourTemplate:'s keel was laid down on 4 September 1963 and the ship was launched on 4 September 1964.Template:Sfn The vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 9 March 1965 and given the hull number AGOR 171.Template:Sfn Endeavour was deployed on the West Coast of Canada researching anti-submarine warfare from the time the ship entered service until 1999. The vessel replaced the old . In 1999, Endeavour was transferred to the East Coast to replace temporarily, while Quest was undergoing modernisation. In 2000, Endeavour was discarded.Template:Sfn

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External links

• Endeavour (AGOR 171) - Haze Gray and Underway - Naval History and Photography