CCGS John Cabot (1965) explained

CCGS John Cabot (id: 320951;;)[1] was a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker and cable ship in service starting 1965. It passed out of CCG service and entered private service in 1994, as the cable ship CS John Cabot. In 1997, it was again renamed, becoming CS Certamen. The ship was scrapped in 2014, under the name Certa. It was the world's first icebreaking cable repair ship built. In 1985, it recovered the black boxes from Air India Flight 182., the John Cabot participated in the deepest submarine rescue ever performed, in 1973, retrieving Pisces III from the seafloor at 480m (1,580feet) and rescuing the crew of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.

Naming

John Cabot

The vessel was named after John Cabot, a Venetian explorer from the Age of Exploration. It was the first Canadian Coast Guard ship to carry the name "John Cabot" or "Cabot". The modern Canadian Coast Guard was founded in 1962. The John Cabot entered service in 1965.[2]

Certamen

The ship passed into Italian service, and was renamed to Certamen, a different Italian name than it already had (John Cabot being the Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto).[3] It carried the callsign IBUC.[1] "Certamen" refers to competition in Latin.

Certa

When the ship was retired, it was renamed to Certa, and then scrapped. "Certa" refers to surety in Italian.

Specifications

History

The ship was ordered in 1962, and built in Montreal in 1964,[7] by Canadian Vickers.[8] [9] It entered service in 1965 with the Canadian Coast Guard as CCGS John Cabot,[9] callsign CGDJ It was christened John Cabot on 31 May 1965.[5] [4] On entry to service it was the only icebreaking cable repair ship in the world, and the first such to be built.[10] The ship was sponsored by the Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation (COTC), a Canadian Crown Corporation, and worked as part of the Department of Transport.[5] [4]

In 1965 and 1966, the John Cabot repaired the submarine cable connecting Thule Air Base in Greenland to the rest of the world.[11] [12] For the efforts in repairing the telecommunications cable in November 1965, the ship's captain, Captain George S. Burdock, was awarded the Shield of NORAD in a ceremony on board CCGS John Cabot, while at dock in the Port of Montreal on 22 July 1966.[13]

The John Cabot was one of the ships involved in laying the TAT-5 and SF System transatlantic cables in the 1960s.[14] [15] In 1973, while laying the CANTAT-2 transatlantic cable, in coordination with several other ships, including the submarine, the Pisces III sunk to the seafloor and needed rescue. John Cabot successfully fished up the submarine, rescuing the crew. The sub had been stuck at 480m (1,580feet), becoming the deepest submarine rescue ever.[9] [16] [17] [18] [19]

In 1974, the ship suffered a major fire, and was refitted.[9]

In 1983–1984, the ship underwent a midlife refit and modernization.[20]

In 1985, the ship participated in the search for Air India Flight 182, and its underwater investigation and debris recovery.[21] The ship successfully retrieved the airplane's black boxes from the seafloor at 2000m (7,000feet) deep.[10]

In 1994, Teleglobe Canada bought the ship from the Canadian Coast Guard, changing its prefix from CCGS (Canadian Coast Guard Ship) to CS (Cable Ship), becoming CS John Cabot,[9] as a motorized ship, it was also called MV John Cabot. The callsign became VCGM

In 1996, the ship was purchaed by McDermott and refurbished. It was sold to Elettra in 1997 and renamed to Certamen.[9]

In 2010, Orange (France Telecom-Orange) acquired Elettra, and the Certamen was transferred to France Telecom.[22]

In 2014, the ship was retired and renamed to Certa, and scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey.[23] [24] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vessel CERTAMEN cable ship IMO 6514974 MMSI 247253000 . 7 July 2023 . FleetMon . KPLER .
  2. News: Canadian Coast Guard celebrates 60 years . Norman Galimski . The Northern View . 26 January 2022 .
  3. Book: John Cabot . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 April 2023 .
  4. News: Unique Cable Repair Ship Christening Today . 31 May 1965 . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . 35 .
  5. October 1965 . U.S. Naval Institute . Proceedings: Professional Notes, Notebook and Progress . 91/10/752 . New Canadian Icebreaking-Cable Ship: Shipbuilding and Shipping Record, 24 June 1965 .
  6. Book: Arctic Oil Spill Countermeasures - Logistics Study: Summary Report . De Leuw Cather, Canada Ltd.. Bradley Air Services. E.H. Mitchell and Assoc.. Capt. T.C. Pullen. Northice Consultants. Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada. EPS 3-EC-78-8 . December 1978 . 0-662-10101-4 . 21 .
  7. Web site: "John Cabot" (Ship) at St. John's, Newfoundland . Memorial University . Maritime History Archive Public Photo Catalogue . Maritime History Archive . 2005 . PF-055.2-D40 .
  8. Web site: Canadian Vickers - Montreal QC . 14 July 2021 . Shipbuilding History . shipbuildinghistory.com .
  9. Web site: CCGS John Cabot / CS Certamen . Bill Glover . 2011 . History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications .
  10. News: Repair ship Cabot was a world first . Skip Gillham . Port Colborne Leader . St. Catherine Standard . 2 April 2015 .
  11. Book: 6.16 . 6.3 Tanker Transportation Systems . Environmental Impact Statement : Hydrocarbon Development In The Beaufort Sea - Mackenzie Delta Region : Volume 2 - Development Systems . 1982 . Dome Petroleum Limited . Esso Resources Canada Limited . Gulf Canada Resources Inc. .
  12. Book: 7 . Report of the Arctic Ice Observing and Forecasting Program - 1965 . May 1967 . Naval Oceanographic Office, U.S. Navy . Forecasting Branch, Oceanographic Prediction Division, Marine Sciences Department . CAPT L.E. DeCamp . SP-70 .
  13. An Award from NORAD / Un décoration de NORAD . 6–7 . The DOT . September–October 1966 . 17 . 5 . Department of Transport (Government of Canada) . Ottawa .
  14. An Overview: Requirements and Performance . Cleo D. Anderson . Robert L. Easton . 19 February 1970 . The Bell System Technical Journal . 49 . 5 . May–June 1970 .
  15. Transmission Tests, Computations and Equalization During Installation . W.B. Hirt . D.O. Oldfather . 30 July 1969 . The Bell System Technical Journal . 49 . 5 . May–June 1970 .
  16. Web site: Deepest rescue underwater . Guinness World Records . 1 July 2023 .
  17. The Extraordinary Story of the World's Deepest Ever Submarine Rescue . Aristos Georgiou . Newsweek . 7 June 2021 .
  18. News: For a survivor of the deepest underwater rescue, the Titan search feels urgent and personal. . Colbi Edmonds . 21 June 2023 . The New York Times .
  19. Web site: Deep sea rescues have a mixed track record. The Pisces III is one that succeeded . Rachel Treisman . 20 June 2023 . npr .
  20. Web site: R184, Volumes 6043 -- 6097 . Archives Canada . Government of Canada . 7 July 2023 .
  21. 1 July 2015 . A Captain For All Seasons . Navigator .
  22. Elettra Cede Ses Navires . 34 . Association Des Amis Des Cables Sous-Marins - Bulletin . Association Des Amis Des Cables Sous-Marins . 42 . December 2010 . fr .
  23. Web site: JOHN CABOT . www.ShipPhotos.co.uk . ShipPhotos .
  24. Web site: Canadian Coast Guard Vessels Built or Acquired Since 1962 . Tim Colton . 7 May 2021 . Shipbuilding History . shipbuildinghistory.com .

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