344:. In August 2018 it was announced that, due to a number of welding faults totalling 44 metres (144 ft), the ship would be returned to the shipyard for re-welding. On 22 March 2019, during sea trials, the ship reversed at high speed into the Ogden Point breakwater. This damaged the propeller and rudder as well as denting the ship's hull and causing minor damage to the breakwater. The vessel was repaired in two weeks using parts from its sister ship, the incomplete
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285:. The initial design for the research vessels called for a 55-metre (180 ft 5 in)-long ship that could act as "floating laboratories for scientific research and ecosystem-based management." However, when
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604:"HMS Terror—and the Moral Challenge of Exploration"
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578:"New CCGS Sir John Franklin Gets Frosty Reception"
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