CCGS Des Groseilliers

The CCGS Des Groseilliers is a T1200 Class Medium Arctic Icebreaker in the Canadian Coast Guard.

The vessel is named after Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers (1618-1669) a close associate of Pierre-Esprit Radisson in explorations west of the Great Lakes and the founding of the English Hudson's Bay Company.

The vessel has participated in a number of research voyages, including Ice Station SHEBA. As part of the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean experiment conducted in the Arctic Ocean from October 1997 to October 1998 to provide polar input to global climate models, the Des Groseilliers was allowed to be frozen into the ice for the Arctic winter, to serve as a base for scientific researchers.

In spring 2008, the Des Groseilliers collided with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel, RV Farley Mowat, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, during the annual seal hunt. Paul Watson, head of the society, claimed that the icebreaker had rammed the society's research vessel. However, a spokesman for the department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada claimed that the research vessel "grazed" the icebreaker.

CCG Base Quebec

 * Retired ships at the base include:


 * CCGS D'Iberville - icebreaker joined Des Groseilliers a year prior to retirement