CCGS Sora

CCGS Sora was a 12.5m Small Multi Task Utility Craft in the Canadian Coast Guard. It was deployed for medium range task and perform under moderate to high speed in moderate weather conditions and in sheltered waters in station mode.

Career with Canadian Coast Guard
During her career with the Canadian Coast Guard, Sora was a search and rescue boat along the Detroit River and wstern Lake Erie.

Her task included:


 * towing disabled/grounded light watercraft
 * medical evacuation calls
 * searching for missing vessels or aircraft over water

The vessel is not ice class and did not operated between December and April.

Transfer to Toronto Fire
She was declared surplus in late 2005 and sold to the Toronto Fire Services in 2006 by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. It is a back-up fireboat for William Lyon Mackenzie (fireboat).