William Lyon Mackenzie (fireboat)



Name: William Lyon Mackenzie
Namesake: William Lyon Mackenzie
Owner: City of Toronto
Operator: Toronto Fire Services (previous Toronto Fire Department 1964-1997)
Ordered: 1963
Awarded: 1963
Builder: Russel Brothers Limited, Owen Sound, Ontario
Cost: CAD$605,000
Yard number: 1216
Laid down: 1963
Launched: November 7, 1963
Sponsored by: Canadian Maritime Commission
Christened: 1963
Completed: 1963
Acquired: December 1963
Commissioned: 1964
Maiden voyage: December 1964
In service: 1964-present
Out of service: 2004 (refit)
Reinstated: 2004
Homeport: Toronto
Nickname: Mac
Status: Active
General characteristics
Type: Fireboat-Icebreaker
Tonnage: 102 gt
Displacement: 200 tonnes
Length: 24.7m (81 feet)
Beam: 6m (20 feet)
Draft: 2.5m (7 feet)
Depth: 3m
Ice class: 1C
Propulsion: 2 x 3412 Caterpillar Diesel
Speed: 12 knots (13.8 mph; 22.2 km/h) - max 22km/hr
Complement: 3, (can use boost crew of 4)
Crew: 22