Niagara Queen II

History
Operator: Ontario Hydro
Builder: Hike Metals & Shipbuilding Limited, Wheatley, Ontario, Canada[1]
Yard number: 815413[1]
Commissioned: 1992[1]
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Type: Icebreaker
Displacement: 85 tonnes (93.70 short tons)[1]
Length: 26.8 metres (88 ft)[1]
Beam: 5.5 metres (18 ft)[1]
Draft: 1.9 metres (6.2 ft)[1]
Depth: 2.9 metres (9.5 ft)[1]
Installed power: 1,280 kilowatts (1,720 shp)[1]
Speed: 110 kn (19 km/h)[1]
Crew: 6[1]

The Niagara Queen II is a small icebreaker that Ontario Power Generation uses to keep the inlet ports open at their plant on the Niagara River at Niagara Falls.[2][3]

Niagara Queen II is a shallow draft river vessel designed by OPG and STX Marine. She replaced the Niagara Queen, a modified tugboat icebreaker operated by Ontario Hydro and now with OPG.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Niagara Queen II". STX Marine. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  2. Paul Baswick (August 2011). "OPG Ice Breaker heads to Port Maitland". Dunnville Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-09-05. The ship operates some 300 yards above the crest of the falls, keeping OPG's power station water intakes free from large sheets of ice.
  3. D. McMillan (1993). "Design, construction, and operation of Niagara River icebreakers". Marine Technology. pp. 101–104. Retrieved 2011-09-05. Results of maneuvering trials and model tests are given, along with a comparison between hull forms of the two vessels-Ontario Hydro's Niagara Queen II and the William H. Latham, operated by the New York Power Authority


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