CCGS Bartlett

CCGS Bartlett is a Provo Wallis-class buoy tender in operation by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1969 and was modernized in 1988. In 1982, the ship commanded the recovery efforts following the Ocean Ranger sinking off the coast of Newfoundland. The vessel is assigned to the Pacific Region and is based at Victoria, British Columbia.

Design and description
Bartlett is a member of the Provo Wallis-class buoy tenders, and is tasked with monitoring navigational aids along the West Coast of Canada. Her twin vessel, CCGS Provo Wallis is now markedly different after undergoing a refit in 1990 that saw her hull lengthened by 6 m as well as improved equipment and accommodation. Bartlett is 57.7 m long overall with a beam of 13 m and a draught of 4.1 m. The ship has a fully loaded displacement of 1620 LT and has a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 1,317 and a.

The buoy tender is propelled by two controllable pitch propellers powered by two Mirrlees National KLSDM6 geared diesel engines creating 1566 kW. This gives Bartlett a maximum speed of 12.5 kn. The vessel can carry 213.10 m3 of diesel fuel and has a range of 3300 nmi at a cruising speed of 11 kn. The vessel is ice-strengthened and carries a complement of 24, with 9 officers and 15 crew. The vessel has 11 spare berths.

Service history
The buoy tender was constructed by Marine Industries at their yard in Sorel, Quebec with the yard number 388. The vessel was completed in December 1969 and entered service with the Canadian Coast Guard. Bartlett is named after Captain Robert Bartlett who made over 40 expeditions to the Arctic. The vessel was initially assigned to serve in the Newfoundland and Great Lakes regions before transferring to the West Coast. The vessel is currently based at Victoria, British Columbia.

On 15 February 1982, the mobile offshore drilling unit Ocean Ranger capsized and sank in bad weather 165 mi east of Newfoundland in the worst naval disaster in Canadian waters since World War II. Bartlett was among the vessels sent to the site and directed the surface search for the crew. Only debris, liferafts and the bodies of 22 of the 84 crew of Ocean Ranger were recovered. Bartlett was modernized in 1988 at Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia which saw new propulsion and navigation equipment installed.

The ship underwent a $16.9 million vessel-life extension at the Allied Shipbuilders yard in North Vancouver in 2010. The refit extended the buoy tender's life by ten years, revamping the vessel's electric systems. In October 2016, after the tugboat Nathan E. Stewart sank near Bella Bella, British Columbia and began to leak oil, CCGS John P. Tully and Bartlett were deployed to help contain the spill.