![]() Glendale and Glendyne at CFB Esquimalt with Fisgard Lighthouse in background
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Class overview | |
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Name | Glen class |
Builders | |
Operators | ![]() |
Succeeded by | Naval Large Tugboats |
Built | 1975–1977 |
In commission | 1975–present |
Completed | 5 |
Active | 5 |
General characteristics as built | |
Type | Yard tractor tugs |
Displacement | 255 long tons (259 t) |
Length | 28.2 m (92 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Complement | 6 |
The Glen-class tug is a class of naval tugboat operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. Constructed in Canada, the class entered service between 1975 and 1977. The five vessels that comprise the class are split between the two major naval bases of the Royal Canadian Navy. The Royal Canadian Navy operated a fleet of tugboats during the Second World War which were also named the Glen class. The vessels of the current Glen class are each named after one of the vessels of the earlier class.