CCGS John Cabot
cable layer
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- CCGS John Cabot
- IMO number
- 6514974
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- cable layer
- Gross tonnage
- 5,097
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 313.3 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1965
- Builder
- Canadian Vickers
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Canadian Coast Guard
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About CCGS John Cabot
CCGS John Cabot (id: 320951;IMO number: 6514974; MMSI number: 247253000) was a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker and cable ship in service starting 1965. It passed out of CCG service and entered private service in 1994, as the cable ship CS John Cabot. In 1997, it was again renamed, becoming CS Certamen. The ship was scrapped in 2014, under the name Certa. It was the world's first icebreaking cable repair ship built. In 1985, it recovered the black boxes from Air India Flight 182. As of 2023, the John Cabot participated in the deepest submarine rescue ever performed, in 1973, retrieving Pisces III from the seafloor at 480 m (1,570 ft) and rescuing the crew of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is CCGS John Cabot now?
- CCGS John Cabot has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is CCGS John Cabot?
- CCGS John Cabot is a cable layer, built in 1965 by Canadian Vickers. The vessel is 313.3 m long and has a gross tonnage of 5,097.
- Who owns CCGS John Cabot?
- CCGS John Cabot is operated by Canadian Coast Guard. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has CCGS John Cabot been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for CCGS John Cabot appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).