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|Ship country= Canada
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|Ship name= CCGS ''Private Robertson V.C.''
|Ship namesake=[[James Peter Robertson]]
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|Ship operator=[[Canadian Coast Guard]]
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|Ship homeport=CCG Base Patricia Bay, [[Sidney, British Columbia]]
|Ship identification=* {{IMO Number|9586033}}
* [[Call sign]]: CGJR
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|Ship class={{sclass2|Hero|patrol vessel}}
|Ship tonnage= * {{GT|253}}
* {{NetT|75}}
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|Ship length={{convert|42.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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* 2 × [[controllable pitch propeller]]s, {{convert|4992|kW|abbr=on}}
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|Ship endurance=2 weeks
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|Ship complement=9
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'''CCGS ''Private Robertson V.C.''''' is the first vessel of the [[Canadian Coast Guard]]'s {{sclass2|Hero|patrol vessel}}s. The ship entered service in 2012, tasked with enforcing Canadian maritime law within Canada's nautical borders. The ship is in active service and is based at CCG Patricia Bay in [[Sidney, British Columbia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=CCG Fleet - Vessel Details - CCGS Private Robertson V.C. |url=https://inter-l03.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fdat/vessels/122 |access-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816174903/https://inter-l03.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fdat/vessels/122 |archive-date=16 August 2024}}</ref>

==Description==
Based on [[Damen Stan patrol vessel|Damen Stan's Patrol 4207 design]], the ship measures {{convert|42.8|m|ftin}} [[Length overall|long overall]] with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|7.0|m|ftin}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|2.8|m|ftin}}. The ship has a {{GT|253|disp=long}} and a {{NetT|75|disp=long}}. The ship is propelled by two [[controllable pitch propeller]]s driven by two MTU 4000M geared [[diesel engine]]s rated at  {{convert|4992|kW|lk=on}}. The patrol vessel is also equipped with two Northern Lights M1066 generators and one Northern Lights M1064 emergency generator. The vessel has a maximum speed of {{convert|25|kn|lk=in}}. ''Private Robertson V.C.'' has a fuel capacity of {{convert|34|m3|impgal|abbr=on}} giving the vessel a range of {{convert|2000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn}} and an endurance of 14 days. The ship has a [[Ship's company|complement]] of nine with five officers and four crew and has five additional berths.<ref name=privaterobertson>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/Vessel?vessel_id=122 |title=CCG Fleet: Vessel Details – CCGS Private Robertson V.C. |publisher=Canadian Coast Guard |date=24 March 2017 |accessdate=23 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=miramar>Miramar Ship Index</ref> The ship is equipped with [[Sperry Marine Northrop Grumman|Sperry Marine]] Visionmaster FT navigational [[radar]] operating on the X and S-bands.<ref name=privaterobertson/>

==Service history==
The ship was ordered from [[Irving Shipbuilding]] in 2009 and the ship's [[keel]] was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at [[Halifax Shipyards]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] with the [[yard number]] 6094.<ref name=miramar/><ref name=coastguard>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/vessel-procurement/mid-shore-patrol-vessel |title=Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel |publisher=Canadian Coast Guard |date=9 July 2015 |accessdate=23 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515050127/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Vessel-Procurement/Mid-Shore-Patrol-Vessel |archive-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> The ship was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in 2012 and completed in July of that year, the first of the class.<ref name=privaterobertson/><ref name=miramar/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theobserver.ca/2013/04/30/first-of-nine-new-hero-class-vessels-unveiled-in-sarnia |title=First of nine new Hero Class vessels unveiled in Sarnia  |newspaper=Sarnia Observer |last=Simpson |first=Barbara |date=30 April 2013 |access-date=23 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405191412/https://www.theobserver.ca/2013/04/30/first-of-nine-new-hero-class-vessels-unveiled-in-sarnia |archive-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> ''Private Robertson V.C.'' entered service in 2013 and is based at [[Sarnia]], Ontario.<ref name=privaterobertson/> The vessel is named after [[James Peter Robertson]], a winner of the [[Victoria Cross]] in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2010-11-26/article-1997693/Coast-Guard-vessel-to-be-named-in-honour-of-Victoria-Cross-recipient-from-Stellarton/1 |title= Coast Guard vessel to be named in honour of Victoria Cross recipient from Stellarton |work= NG News |date= 26 November 2010 |access-date= 18 September 2012 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043529/http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2010-11-26/article-1997693/Coast-Guard-vessel-to-be-named-in-honour-of-Victoria-Cross-recipient-from-Stellarton/1 |url-status=dead |quote= Central Nova MP Peter MacKay announced Wednesday that one of the two new ships will be named after Victoria Cross recipient Private James Peter Robertson.}}</ref>

On 10 February 2011 the ''[[London Free Press]]'' reported that ''Private Robertson V.C.'', and her [[sister ship]] {{ship|CCGS|Caporal Kaeble V.C.}} will patrol the [[Great Lakes]].<ref name=Lfp2011-02-10>{{cite news |url= https://lfpress.com/news/canada/2011/02/09/17217151.html |title= Fallen Heroes to be honoured with namesake ships Thursday |work= [[London Free Press]] |first= Bryn |last= Weese |date= 10 February 2011 |archive-date= 26 February 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110226075219/http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2011/02/09/17217151.html |url-status=dead |quote= The CCGS Corporal Kaeble and CCGS Private Robertson will be used in a joint maritime security program with the RCMP in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system.}}</ref> ''Private Robertson V.C.'' was based at [[Sarnia]], Ontario.<ref name=privaterobertson/> In February 2017, ''Private Robertson V.C.'' was among the Canadian Coast Guard ships named in a report claiming poisoned water aboard some vessels.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/coast-guard-carcinogen-1.3980958 |title=Potential carcinogen found in water used on Coast Guard ships |work=CBC News |last=MacKinnon |first=Catou |date=14 February 2017 |access-date=23 May 2017 }}</ref> In October 2019, ''Private Robertson V.C.'' was re-assigned to the [[British Columbia Coast|West Coast]] of Canada to allow the vessels stationed there to undergo refits, sailing via the [[Panama Canal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/business/perspectives-on-business/shipping-news-the-dirty-underbelly-of-cruise-ships-343258/ |title=Shipping News: The dirty underbelly of cruise ships |last=Ziobrowski |first=Peter |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=20 August 2019 |access-date=5 April 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820231817/https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/business/perspectives-on-business/shipping-news-the-dirty-underbelly-of-cruise-ships-343258/ |archive-date=20 August 2019 }}</ref>

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