Glen class tugs

The "Glen"-class is a class of naval tugboat operated by the Canadian Armed Forces. The five vessels are divided between the two fleets of Maritime Command, with three assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic and two assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific.cite news
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* CFAV "Glendyne" (YTB 640),
* CFAV "Glendale" (YTB 641),
* CFAV "Glenevis" (YTB 642),
* CFAV "Glenbrook" (YTB 643)
* CFAV "Glenside" (YTB 644)

YTB 642, 643 and 644 are based at CFB Halifax while YTB 640 and 641 are based at CFB Esquimalt.

The Canadian Armed Forces operates six other smaller tugboats, the 140 ton CFAV Tillicum, and five 45 ton Ville class tugs.cite news
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While the Glen class tugs are equipped for firefighting, the Canadian Armed Forces maintains a pair of dedicated Fire class fireboats, the 140 ton CFAV "Firebrand" (YTR 562) and the CFAV "Firebird" (YTR 561), one each in each port.cite news
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quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfu.ca%2Fcasr%2F101-navy-aux-ytr-fire.htm&date=2008-08-23 mirror] ] The crews of the fireboats are cross trained and able to crew a Glen class vessel in emergencies.

The Royal Canadian Navy operated a fleet of tugboats during World War II 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. The vessels of the earlier class were sold off into civilian service, with the "Glenevis" still in civilian service as late as 2007.

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