In the 1980s and 1990s , '' Hudson '' took part in large surveys that were part of international programs such as the Joint Global Ocean Fluxes Study and World Ocean Circulation Experiment . In 1980 , '' Hudson '' circumnavigated North America . '' Hudson '' contributed significantly during recovery operations during the aftermath of the semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit '' Ocean Ranger '' that sank in Eastern Canadian waters on 15 February 1982 . '' Hudson '' saved all 24 crew members of MV '' Skipper 1 '' in the North Atlantic on 29 April 1987 . On 28 April 1988 , an explosion was spotted by the crew over the horizon . When '' Hudson '' arrived on scene , they found the tanker '' Athenian Venture '' on fire and in two pieces . '' Hudson '' recovered only one body from among the wreckage . In the 1990s , '' Hudson '' performed surveys in Greenland waters , Rankin Inlet and Chesterfield Inlet . During operations in Greenland waters , ice tore a gash in the hull of the ship . '' Hudson '' was forced to return to Canada for repairs . In 1996 , '' Hudson '' joined the fleet of the Canadian Coast Guard . '' Hudson '' contributed to the recovery operations during the recovery operations of Swissair Flight 111 in the waters off of Peggy 's Cove , Nova Scotia , Canada during the autumn months of 1998 . From 1999 to 2001 , '' Hudson '' performed surveys in the Sable Island region . In 2007 the Government of Canada announced several new shipbuilding projects for the Canadian Coast Guard , including a replacement for '' Hudson '' , expected to be in service by 2012 . The ship rescued the seven-man crew of the fishing vessel '' Ocean Commander '' which burned and sank on 6 July 2009 . The construction of the replacement for '' Hudson '' was delayed , forcing the Canadian Coast Guard to replace rusting plates aboard '' Hudson '' in 2012 . The repairs were completed in September 2015 . '' Hudson '' underwent a $ 4 million CAD refit beginning on 19 December 2016 . The refit was performed by Heddle Marine at their shipyard in Hamilton , Ontario . '' Hudson '' was towed out of Heddle Marine 's shipyard to the Canada Centre for Inland Waters in Burlington , Ontario , a Government of Canada facility . The vessel 's refit , scheduled to be finished in May 2017 was unfinished at the time of the ship 's removal . '' Hudson '' returned to the East Coast on 14 November 2017 to ensure that the ship was out of the Saint Lawrence Seaway before it closed . The ship underwent further refit at Halifax , which included modification to the cabins and laboratories . The ship is scheduled to return to service in April 2018 . On 12 February 2019 , St. John 's Dockyard Ltd. of St. John 's , Newfoundland and Labrador was awarded the contract to extend '' Hudson '' s service life by another five to ten years . '' Hudson '' began the six-month refit on 25 February
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