Cape-class motor lifeboat
CCGS Cape Sutil at Port Hardy, British Columbia. | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Cape class |
Builders | Textron Marine and Victoria Shipyards |
Operators | Canadian Coast Guard |
Preceded by | Arun Class |
Succeeded by | Bay Class |
Cost | US $1,214,300 |
In service | 1997–present |
Planned | 36 |
Completed | 36 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Search and rescue motor lifeboat |
Displacement | 33.79 GT, 25.34 NT |
Length | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)[1] |
Beam | 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)[1] |
Draught | 1.42 m (4 ft 8 in)[1] |
Propulsion | 2 x Caterpillar 3196 diesel engines rated 450 hp (340 kW) at 2100 rpm (373 usable imperial gallons) fuel capacity[1] |
Speed |
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Range | 200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi) cruising[1] |
Complement | 4 crew, 5 passengers[1] |
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) maintains a fleet of 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) Cape-class motor lifeboats[2] based on a motor lifeboat design used by the United States Coast Guard. In September 2009 the CCG announced plans to add five new lifeboats, bringing the total number of Cape-class lifeboats to 36.
The vessels are staffed by a crew of four, of which at least one is a rescue specialist.[3][4][5] In spite of its name, the CCGS Cape Roger is a larger patrol vessel, not a Cape-class lifeboat. The CCG also maintains some larger motor lifeboats based on Arun-class lifeboats designed in the United Kingdom. In 2021 a contract was awarded to Ocean Pacific Marine to upgrade the class over a 7 year period.[6]
Design
Cape-class motor lifeboats have displacements of 33.79 GT, total lengths of 47 feet 11 inches (14.61 m) and beams of 14 feet (4.3 m).[7] Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, ships have draughts of 4 feet 8 inches (1.42 m). They contain two Caterpillar 3196 diesel engines providing a combined 900 shaft horsepower (670 kW). They have two 28-by-36-inch (710 mm × 910 mm) counter-rotating, four-blade propellers. Each ship's complement is four crew members and 5 passengers.[7]
The lifeboats have a maximum speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) and a cruising speed of 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph). Cape-class lifeboats have fuel capacities of 1,560 litres (410 US gal) and an designed operational range of 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) when cruising.[7] They are capable of operating in sustained wind speeds of 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) and wave heights of 30 feet (9.1 m). They can tow ships with displacements of up to 150 tonnes (170 short tons) and can withstand 60-knot (110 km/h; 69 mph) winds and 20-foot (6.1 m)-high breaking waves. These ships must meet stringent stability requirements.[7]
Communication options include Raytheon 152 HF-SSB and Motorola Spectra 9000 VHF50W radios, and a Raytheon RAY 430 loudhailer system.[7] The lifeboats also support the Simrad TD-L1550 VHF-FM radio direction finder. Raytheon provides a number of other electronic systems for the lifeboats, including the RAYCHART 620, the ST 30 heading indicator and ST 50 depth indicator, the NAV 398 global positioning system, a RAYPILOT 650 autopilot system, and either the R41X AN or SPS-69 radar systems[7]
Class list and distribution
Region | Ship | Port | Notes |
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Newfoundland and Labrador | Cape Fox | Lark Harbour, NL | |
Cape Norman | Port Au Choix, NL | ||
Maritimes | Cap Breton | Shippegan, NB | |
Cape Spry | Souris, PE | ||
Cap Nord | Summerside, PE | ||
Quebec | Cap d'Espoir | Tadoussac, QC | |
Cap de Rabast | Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC | ||
Cap Rozier | Rivière-au-Renard, QC | ||
Cap Tourmente | Quebec, QC | ||
Cap Percé | Mont-Joli, QC | Prep work for operational status at new station at Kegaska, QC | |
Central and Arctic | Cape Chaillon | Thunder Bay, ON | |
Cape Commodore | Tobermory, ON | ||
Cape Discovery | Goderich, ON | ||
Cape Dundas | Amherstburg, ON | ||
Cape Hearne | Kingston, ON | ||
Thunder Cape | Port Dover, ON | ||
Cape Mercy | Meaford, ON | ||
Cape Providence | Burlington, ON | Spare | |
Cape Lambton | Burlington, ON | Spare | |
Cape Storm | Port Weller, ON | ||
Cape Rescue | Cobourg, ON | ||
Pacific | Cape Ann | Tofino, BC | |
Cape Cockburn | French Creek, BC | ||
Cape Farewell | Bella Bella, BC | ||
Cape Naden | Ganges, BC | ||
Cape McKay | Bamfield, BC | ||
Cape Mudge | Sandspit, BC | ||
Cape Sutil | Port Hardy, BC | ||
Cape Calvert | Victoria, BC | ||
Cape Caution | Powell River, BC | ||
Cape Palmerston | Campbell River, BC | ||
Cape Kuper | Patricia Bay, BC | Spare | |
Cape St-James | Patricia Bay, BC | Spare |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Motor Life Boat 47-Foot MLB". United States Coast Guard. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ^ "New vessels ordered for Canadian Coast Guard". Marine Log. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 September 2009.
- ^ "Vessels, Aircraft and Hovercraft: CCGC Cape Sutil". Canadian Coast Guard. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
- ^ "CCG Cape Sutil". Canadian Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ^ "COAST GUARD MOTOR LIFEBOAT CCGC SUTIL CHRISTENED TODAY IN PORT HARDY, BC". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 1 August 2000. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
- ^ "Campbell River company awarded $23.4 million federal contract to renew Coast Guard motorboats". 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Motor Life Boat 47-Foot MLB: International Affairs (CG-DCO-I)". United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "CCG lifeboats". SARCentral. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
External links
- Canadian Coast Guard Datasheet on the 47 MLB
- US Coast Guard Datasheet on the 47 MLB
- USCG COMDTINST M16114.25B 47ft Motor lifeboat operator's handbook
- Textron Marine contractor for the USCG 47 MLB
- MetalCraft Marine contractor for the CCG 47 MLB
- military.com
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- Cape Sutil
- Cape Calvert
- Cape St-James
- Cape Storm
- Cape Lambton
- Thunder Cape
- Cape Mercy
- Cape de Rabast
- Cape Fox
- Cap Rozier
- Cape Norman
- Cape Farewell
- Cape Mudge
- Cape Spry
- Cape Ann
- Cape Edensaw
- Cape Cockburn
- Cape Commodore
- Cape Caution
- Cape McKay
- Cape Kuper
- Cap Breton
- Cape Chaillon
- Cape Discovery
- Cape Providence
- Cap Nord
- Cap d'Espoir
- Cap Tourmente
- Cap Percé
- Cape Dundas
- Cape Hearne
- Cape Dauphin
- Cape Naden
- Cape Palmerston
- Cape Rescue
- Cap Aulapuk
- Preceded by: Arun class
- Followed by: None