CCGS Cape Cockburn


Sister ship CCGS Cape Sutil at Port Hardy
Career (Canada)
Name: CCGS Cape Cockburn
Namesake: Cape Cockburn
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry: Ottawa, Ontario
Builder: Victoria Shipyards Limited, Victoria, BC
Yard number: 825415
Christened: 2003
Homeport: CCG Base Powell River, BC - Pacific Region
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics
Class and type: Cape Class lifeboat
Type: SAR Lifeboat
Tonnage: 33.8 gross register tons (GRT)
25.3 net register tonnage (NRT)
Length: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Beam: 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
Draft: 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in)
Propulsion: 2 × diesel electric engines, 675 kW
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) cruise
Range: 200 nmi (370 km)
Endurance: 1 day
Complement: 4

The CCGS Cape Cockburn is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.[1] The Cape Cockburn was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and is stationed at Powell River, British Columbia.

References

  1. ^ Dan Bate (2005-09-15). "Paul Steckle Announces the Naming and Dedication of the Search and Rescue Cutter Thunder Cape in Goderich Ontario". Canadian Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfo-mpo.gc.ca%2Fmedia%2Fnpress-communique%2F2005%2Fpr61-eng.htm&date=2010-01-05.