CCGS Sambro


CCGS Sambro
Career
Name: CCGS Sambro
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry: Ottawa, Ontario
Builder: Hike Metals & Shipbuilbing Limited, Wheatley, Ontario
Commissioned: 1996
Homeport: CCG Base Sambro, Nova Scotia - Maritime Region
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics
Class and type: Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboats
Type: Medium SAR motor lifeboat
Displacement: 36 tonnes
Length: 52 ft (16 m)
Draft: 5 ft (1.5 m)
Propulsion: 2 × Caterpillar 3408 TA diesels, 485 hp
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Range: 250 nmi (460 km)
Endurance: 1 day
Complement: 4

CCGS Sambro is a Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue cutter homeported in Sambro, Nova Scotia.

She is a Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboat, based on the United Kingdom 52 feet (16 m) Arun-class motor life boat design.[1] and forms the nucleus of Canadian Coast Guard Station Sambro (CCG Station Sambro) which maintains a crew of 4 personnel on duty 24 hours per day (2 shifts) who are expected to be underway within 30 minutes of being tasked on a SAR mission by Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax.[1]

Contents

MV Kitano rescue

On March 21, 2001 CCGS Sambro, CCGS Earl Grey, CFAV Firebird, HMCS Moncton, HMCS Goose Bay, CCGS Sir William Alexander and the commercial ocean going salvage tug Ryan Leet tried to render assistance to the container ship Kitano which had caught fire off Chebucto Head.[2][3] The Kitano's cargo had caught fire when the vessel was in Force 8 to 10 winds. None of the vessels were able to render assistance.

Swissair Flight 111 response

CCGS Sambro was the first SAR asset to respond to reports of a commercial airliner crash at the mouth of St. Margaret's Bay on the evening of September 2, 1998. There were no survivors among the 229 people on board Swissair Flight 111 and CCGS Sambro returned to normal SAR standby after other CCG and Canadian Forces assets took over search and recovery operations.

Rescued the crew of Fireboat 08-448B

On September 17, 2008, Fireboat 08-448B capsized in Halifax harbour, while undergoing her acceptance trials and crew familiarization.[4][5] The Sambro rescued all eight occupants, without serious injury.

See also

Sambro is one of 10 Arun class lifeboats operated by the Canadian Coast Guard:

References

  1. ^ a b "New home for Coast Guard rescue crews in Sambro". Fisheries and Oceans Canada. September 20, 2005. http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/communications/maritimes/news05e/NR-MAR-05-26E.html. Retrieved 2008-02-13. "On-duty personnel must always be close to the lifeboat because they are on standby, with a response time of 30 minutes from the time they are "tasked" by Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax until they leave the dock." 
  2. ^ "Marine Investigation Report, Container Fire, Container Vessel Kitano, Off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, 22 March 2001". Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 28 January 2003. http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/2001/m01m0017/m01m0017.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-13. "The three SAR aircraft were forced to return to their base to await improved weather conditions, the CFAV Firebird could only proceed as far as Maughers Beach while the CCGS Earl Grey and the CCGS Sambro were forced to heave to and monitor the situation." 
  3. ^ "Marine Investigation Report, Container Fire, Container Vessel Kitano, Off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, 22 March 2001: Summary". Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 28 January 2003. http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/2001/m01m0017/m01m0017_sec1.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-13. "The wind and sea conditions stopped the fire tug CFAV Firebird from proceeding beyond the middle harbour and prevented the other surface SAR vessels from getting alongside the vessel for any length of time to assist." 
  4. ^ "Capsizing: Fireboat 08-448B, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, 17 September 2008, Report Number M08M0062". Transport Safety Board. 2009-11-13. http://www.tsb.gc.ca/ENG/rapports-reports/marine/2008/m08m0062/m08m0062.asp. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
  5. ^ Bob Couttie (2009-11-28). "The Little Fireboat That Couldn’t – ISO Standards Lack Risk Factors". Maritime Accident Casebook. http://maritimeaccident.org/2009/11/28/the-little-fireboat-that-couldnt-iso-standards-lack-risk-factors/. Retrieved 2010-01-16.