CCGS Cape Dundas

Sister ship CCGS Cape Sutil at Port Hardy
Career (Canada)
Name: Cape Dundas
Namesake: Cape Dundas
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry: Ottawa, Ontario
Builder: Victoria Shipyards Limited, Victoria, BC
Yard number: 826714
Christened: 2004
Homeport: Canadian Coast Guard Sub-Station at Amherstburg, Ontario
Status: in active service, as of 2015
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:22 knots (41 km/h) cruise
Range:200 nmi (370 km)
Endurance:1 day
Complement:4

The CCGS Cape Dundas is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.[1][2]

She as christened in 2005, at the Canadian Coast Guard Sub-Station at Amherstburg, Ontario. According to Roger Gallaway, the local member of Parliament: ""Canadians, and particularly those of us who live along coastal routes, know the real importance of keeping these routes safe for our mariners. Having these state-of-the-art search and rescue vessels strategically located along our shores will provide additional support to our sailors, and will ensure that we continue to benefit from safe maritime trade and the recreational enjoyment on our waters.""

One May 7, 2006, the crew of the Cape Dundas was credited with discovering a large spill of toxic oil from General Chemicals of Amherstburg.[3][4]

Port Hardy Base

Other ships at the base with Clarks Harbour include:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2005/ca19-eng.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfo-mpo.gc.ca%2Fmedia%2Fnpress-communique%2F2005%2Fca20-eng.htm
  3. ↑ ARCHIVED - Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2 / 14
  4. ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tbs-sct.gc.ca%2Fdpr-rmr%2F2006-2007%2Finst%2Fdfo%2Fdfo02-eng.asp