CCGS Cape Storm
 Cape Storm in 2008 | |
| Career (Canada) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cape Storm |
| Namesake: | Cape Storm |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | MIL/Metal Craft Marine Limited, Kingston, ON |
| Yard number: | 823616 |
| Christened: | 2005 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Parry Sound, ON - Central and Arctic Region |
| 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 |
On May 8, 2008 the Cape Storm participated in a ceremony to honour American sailors of the US Navy who lost their lives when the USS Scourge and USS Hamilton sank in Canadian waters during the War of 1812.
The CCGS Cape Storm is a Cape class motor life boat of the Canadian Coast Guard.[1] She is stationed at Parry Sound, and travels to the Lake Ontario terminus of the Welland Canal at Port Weller, Ontario.
References
- ↑ "CCG lifeboats". SARCentral. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05.
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