CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M.

CCGS Private Robertson V.C., the lead ship of the class
Career (Canada)
Name:	CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M.
Namesake:	Nichola Goddard
Operator:	Canadian Coast Guard
Builder:	Halifax Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Launched:	2014-05-21
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hero-class patrol vessel
Length:	42.8 m (140 ft)
Beam:	7.11 m (23.3 ft)
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range:	3,700 km (2,000 nmi)
Endurance:	2 weeks
Capacity:	14
Crew:	8 + 6 fisheries/RCMP officers

CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M. is one of the Canadian Coast Guard‍ '​s seven Hero class patrol vessels.^[1][2] She was launched in May 2014. Like the other vessels in her class she is named after a Canadian hero ( Capt Nichola Goddard, MSM) who lost their life in the course of their duty. The vessels are 42 metres (138 ft) long, capable of approximately 25 knots (46 km/h). Her design is based on the Damen Stan 4200 patrol vessel design developed by the Damen Group of the Netherlands.

The Canadian Coast Guard, unlike the Coast Guards of other nations, like the US Coast Guard, does not have a military role, and the vessels don't mount cannon or machine guns. The vessels do mount a water cannon, for fire-fighting. The vessel's primary roles will be fishery and environmental patrols, border control, search and rescue. The US Coast Guard employs cutters based on Damen's 26 metre design, and their Damen's 47 metre design. Jamaica's County Class cutters are 42 metre vessels, armed, like the US vessels.

Peter Mackay, currently the Canadian Minister of Justice, represented the Government at the vessel's launch on May 21, 2014.^[1] Goddard was killed on May 17, 2006, during a firefight in the Panjwaye District by rocket propelled grenades while protecting the outskirts of Kandahar.

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