CCGS Thunder Cape
 CCGS Thunder Cape in Tobermory, Ontario | |
| Career (Canada) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Thunder Cape |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Builder: | MIL/MetalCraft, Kingston, Ontario |
| Commissioned: | 2000 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Meaford, Ontario |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cape-class motor lifeboat |
| Displacement: | 33.8 gross tons |
| Length: | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in) |
| Ice class: | Arctic Class 2 |
| Propulsion: | Diesel - 2 × Caterpillar 3196 |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 200 nmi (370 km) |
| Endurance: | 1 day |
| Complement: | 4 |
The CCGS Thunder Cape is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boats.[1] She was built in Kingston, Ontario, in 2000, by MetalCraft Marine and MIL Systems and was moved to Goderich, Ontario, in October 2005.
Assigned to the Central and Arctic Region, the lifeboat is stationed at Port Dover as of April 2013 and serves the Lake Erie area.[2] The boat is backed up by search and rescue operations from 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron (at CFB Trenton).
The Thunder Cape was damaged in a collision with the breakwater at the outlet of the Mission River in Thunder Bay.[3]
References
- ↑ Carol Bond (2007-11-16). "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.
- ↑ Vessel - Canadian Coast Guard
- ↑ Inland seas, Volume 60, Issue 4. Great Lakes Historical Society. 2004. p. 354. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
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