Cape-class motor lifeboat
 CCGS Cape Sutil at Port Hardy, British Columbia. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 47' MLB |
| Builders: | Textron Marine and Victoria Shipyards |
| Operators: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Cost: | US $1,214,300 |
| In service: | 1997–Present |
| Planned: | 36 |
| Completed: | 36 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 18 t (20 short tons)[1] |
| Length: | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Beam: | 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Draught: | 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Detroit Diesel 6V92TA DDEC-III engines, 435 hp (324 kW) each[1] 1,500 liter (373 usable imperial gallons) fuel capacity [1] |
| Speed: | 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) maximum 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) cruising[1] |
| Range: | 200 nmi (370 km) cruising[1] |
| Complement: | 4 crew, 5 passengers[1] |
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The Canadian Coast Guard maintains a fleet of 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) Cape-class motor lifeboats[2] , based on a motor lifeboat design used by the United States Coast Guard. In September 2009 the CCG announced plans to add five new lifeboats, bringing the total number of Cape-class lifeboats to 36.
The vessels are staffed by a crew of four, two of whom are rescue specialists.[3][4][5]
In spite of its name, the CCGS Cape Roger is a larger patrol vessel, not a Cape-class lifeboat.
The CCG also maintains some larger motor lifeboats based on Arun-class lifeboats designed in the United Kingdom.
Class list and distribution
| Region | Ship | Port | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Cape Fox | Lark Harbour, NFLD | |
| Cape Norman | Port Aux Choix, NFLD | ||
| Maritimes | Cap Breton | Shippegan, NB | |
| Cape Spry | Souris, PEI | ||
| Cap Nord | Summerside, PEI | ||
| Quebec | Cap d'Espoir | Tadoussac, QC | |
| Cap de Rabast | Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC | ||
| Cap Rozier | Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec | ||
| Cap Tourmente | Quebec, QC | ||
| Cap Percé | Mont-Joli, QC | Prep work for operational status at new station at Kegaska, QC | |
| Central and Arctic | Cape Chaillon | Thunder Bay, ON | |
| Cape Commodore | Tobermory, ON | ||
| Cape Discovery | Goderich, ON | ||
| Cape Dundas | Amherstburg, ON | ||
| Cape Hearne | Kingston, ON | ||
| Cape Lambton | Port Dover, ON | ||
| Cape Mercy | Cobourg, ON | ||
| Cape Providence | Burlington, ON | Spare | |
| Cape Storm | Port Weller, ON | ||
| Thunder Cape | Cobourg, ON | ||
| Pacific | Cape Ann | Tofino, BC | |
| Cape Edensaw | Powell River, BC | ||
| Cape Cockburn | French Creek, BC | ||
| Cape Farewell | Bella Bella, BC | ||
| Cape Kuper | Ganges, BC | ||
| Cape McKay | Bamfield, BC | ||
| Cape Mudge | Sandspit, BC | ||
| Cape Sutil | Port Hardy, BC | ||
| Cape Calvert | Patricia Bay, BC | Spare | |
| Cape Caution | Powell River, BC | ||
| Cape St-James | Patricia Bay, BC | Spare |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Motor Life Boat 47-Foot MLB". United States Coast Guard. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2012-02-29. mirror
- ↑ "New vessels ordered for Canadian Coast Guard". Marine Log. 2009-09-03. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
- ↑ "Vessels, Aircraft and Hovercraft: CCGC Cape Sutil". Canadian Coast Guard. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ↑ "CCG Cape Sutil". Canadian Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
- ↑ "COAST GUARD MOTOR LIFEBOAT CCGC SUTIL CHRISTENED TODAY IN PORT HARDY, BC". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. August 1, 2000. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ↑ "CCG lifeboats". SARCentral. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05.
External links
- Canadian Coast Guard Datasheet on the 47 MLB
- US Coast Guard Datasheet on the 47 MLB
- USCG COMDTINST M16114.25B 47ft Motor lifeboat operator's handbook
- Textron Marine contractor for the USCG 47 MLB
- MetalCraft Marine contractor for the CCG 47 MLB
- military.com
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