CCGS Corporal Teather C.V.

History
The CCGS Corporal Teather C.V. in Toronto
Canada
Name:	CCGS Corporal Teather C.V.
Namesake:	Robert Gordon Teather
Operator:	Canadian Coast Guard
Builder:	Halifax Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Homeport:	Burlington, Ontario
General characteristics
Class & 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:	9 + 5 Fisheries/RCMP officers

CCGS Corporal Teather, C.V. is the third of nine of the Canadian Coast Guard's Hero-class patrol vessels.^[1] She will be stationed in Burlington, Ontario, at the western end of Lake Ontario, near Hamilton.

References

↑ "Minister Oliver Welcomes the CCGS Corporal Teather C.V. to the Coast Guard Fleet". Toronto: Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2014-06-20. Archived from the original on 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2014-07-26. The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Finance, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, officially welcomed the new Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Corporal Teather C.V. into service at a ceremony in Toronto, Ontario today.

Hero-class patrol vessels

Private Robertson V.C. Caporal Kaeble V.C. Corporal Teather C.V. Constable Carrière G. Peddle Corporal McLaren M.M.V. A. LeBlanc M. Charles Captain Goddard M.S.M.

Equipment of the Canadian Coast Guard

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