CCGS Cape Storm

CCGS Cape Storm is a Cape-class motor lifeboat 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.

Cape Storm in 2008
History
Canada
Name: Cape Storm
Namesake: Cape Storm
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry: Ottawa, Ontario
Builder: MIL/Metal Craft Marine Limited, Kingston, Ontario
Yard number: 823616
Christened: 2005
Homeport: CCG Base Parry Sound, ON - Central and Arctic Region
Identification:
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Cape-class motor lifeboat
Tonnage:
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 (905 hp)
Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h) cruise
Range: 200 nmi (370 km)
Endurance: 1 day
Complement: 4

On May 8, 2008 Cape Storm participated in a ceremony to honour American sailors of the US Navy who lost their lives when USS Scourge and USS Hamilton sank in Canadian waters during the War of 1812.

Design

Like all Cape-class motor lifeboats, Cape Storm has a displacement of 20 short tons (18 t) and a total length of 47 feet 11 inches (14.61 m) and a beam length of 14 feet (4.3 m).[2] Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, it has a draught length of 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m). It contains two computer-operated Detroit DDEC-III 6V-92TA diesel engines providing a combined 870 shaft horsepower. It has two 28 by 36 inches (710 mm × 910 mm) four-blade propellers, and its complement is four crew members and five passengers.[2]

The lifeboat has a maximum speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) and a cruising speed of 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph). Cape-class lifeboats have fuel capacities of 400 US gallons (1,500 l; 330 imp gal) and ranges of 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) when cruising.[2] Cape Storm is capable of operating at wind speeds of 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) and wave heights of 30 feet (9.1 m). It can tow ships with displacements of up to 150 tonnes (170 short tons) and can withstand 60 knots (110 km/h; 69 mph) winds and 20 feet (6.1 m)-high breaking waves.[2]

Communication options include Raytheon 152 HF-SSB and Motorola Spectra 9000 VHF50W radios, and a Raytheon RAY 430 loudhailer system.[2] The boat also supports the Simrad TD-L1550 VHF-FM radio direction finder. Raytheon provides a number of other electronic systems for the lifeboat, including the RAYCHART 620, the ST 30 heading indicator and ST 50 depth indicator, the NAV 398 global positioning system, a RAYPILOT 650 autopilot system, and either the R41X AN or SPS-69 radar systems.[2]

References
  1. "CCG lifeboats". SARCentral. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05.
  2. "Motor Life Boat 47-Foot MLB: International Affairs (CG-DCO-I)". United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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