CCGS Penac
CCGH Penac was a Canadian Coast Guard AP1-88/100 Air Cushioned Vehicle or hovercraft and is based at CCG Hovercraft Base Richmond, BC. The primary missions of Penac was used for Search and Rescue off BC.[1]
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| Name: | Penac |
| Namesake: | Penac means "fair winds" in the Saanich |
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| Builder: | British Hovercraft Corporation, Cowes, England |
| Yard number: | 820572 |
| Launched: | 1984 |
| Decommissioned: | 2017 |
| In service: | 1984-2017 |
| Out of service: | 2017 |
| Refit: | 2004 |
| Homeport: | CCG Hovercraft Base Richmond, BC - Pacific Region |
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| Fate: | To be sold |
| Status: | Up for sale 2018. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | BHC AP1-88/BHT-130 hovercraft |
| Tonnage: | 3 GT |
| Length: | 25.4 m (83 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | Jet drive with 2 variable pitch turbos |
| Speed: | 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) maximum |
| Endurance: | 1 day |
| Complement: | 7 |
Penac was purchased in the UK in 2004.[2] as a used vessel. Originally named Liv Viking, it was a passenger hovercraft ordered by Hovertravel of Copenhagen and carried the livery for SAS. Liv Viking never entered service as her route was replaced with bridge.[3]
Sold back to the United Kingdom, it was purchased by the Government of Canada and converted to be used by the Canadian Coast Guard. The Liv Viking was stripped to its frame (to save paying design fees) and completely rebuilt to Canadian Coast Guard Specifications.
The Penac has been replaced with newer Air Cushion Vehicle CCGS Moytel (ACV) [4] The vessel was taken out of service in the Spring of 2017 and laid-up condition on land at the Canadian Coast Guard Station, Sea Island, British Columbia. It was listed for auction on Government of Canada Surplus website with a 15 August 2018 closing date.
See also
List of other Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft: