CCGS Cape Storm
| File:CCG medium endurance lifteboat off Hamilton.jpg Cape Storm in 2008 | |
| History | |
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| File:Coastguard Flag of Canada.svgCanada | |
| Name | Cape Storm |
| Namesake | Cape Storm |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder | MIL Systems and MetalCraft Marine, Kingston |
| Yard number | 823616 |
| Christened | 2005 |
| Homeport | CCG Base Parry Sound, ON - Central and Arctic Region |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
CCGS Cape Storm is a Cape-class motor lifeboat of the Canadian Coast Guard.[1] Normally assigned at terminus of the Welland Canal at Port Weller, Ontario, she is currently undergoing a Vessel Life Extension and has been temporarily replaced by the CCGS Cape Lambton.
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
[edit | edit source]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 of 14 feet (4.3 m).[2] Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, it has a draught 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]