CCGS Cape Discovery
CCGS Cape Discovery is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats.` She is stationed at Goderich, Ontario. At the vessel's official christening, on June 10, 2006, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Loyola Hearn, said: "Having this state-of-the-art vessel for our personnel provides them with greater safety, as they aid those in distress -- very often in conditions that put their own lives at risk. With the cutter Cape Discovery, we are well positioned to respond to emergency calls, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week."
CCGS Cape Discovery at Goderich, Ontario Canada | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Cape Discovery |
| Namesake | Cape Discovery |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder | Victoria Shipyards Limited, Victoria, British Columbia |
| Yard number | 826714 |
| Christened | 2004 |
| Homeport | CCG Base Amherstburg, Ontario - Central and Arctic Region |
| Identification |
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| 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) |
| Draught | 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × diesel electric engines, 675 kW (905 hp) |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) cruise |
| Range | 200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi) |
| Endurance | 1 day |
| Complement | 4 |
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