CCGS Cape Cockburn

Content sourced from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

CCGS Cape Cockburn is a Cape-class motor lifeboat of the Canadian Coast Guard. Built at Victoria Shipyards in Victoria, British Columbia, it was christened in 2003 and is based at the CCG Base French Creek in British Columbia (Pacific Region). It’s currently in active service.

Key details
- Class/type: Cape-class motor lifeboat
- Home port: CCG Base French Creek, British Columbia
- Registry: Ottawa, Ontario
- Builder: Victoria Shipyards Limited, Victoria, BC
- Yard number: 825415
- Status: Active

Dimensions and capacity
- Length: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
- Beam: 4.27 m (14 ft)
- Draft: 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in)
- Displacement: about 20 short tons (18 t)
- Fuel capacity: 400 US gallons
- Range: 200 nautical miles
- Endurance: 1 day
- Crew: 4 (plus up to 5 passengers)

Propulsion and performance
- Propulsion: 2 × diesel-electric engines, 675 kW total
- Speed: up to 25 knots (cruising ~22 knots)

Capabilities
- Operational winds: up to 50 knots
- Wave height: up to 30 feet
- Tow capacity: up to 150 tonnes displaced
- Construction: marine-grade aluminium

Electronics and navigation
- Radios: Raytheon HF-SSB, Motorola Spectra 9000 VHF 50W
- Loudhailer: Raytheon RAY 430
- Direction finder: Simrad TD-L1550 VHF-FM
- Navigation and radar: RAYCHART 620, ST 30 heading indicator, ST 50 depth indicator, NAV 398 GPS, RAYPILOT 650 autopilot
- Radar options: R41X AN or SPS-69

Cape Cockburn is one of 36 Cape-class lifeboats used by the Coast Guard for rescue missions and other missions at sea.