Cape class motor life boat
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The Canadian Coast Guard
Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard is the coast guard of Canada. It is a federal agency responsible for providing maritime search and rescue , aids to navigation, marine pollution response, marine radio, and icebreaking...
maintains a fleet of 14.6 metre Cape-class motor lifeboats
, based on a motor lifeboat design
47-foot Motor Lifeboat
The 47-foot MLB is the standard lifeboat of the United States Coast Guard . The 47′ MLB is the successor to the 44′ MLB.The 47' MLB is designed to weather hurricane force winds and heavy seas, capable of surviving winds up to , breaking surf up to 6 m and impacts up to three G's...
used by the United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
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In September 2009 the CCG announced plans to add five new lifeboats, bringing the total number of Cape-class lifeboats to 36.
The vessels are staffed by a crew of four, two of whom are rescue specialists
Search and rescue
Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...
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In spite of its name, the CCGS Cape Roger
CCGS Cape Roger
CCGS Cape Roger is an Offshore Patrol Vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.The vessel was built at Ferguson Industries Ltd., Pictou and commissioned into the CCG in 1977. She underwent a modernization at Shelburne Marine, Shelburne in 1996....
is a larger patrol vessel, not a Cape-class lifeboat.
The CCG also maintains some larger motor lifeboats
Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboats
The Canadian Coast Guard maintains a number of Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboats.The Arun class lifeboats are considered "high endurance" lifeboats.They are staffed by a crew of four.The first vessels of this class were ordered in 1990....
based on Arun-class lifeboats designed in the United Kingdom
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Class list and distribution
| Region | Ship | Port | Notes |
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| Newfoundland and Labrador | Cape Fox CCGS Cape Fox The CCGS Cape Fox is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.She and a sister vessel,the CCGS Cape Norman,serve the North coast of Newfoundland.Her home port is Lark Harbour.... |
Lark Harbour, NFLD | |
| Cape Norman CCGS Cape Norman The CCGS Cape Norman is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.She and a sister vessel,the CCGS Cape Fox,serve the North coast of Newfoundland.Her home port is Port Aux Choix.... |
Port Aux Choix, NFLD | ||
| Maritimes | Cap Breton CCGS Cap Breton The CCGS Cap Breton is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.The vessel is stationed in Shippegan, New Brunswick.In September 2008, at her dedication, local Member of Parliament, Mike Allen said:... |
Shippegan, NB | |
| Cape Spry | Souris, PEI | ||
| Cap Nord | Summerside, PEI | ||
| Quebec | Cap d'Espoir | Tadoussac, QC | |
| Cap de Rabast | Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC | ||
| Cap Rozier | Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec Rivière-au-Renard is a village in the Gaspé Peninsula, in the province of Quebec, Canada.Originally settled in the 1790s by French-Canadian and Irish families, Rivière-au-Renard is located on the banks of a large open bay on the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the eastern end of the Gaspé Peninsula... |
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| Cap Tourmente | Quebec, QC | ||
| Cap Percé CCGS Cap Perce The CCGS Cap Perce is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.She was scheduled to be stationed at a new Coast Guard station in Kegaska, Quebec, on the Gulf of St Lawrence.... |
Mont-Joli, QC | Prep work for operational status at new station at Kegaska, QC | |
| Central and Arctic | Cape Chaillon | Thunder Bay, ON | |
| Cape Commodore CCGS Cape Commodore The CCGS Cape Commodore is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boats.The vessel was built in Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, British Columbia.The vessel was stationed in Tobermory, Ontario, in September 2005.... |
Tobermory, ON | ||
| Cape Discovery | Goderich, ON | ||
| Cape Dundas CCGS Cape Dundas The CCGS Cape Dundas is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.She as christened in 2005, at the Canadian Coast Guard Sub-Station at Amherstburg, Ontario.According to Roger Gallaway, the local member of Parliament:... |
Amherstburg, ON | ||
| Cape Hearne CCGS Cape Hearne The CCGS Cape Hearne is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.She as christened in 2005, at the Canadian Coast Guard Station at Kingston, Ontario.According to Peter Milliken, the local member of Parliament:... |
Kingston, ON | ||
| Cape Lambton CCGS Cape Lambton The CCGS Cape Lambton is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.The ship is named for the southern tip of Banks Island in the Northwest Territories and in turn named for Lord Durham, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham.... |
Port Dover, ON | ||
| Cape Mercy | Cobourg, ON | ||
| Cape Providence | Burlington, ON | Spare | |
| Cape Storm CCGS Cape Storm The CCGS Cape Storm is a Cape class motor life boat of the Canadian Coast Guard.She is stationed a Parry Sound, and travels to the the Lake Ontario terminus of the Welland Canal at Port Weller, Ontario.... |
Port Weller, ON | ||
| Thunder Cape CCGS Thunder Cape The CCGS Thunder Cape is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.She was built in Kingston, Ontario, in 2000, by MIL/ Metal Craft and was moved to Goderich, Ontario in October 2005.... |
Cobourg, ON | ||
| Pacific | Cape Ann CCGS Cape Ann The CCGS Cape Ann is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.The Cape Ann was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and was dedicated at Victoria, British Columbia in June 2005 and is stationed at Tofino.... |
Tofino, BC | |
| Cape Edensaw CCGS Cape Edensaw The CCGS Cape Edensaw is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.The Cape Edensaw was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and was dedicated at Victoria, British Columbia in June 2005.... |
Powell River, BC | ||
| Cape Cockburn CCGS Cape Cockburn The CCGS Cape Cockburn is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.The Cape Cockburn was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and is stationed at Powell River, British Columbia.... |
French Creek, BC | ||
| Cape Farewell | Bella Bella, BC | ||
| Cape Kuper | Ganges, BC | ||
| Cape McKay | Bamfield, BC | ||
| Cape Mudge | Sandspit, BC | ||
| Cape Sutil | Port Hardy, BC | ||
| Cape Calvert | Patricia Bay, BC | Spare | |
| Cape Caution CCGS Cape Caution The CCGS Cape Caution is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.The Cape Caution was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and is stationed at Powell River, British Columbia.On September 15, 2005,... |
Powell River, BC | ||
| Cape St-James | Patricia Bay, BC | Spare |
External links
- Canadian Coast Guard Datasheet on the 47 MLB
- US Coast Guard Datasheet on the 47 MLB
- USCG COMDTINST M16114.25B 47ft Motor lifeboat operator's handbook
- Textron Marine contractor for the USCG 47 MLB
- MetalCraft Marine contractor for the CCG 47 MLB
- military.com