CCGS Cap Percé
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| History | |
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| Name: | Cap Percé |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Victoria Shipyards Limited, Victoria, BC |
| Yard number: | 827262 |
| Christened: | 2009 |
| Homeport: | CCG Base Kegaska, QC - Quebec Region and various other ports in Maritime Region |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Cape Class lifeboat |
| Type: | SAR Lifeboat |
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| 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 |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h) cruise |
| Range: | 200 nmi (370 km) |
| Endurance: | 1 day |
| Complement: | 4 |
The CCGS Cap Percé is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.[1] She was scheduled to be stationed at a new Coast Guard station in Kegaska, Quebec, on the Gulf of St Lawrence. Like her sister ships she will be staffed by a crew of four, two of whom will be Search and Rescue technicians.
According to Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada:[1] "Given the intensive commercial fishing activities and the pleasure boat and ship traffic that characterize the area, Kegaska is a strategic location for a Canadian Coast Guard lifeboat station. Furthermore, this will allow us to consolidate our coverage in this critical sector of the Gulf of St. Lawrence."
Design
Like all Cape-class motor lifeboats, Cap Percé has a displacement of 20 short tons (18 t) and a total length of 47 feet 11 inches (14.61 m) and a beam length of 14 feet (4.3 m).[2] Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, it has a draught length 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 Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).. 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] Cap Percé 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]
