CCGS Cape Dundas

	Sister ship CCGS Cape Sutil at Port Hardy
History
Canada
Name:	Cape Dundas
Namesake:	Cape Dundas
Operator:	Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry:	Ottawa, Ontario
Builder:	Victoria Shipyards Limited, Victoria, British Columbia
Yard number:	826714
Christened:	2004
Homeport:	Canadian Coast Guard Sub-Station at Amherstburg, Ontario
Identification:	MMSI number: 316006894; Callsign: CG8079;
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Cape-class motor lifeboat
Tonnage:	33.8 GT; 25.3 NT;
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

CCGS Cape Dundas is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats.[1] She was christened in 2005, at the Canadian Coast Guard Sub-Station at Amherstburg, Ontario. On May 7, 2006, the crew of Cape Dundas was credited with discovering a large oil spill from General Chemicals of Amherstburg.[2]

Design

Like all Cape-class motor lifeboats, Cape Dundas has a displacement of 20 short tons (18 t), a total length of 47 feet 11 inches (14.61 m) and a beam of 14 feet (4.3 m).[3] 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 (650 kW). It has two 28-by-36-inch (710 mm × 910 mm) four-blade propellers, and its complement is four crew members and five passengers.[3]

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.[3] Cape Dundas 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-knot (110 km/h; 69 mph) winds and 20-foot (6.1 m)-high breaking waves.[3]

Communication options include Raytheon 152 HF-SSB and Motorola Spectra 9000 VHF50W radios, and a Raytheon RAY 430 loudhailer system.[3] 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.[3]

Port Hardy Base

Other ships at the base with Clarks Harbour include:

CCGS Clarks Harbour

References

Milliken Announces the Naming and Dedication of the Cape Hearne in Kingston Ontario. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Archived here.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2 / 14. Archived here.
"Motor Life Boat 47-Foot MLB: International Affairs (CG-DCO-I)". United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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[1] Milliken Announces the Naming and Dedication of the Cape Hearne in Kingston Ontario. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Archived here.

[2] Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2 / 14. Archived here.

[USCG-3] "Motor Life Boat 47-Foot MLB: International Affairs (CG-DCO-I)". United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.