CCGS Westport
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Name | Westport |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
Builder | Hike Metals & Shipbuilding Limited, Wheatley, Ontario |
Yard number | 820275 |
Commissioned | 1997 |
Homeport | CCG Base Westport, Nova Scotia - Maritime Region |
Identification |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class motor lifeboat |
Tonnage | 43 GT |
Length | 15.77 m (51.7 ft) |
Beam | 5.18 m (17.0 ft) |
Draft | 1.25 m (4.1 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 3408 TA diesel engines, 704 hp (525 kW) |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) |
Endurance | 1 day |
Complement | 4 |
CCGS Westport is a Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue vessel homeported in Westport, Nova Scotia.[1]
She is a Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class motor lifeboat, based on the United Kingdom 15.77-metre (51.7 ft) Arun-class design.[1] She entered service in 1997.[2]
Westport is staffed by a crew of four and allows rescued persons to survive one day before help arrives.
See also
[edit]Westport is one of ten Arun-class lifeboats operated by the Canadian Coast Guard:
- CCGS Sambro - one of two lifeboat operating out of Sambro, Nova Scotia.
- CCGS Clark's Harbour - same class of boat operating out of Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CCGS Westport". Canadian Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Coast Guard's newest lifeboat to be christened". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 25 December 2002.