CCGS Cape Hearne

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History
Coastguard Flag of Canada.svgCanada
NameCape Hearne
NamesakeCape Hearm
Operator Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry Ottawa, Ontario
Builder Victoria Shipyards, Victoria, British Columbia
Yard number826833
Christened2008
HomeportCCG Base Kingston, Ontario - Central and Arctic Region
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and type Cape-class motor lifeboat
Tonnage
  • 33.8  GT
  • 25.3  NT
Length14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Beam4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
Draft1.37 m (4 ft 6 in)
Propulsion2 × diesel electric engines, 675 kW (905 hp)
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) cruise
Range200  nmi (370 km; 230 mi)
Endurance1 day
Complement4

CCGS Cape Hearne is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. [1] She as christened in 2005, at the Canadian Coast Guard station at Kingston, Ontario.

On March 27, 2012, Cape Hearne and Canadian and American helicopters and aircraft were deployed to help rescue the crew of the tugboat Patrice McAllister, which was disabled due to a fire in her engine room. [2]

Cape Hearne is near the mouth of the Coppermine River, on the Arctic Ocean, and is named after Samuel Hearne the first European to map the Coppermine River. [1]

Design

Like all Cape-class motor lifeboats, Cape Hearne 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 Hearne 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lawrence Swift (October 21, 2005). "Milliken Announces the Naming and Dedication of the Cape Hearne in Kingston Ontario". Canadian Coast Guard. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tugboat Fire on Lake Ontario – Helicopter Medivacs Crewmember". Marine Link. March 28, 2012. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012. A U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue crew responded aboard an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter from Air Station Detroit, and Canadian rescue crews launched aboard a C-130 aircraft, Griffin helicopter and the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Cape Hearne, a 47-foot Cape Class motor lifeboat from Kingston, Ontario.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Motor Life Boat 47-Foot MLB: International Affairs (CG-DCO-I)". United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. July 1, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
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