Severn-class lifeboat (Canada)

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Class overview
NameBay class
BuildersHike Metal Products Ltd., Wheatley Chantier Naval Forillon, Gaspé
Operators Coastguard Flag of Canada.svg Canadian Coast Guard
Preceded by Arun-class
Cost$151 million CAD
Built2015-
In service2017–
Planned20
Building4
Completed16
Active14
General characteristics
Displacement62.5 t (69 short tons)
Length19 metres (62 ft)
Beam6.3 metres (21 ft)
Draught1.67 metres (5.5 ft)
Propulsion2 x Wajax MTU 10V2000 M94 engines; 1,600 hp (1,193 kW)
Speed23.5 knots (27.0 mph; 43.5 km/h)
Range100  nmi (190 km)
CapacityTwo (2) survivors on stretchers and up to twelve (12) seated survivors.
Complement4+2

The Bay Class Lifeboat is a Robert Allan Ltd. modification of the shorter Royal National Lifeboat Institution's Severn-class lifeboat to meet the needs of the Canadian Coast Guard for off-shore search and rescue operations in severe conditions. They are referred to as the Bay class as each one is named after a Canadian bay. [1]

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Programme

In 2015, the Canadian Coast Guard announced a request for proposals (RFP) to build up to ten new search and rescue lifeboats as part of Canada's National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. The total has now been increased to 20, with Hike Metal Products of Wheatley, Ontario and Chantier Naval Forillon of Gaspé, Quebec equally building 10 each. [2]

The vessels are intended to replace the Coast Guard's ten Arun-class lifeboats, which averaged 18 years of service at the time of the RFP. [3]

The new design is the work of Canadian nautical architectural firm Robert Allan Ltd. and is a modification of the Severn-class lifeboat, making the vessels more suited to the extreme weather conditions that can be found off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. [4] Capable of 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph), the new vessels will be faster than the earlier 18.5kt Arun-class vessels. [5] They are capable of operating in 12-metre (39 ft) waves, and in wind conditions at 12 on the Beaufort scale. [6] The vessels' hulls will be aluminum, not FRC (fibre reinforced composite), as with the original Severn design.

Fleet

CCGS ON [7] NameBuiltCall SignIn ServiceStation MMSI [8] Comments
840996Baie de Plaisance2017 CNF2018– Cap-aux-Meules, Iles de la Madeleine, Quebec 316035925
841103Pennant Bay2017 HMPCGA25422018– Saint Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador 316035929
842018McIntyre Bay2017 HMP2018– Prince Rupert, British Columbia [9] 316038296
842071Pachena Bay2018 CNF2018– Port Hardy, British Columbia 316038603
842740Sacred Bay2019 HMPCGB32542019– Old Perlican, Newfoundland and Labrador 316039713
842854Conception Bay2019 CNFCGS64932019– Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador 316039989
843681Cadboro Bay2021 CNF2021– Tahsis, British Columbia 316041898
843977Florencia Bay2020 HMP2021– Hartley Bay, British Columbia 316041901
844581Hare Bay2021 CNFCGB25142021– Sambro, Nova Scotia [10] 316044024
844861La Poile Bay2020 HMPCGNX2021– Louisbourg, Nova Scotia [11] 316041477
845658Chignecto Bay2021 CNFCGR34162022– Port Bickerton, Nova Scotia 316045112
845659Shediac Bay2020 HMPCGA41382022– Saint John, New Brunswick 316045113
846080Chedabucto Bay2022 CNF2023– Clark’s Harbour, Nova Scotia [12] 316047969
846284Gabarus Bay2022 HMP2023– Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador [13] 316047972
847139Barrington Bay2023 HMP Burin, Newfoundland and Labrador 316049299
Baie des Chaleurs2023 CNF316049307
Groswater BayHMP

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References

  1. ↑ "High-Endurance Search and Rescue Lifeboats ('Bay Class')". 25 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Government of Canada to invest in eight search and rescue lifeboats for Canadian Coast Guard". 6 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Canada issues RFP for SAR lifeboats". Marine Log. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "New Robert Allan lifeboats". Maritime Journal. 15 July 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Robert Allan Design New Canadian Coast Guard SAR Lifeboats". Marine Link. 15 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. The new Canadian design is larger with a greater range than the RNLI vessel and has been specifically designed to handle the worst weather encountered year around in the waters off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The new design is also for construction in aluminium rather than FRP as are the Severn Class.
  6. ↑ "Robert Allan LTD. Design a new generation of high-endurance self-righting lifeboats for Canadian Coast Guard". 12 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bay Class Fleet". Government of Canada. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Marine Traffic".
  9. ↑ "CCGS McIntyre Bay Officially Dedicated into Service". VanguardCanada.com. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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