CCGS Westport
 vessel similar to CCGS Westport | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| 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 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboats |
| Type: | Medium SAR motor Lifeboat |
| Displacement: | 43 tonnes (47.40 short tons) |
| Length: | 15.77 m (51.7 ft) |
| Beam: | 5.18 ft (1.58 m) |
| Draft: | 1.25 ft (0.38 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Caterpillar 3408 TA diesels, 704 hp |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 100 nmi (190 km) |
| 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 lifeboat, based on the United Kingdom 15.77 metres (51.7 ft) Arun-class motor life boat 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
Westport is one of 10 Arun class lifeboats operated by the Canadian Coast Guard:
- CCGS Sambro - one of two lifeboat operating out of Sambro, Nova Scotia.
- CCGS Clarks Harbour - same class of boat operating out of Port Hardy, British Columbia.
References
- 1 2 "CCGS Westport". Canadian Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.
- ↑ "Coast Guard's newest lifeboat to be christened". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 1998-06-03. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.
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