CCGS CG 117
CCGS CG 117 was one of three training vessels of the Canadian Coast Guard and located at the Canadian Coast Guard College in Westmount, Nova Scotia. The ship is based on the 44-foot Motor Lifeboat, a converted self-righting lifeboat and variant of the Waveney class lifeboat. It was sold in 2011.[1]
History | |
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Canada | |
Name | 117 |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
Builder | Eastern Equipment Ltd., Montreal |
Yard number | CCGC - 1 |
Launched | 1975 |
Completed | 1975 |
Commissioned | 1975 |
Decommissioned | 2011 |
In service | 1975–2011 |
Out of service | 2011 |
Homeport | CCG Base Sydney |
Identification | CG2614 |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics | |
Type | Specialty Vessel – Training Vessel |
Displacement | 20 grt |
Length | 13.45 m (44 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | 2 Detroit Series 53 diesel engines |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 150 nmi (280 km; 170 mi) |
Endurance | 1 day |
Complement | 3 |
See also
- CCGS CG 118 – sister boat and retired training vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard
- CCGS Goéland
- CCGS CG117 - a song about the boat by David Lance Morgan
References
- ^ "Coast Guard Ships and Boats Acquired Since WWII". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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