CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C.

Sister-ship CCGS Private Robertson V.C., the first Hero-class patrol vessel to be commissioned.
History
Canada
Name:	CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C.
Namesake:	Joseph Kaeble
Operator:	Canadian Coast Guard
Builder:	Halifax Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Homeport:	Burlington, Ontario
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hero-class patrol vessel
Length:	42.8 m (140 ft)
Beam:	7.11 m (23.3 ft)
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range:	3,700 km (2,000 nmi)
Endurance:	2 weeks
Capacity:	14
Crew:	9 + 5 Fisheries/RCMP officers

CCGS Caporal Kaeble is the second of nine Hero-class patrol vessels to be delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard .^[1][2][3][4]

The vessel is named after Joseph Kaeble, a winner of the Victoria Cross in the First World War.^[5]

On February 10, 2011 the London Free Press reported that CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C., and her sister ship CCGS Private Robertson V.C. will patrol the Great Lakes.^[6]

According to the Halifax Shipping News Caporal Kaeble V.C. was first "rolled out" in April 2012, to be painted, and again in June, to have her masts installed.^[7] They predicted she would be commissioned in October. The vessel was formally "unveiled" on November 13, 2012 at the Irving Shipyards in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she was built.^[8][9]

According to CBC News Canadian Minister of Defence Peter MacKay announced that Canada was considering arming the Hero-class vessels, during a speech he delivered at the unveiling ceremony.^[10]

References

1. "Ministers Ashfield and MacKay Commemorate A Fallen Canadian Hero With an Unveiling of the First Coast Guard Hero Class Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel". Mediawire. 2011-11-07. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, will unveil the first of the Canadian Coast Guard's nine new 'Hero' class ships currently under construction at the Halifax Shipyards. Each vessel bears the name of a fallen Canadian hero.
2. "Government of Canada Dedicates New Coast Guard Vessels in Remembrance of War Heroes". Marketwire. 2011-11-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C. and CCGS Private Robertson V.C. will be used in a joint Canadian Coast Guard/Royal Canadian Mounted Police program to enhance maritime security along the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence system. These vessels are the first of nine new mid-shore patrol vessels, that the Government of Canada intends to name after heroic Canadians who put their duty ahead of their safety in service to our country.
3. Frances Willick (2012-11-13). "New Coast Guard patrol vessel honours hero: VC winner Kaeble remembered November 13, 2012 - 8:12pm By FRANCES WILLICK Staff Reporter". Halifax Regional Municipality: Halifax Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2012-11-19. A newspaper account published in 1918 described his actions: “Cpl. Kaeble jumped over the parapet, and holding his Lewis gun at the hip, emptied one magazine after another into the advancing enemy, and although wounded several times by fragments of shells and bombs, he continued to fire and entirely blocked the enemy by his determined stand.”
4. "Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel". Canadian Coast Guard. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-04-09. The first two vessels, CCGS Private Robertson V.C., and NGCC Caporal Kaeble V.C., were delivered to Coast Guard in July 2012 and November 2012, respectively.
5. "The Canadian Virtual War Memorial: In memory of Corporal JOSEPH KAEBLE, who died on June 9, 1918 Arras, France". Government of Canada. 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
6. Bryn Weese (2011-02-10). "Fallen Heroes to be honoured with namesake ships Thursday". London Free Press. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. The CCGS Corporal Kaeble and CCGS Private Robertson will be used in a joint maritime security program with the RCMP in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system.
7. Peter Ziobrowski (2012-06-04). "Second Hero Class Vessel Rolled Out". Halifax Shipping News. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19.
8. "Ministers present new Coast Guard ship named for fallen hero". Metronews. 2012-11-13. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Canada’s defence and fisheries ministers were on hand Tuesday to present a new Coast Guard ship named for the first French-Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross.
9. Barbara Mottram (2012-11-13). "Ministers Shea And Mackay Present the CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C.". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. The Honourable Gail Shea, acting Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, today presented the second of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new Hero class vessels, the CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C.
10. "Government to consider arming coast guard vessels: Defence Minister Peter MacKay makes revelation in Halifax". CBC News. 2012-11-13. Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2012-11-19. He said the Organization of American States has been putting pressure on Canada to arm its coast guard to aid in combating drug and other contraband from entering North America.