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:

References

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