CCGS Cap Percé
Introduction '''CCGS ''Cap Percé''''' is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 s.She was scheduled to be stationed at a new Coast Guard station in Kegaska, Quebec, on the Gulf of St Lawrence.Like her sister ships she will be staffed by a crew of four, two of whom will be search and rescue technicians.According to Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada: "Given the intensive commercial fishing activities and the pleasure boat and ship traffic that characterize the area, Kegaska is a strategic location for a Canadian Coast Guard lifeboat station. Furthermore, this will allow us to consolidate our coverage in this critical sector of the Gulf of St. Lawrence."
Design Like all s, ''Cap Percé'' has a displacement of , a total length of  and a beam of . Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, it has a draught of . It contains two computer-operated Detroit DDEC-III 6V-92TA diesel engines providing a combined . It has two  four-blade propellers, and its complement is four crew members and five passengers.The lifeboat has a maximum speed of  and a cruising speed of . Cape-class lifeboats have fuel capacities of  and ranges of  when cruising. ''Cap Percé'' is capable of operating at wind speeds of  and wave heights of . It can tow ships with displacements of up to  and can withstand  winds and -high breaking waves.Communication options include Raytheon 152 HF-SSB and Motorola Spectra 9000 VHF50W radios, and a Raytheon RAY 430 loudhailer system. The boat also supports the Simrad TD-L1550 VHF-FM radio direction finder. Raytheon provides a number of other electronic systems for the lifeboat, including the RAYCHART 620, the ST 30 heading indicator and ST 50 depth indicator, the NAV 398 global positioning system, a RAYPILOT 650 autopilot system, and either the R41X AN or SPS-69 radar systems.
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