CCGS Cape Ann
Introduction '''CCGS ''Cape Ann'''''  is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 . ''Cape Ann'' was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and was dedicated at Victoria, British Columbia in June 2005 and is stationed at Tofino. ''Cape Ann'' was profiled in a segment on this class of motor lifeboats on the television show ''How things work''.
Design Like all s, ''Cape Ann'' 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 Caterpillar 3196 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. ''Cape Ann'' 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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