CCGS Westport
Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue vessel
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CCGS Westport is a Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue vessel homeported in Westport, Nova Scotia.[1]
NameWestport
OperatorCanadian Coast Guard
BuilderHike Metals & Shipbuilding Limited, Wheatley, Ontario
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 |
| Home port | CCG Base Westport, Nova Scotia - Maritime Region |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class motor lifeboat |
| Tonnage | 43 GT |
| Length | 15.77 m (51.7 ft) |
| Beam | 5.18 m (17.0 ft) |
| Draft | 1.25 m (4.1 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 3408 TA diesel engines, 704 hp (525 kW) |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) |
| Endurance | 1 day |
| Complement | 4 |
She is a Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class motor lifeboat, based on the United Kingdom 15.77-metre (51.7 ft) Arun-class 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 ten Arun-class lifeboats operated by the Canadian Coast Guard:
- CCGS Sambro - one of two lifeboat operating out of Sambro, Nova Scotia.
- CCGS Clarks Harbour - same class of boat operating out of Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia.