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CCGS Cape Hurd
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CCGS Cape Hurd is a 21.4-metre (70 ft) mid-shore patrol vessel formerly serving with the Canadian Coast Guard and last stationed in Sarnia, Ontario.[1] The vessel is classed for inland waters (Great Lakes) with no ice-class. It now serves as a fireboat in Toronto.
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Operator | |
Builder | Breton Industries Limited, Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia |
Yard number | 800748 |
Launched | 1982 |
Christened | 1982 |
Completed | 1982 |
Acquired | 1982 |
Commissioned | 1982 |
Recommissioned | 2015 with Toronto Fire Services |
Decommissioned | 2015 from CGS |
In service | 1982–present |
Stricken | 2015 |
Homeport |
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Identification |
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Fate | Transferred as reserve ship for the Toronto Fire Services |
Status | Retired from CCG in 2015 and active service with TFS since 2015 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Inland waters patrol boat / utility fireboat |
Tonnage | 55 gross tons |
Length | 21.4 m (70 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 2 MTU 8V396 Diesel engines |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Range | 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) |
Endurance | 2 days |
Complement | 4 |
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