CCGS Cove Isle
CCGS Cove Isle is a navigation aids tender in the Canadian Coast Guard.[1] Cove Isle is assigned to the Canadian Coast Guard's Central and Arctic Region and is based out of CGS Base Parry Sound, Ontario, on Lake Huron.
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Name: | Cove Isle |
Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
Builder: | Canadian Dredge & Dock Limited, Kingston, Ontario |
Launched: | 1980 |
Completed: | 1980 |
Commissioned: | 1980 |
In service: | 1980-present |
Homeport: | CCG Base Parry Sound, Ontario |
Identification: |
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Status: | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Specialty Vessel - Navigational aid tender |
Displacement: | 92.05 GT |
Length: | 20 m (65 ft 7 in) |
Beam: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Draught: | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion: | 2 Cummins diesel engines |
Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Range: | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) |
Endurance: | 14 days |
Complement: | 5 |
Sensors and processing systems: | 127 E Sperry radar, Loran-Internav GPS, Magnavox Ray 88 × 2 and Ray 90 × 1 radios, ELAC and Datamarine depth sounders |
The ship is classified as specialist vessel and used in a variety of roles:[1]
- Resupplies and maintaining lighthouse stations along Georgian Bay
- carries out search and rescue support
- pollution cleanup duties (as required)
- science research support
The ship is not strengthened for navigation in ice-infested waters, so she operates from April to December, or when waterways are ice free.[1] She has a crew of five.[2]
References
- "C.C.G.S. COVE ISLE". Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- "CCGS Cove Isle". Canadian Coast Guard. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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