CCGS Cape Sutil

{{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=CCGC Cape Sutil at CCG Station Port Hardy.jpg |image_caption=CCGS ''Cape Sutil'' at Port Hardy, BC Canada }}

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'''CCGS ''Cape Sutil''''' is a Canadian Coast Guard {{sclass2|Cape|motor lifeboat|1}} stationed at Port Hardy, British Columbia.<ref name=CCG-CapeSutil>{{cite news| url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/vessels-navires/results_details_e.asp?name=CAPE%20SUTIL| title=Vessels, Aircraft and Hovercraft: CCGS Cape Sutil| publisher=Canadian Coast Guard| date=2007-11-07| accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref><ref name=CcgCapeSutil-Technical> {{cite web| url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Fleet/Vessel_pdf?id=1089&no_build=1| title=CCG Cape Sutil| publisher=Canadian Coast Guard| archive-date=2011-07-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726072240/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Fleet/Vessel_pdf?id=1089&no_build=1| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Dfo20000801>{{cite news | url=http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/p-releas/2000/nr0097_e.htm| archive-date=2003-10-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20031019234652/http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/p-releas/2000/nr0097_e.htm| title=COAST GUARD MOTOR LIFEBOAT CCGS SUTIL CHRISTENED TODAY IN PORT HARDY, BC| publisher=Department of Fisheries and Oceans| date=2000-08-01| accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref> She was commissioned by Herb Dhaliwal, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on 1 August 2000 at CCG Station Port Hardy at the northern tip of Vancouver Island.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1185&dat=20000809&id=t4QOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oIADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5420,804151&hl=en|title=The champagne hits the boat|publisher=North Island Gazette|date=9 August 2000|accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref>

==Design== Like all {{sclass2|Cape|motor lifeboat|1}}s, ''Cape Sutil'' has a displacement of {{convert|20|ST|t}} and a total length of {{convert|47|ft|11|in}} and a beam of {{convert|14|ft}}.<ref name="USCG">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/INTERNATIONAL/47ft.asp|title=Motor Life Boat 47-Foot MLB: International Affairs (CG-DCO-I)|publisher=United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security|date=1 July 2015|accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref> Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, it has a draught of {{convert|4|ft|6|in}}. It contains two, computer-operated Caterpillar 3196 diesel engines. Providing a combined {{convert|900|shp|lk=in}}. It has two {{convert|28 x 36|in}} four-blade propellers, and its complement is four crew members and five passengers.<ref name="USCG"/>

The lifeboat has a maximum speed of {{convert|25|kn|lk=in}} and a cruising speed of {{convert|22|kn}}. Cape-class lifeboats have fuel capacities of {{convert|400|USgal|l impgal}} and ranges of {{convert|200|nmi|km mi}} when cruising.<ref name="USCG"/> ''Cape Sutil'' is capable of operating at wind speeds of {{convert|50|kn|km/h mph}} and wave heights of {{convert|30|ft|m}}. It can tow ships with displacements of up to {{convert|150|t|ST}} and can withstand {{convert|60|kn|km/h mph}} winds and {{convert|20|ft}}-high breaking waves.<ref name="USCG"/>

Communication options include Raytheon 152 HF-SSB and Motorola Spectra 9000 VHF50W radios, and a Raytheon RAY 430 loudhailer system.<ref name="USCG"/> 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.<ref name="USCG"/>

==See also== * 47-foot Motor Lifeboat

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|CCGS Cape Sutil (ship, 1998)}} *[http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/Vessel?vessel_id=109 Official site]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape Sutil}} Category:1998 ships Category:Ships built in Kingston, Ontario Category:Cape-class motor lifeboats