CCGS Clarks Harbour

Sister ship of Clarks Harbour, CCGC Sambro in Nova Scotia.
History
Canada
Name: Clarks Harbour
Namesake: Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry: Ottawa, Ontario
Builder: Hike Metals Products & Shipbuilding Limited, Wheatley, Ontario
Yard number: 819269
Launched: 1996
Homeport: CCG Base Port Hardy, British Columbia - Pacific Region
Identification: CG2612
Status: in active service, as of 2016
General characteristics
Class and type: Arun class lifeboat
Type: Medium SAR motor lifeboat
Displacement: 42 tonnes (46.30 short tons)
Length: 15.77 m (51 ft 9 in)
Beam: 5.18 m (17 ft 0 in)
Draft: 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range: 200 nautical miles (370 km)
Endurance: 1 day
Complement: 4

The Canadian Coast Guard has had two motor life boats named the CCGS Clarks Harbour.[1] The first was a 13 metres (43 ft) vessel, which entered service in 1996.

The second was a Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboat, based on the United Kingdom 15.77 metres (51.7 ft) Arun-class motor life boat design.[2] She is staffed by a crew of four.[3]

See also

Clarks Harbour is one of 10 Arun class lifeboats operated by the Canadian Coast Guard:

References

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