CCGS Cove Isle
 CCGS Cove Isle and CCGS Thunder Cape, in Owen Sound
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| 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 grt |
| 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 |
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.
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
- ^ a b c "C.C.G.S. COVE ISLE". Retrieved 2008-09-28.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "CCGS Cove Isle". Canadian Coast Guard. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.