CCGS Cape Caution
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=CCGS Cape Caution.JPG |Ship caption=Cape Caution at Powell River, British Columbia. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|coast guard}} |Ship name=Cape Caution |Ship namesake= |Ship operator=Canadian Coast Guard |Ship registry=Ottawa, Ontario |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Victoria Shipyards, Victoria, British Columbia |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=8266000 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=2004 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=CCG Base Powell River, Victoria, British Columbia - Pacific Region |Ship identification={{MMSI Number|316005337}} |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship status={{Ship in active service}} |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= {{sclass2|Cape|motor lifeboat}} |Ship tonnage= {{GT|33.8}} |Ship length={{convert|14.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|4.27|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|1.37|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship ice class= |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed= {{convert|25|kn}} |Ship range= {{convert|200|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance=1 day |Ship complement=4 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |
CCGS Cape Caution is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 {{sclass2|Cape|motor lifeboat}}.
{{cite news
|url = http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2005/pr61-eng.htm
|title = Paul Steckle Announces the Naming and Dedication of the Search and Rescue Cutter Thunder Cape in Goderich Ontario
|publisher = Canadian Coast Guard
|date = 2005-09-15
|author = Dan Bate
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110826231713/http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2005/pr61-eng.htm
|archivedate = 2011-08-26
|url-status = dead
}}
The ship was built at the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and is stationed at Powell River, British Columbia.
Design
Like all {{sclass2|Cape|motor lifeboat}}s, Cape Caution has a displacement of {{convert|20|ST|t}}, a total length of {{convert|47|ft|11|in}} and a beam of {{convert|14|ft}}.{{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}} Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, it has a draught length 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|adj=on}} four-blade propellers, and its complement is four crew members and five passengers.
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|lk=in}} when cruising. Cape Caution is capable of operating at wind speeds of {{convert|50|kn}} and wave heights of {{convert|30|ft}}. It can tow ships with displacements of up to {{convert|150|t|ST}} and can withstand {{convert|60|kn|adj=on}} winds and {{convert|20|ft|adj=on}}-high breaking waves.
Communication options include Raytheon 152 HF-SSB and Motorola Spectra 9000 VHF50W radios, and a Raytheon RAY 430 loudhailer system. 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.
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