CCGS Cape Roger
{{Short description|Canadian Coast Guard patrol vessel}}
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CCGS Cape Roger{{efn|CCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship}} is the lead ship of the {{sclass|Cape Roger|patrol vessel|0}} fisheries patrol vessels operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The ship entered service in 1977 and was assigned to monitor the Atlantic fisheries. During the Turbot War, Cape Roger took part in the detainment of the Spanish fishing trawler Estai. The ship is currently in service.
Design and description
Cape Roger is {{convert|62.5|m|ftin}} long overall with a beam of {{convert|12.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{convert|5.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/Vessel?vessel_id=44 |title=CCG Fleet: Vessel Details – CCGS Cape Roger |publisher=Canadian Coast Guard |date=4 February 2015 |access-date=31 December 2016}} The ship has a fully loaded displacement of {{convert|1465|LT|t|lk=on}}, a gross tonnage (GT) of 1,255 and a {{NetT|357|disp=long}}.{{sfn|Saunders|2004|p=99}} The ship is propelled by two Polar Nohab F212V 12-cylinder geared diesel engines driving one controllable pitch propeller and bow thrusters creating {{convert|3278|kW|lk=on}}. This gives the vessel a maximum speed of {{convert|18|kn|lk=in}}. Cape Roger carries {{convert|398.00|m3|impgal|abbr=on}} of diesel fuel giving the vessel a range of {{convert|10000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}} and can stay at sea for up to 31 days.
The ship was equipped with a flight deck located over the stern of the vessel and was capable of landing operations for one light helicopter. Cape Roger was initially fitted with a hangar.{{sfn|Saunders|2004|p=99}}{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=225}} In 2011, the hangar was removed and replaced with a workshop and the flight deck was modified and is capable only of helicopter hoisting. The patrol vessel is armed with two {{convert|12.7|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} machine guns.{{sfn|Saunders|2004|p=99}} The ship has a complement of 19, with 8 officers and 11 crew. The vessel has 23 spare berths.
Construction and career
The vessel was built at Ferguson Industries Ltd., Pictou, Nova Scotia with the yard number 201 and launched on 12 June 1976.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}} Named for a cape on the western side of Placentia Bay on the island of Newfoundland, the ship was commissioned into the Canadian Coast Guard in August 1977.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/CCGS-Cape-Roger |title=CCGS Cape Roger |publisher=Canadian Coast Guard |date=28 July 2014 |accessdate=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101091316/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/CCGS-Cape-Roger |archive-date=1 January 2017 |url-status=dead}} Cape Roger is registered in Ottawa, Ontario, but is homeported at CCG Base St. John's in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The ship is used to monitor the Atlantic Canada fisheries, primarily those on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
In 1993, Cape Roger and {{ship|CCGS|Sir Wilfred Grenfell}} were sent to track the Sea Shepherd vessel Cleveland Amory, which had chased the Cuban fishing trawler Rio Las Casas from the Grand Banks. With Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers embarked, Cape Roger boarded Cleveland Amory and detained the ship. Paul Watson was forced to sell Cleveland Amory to pay the fines for the incident.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=194}} In June 1994, Cape Roger was among the Coast Guard vessels sent to monitor the European fishing fleet on the Grand Banks after Canada claimed jurisdiction over the fishing in the area in what became known as the Turbot War. On 9 March 1995, the Coast Guard sent several vessels to detain the Spanish fishing trawler Estai. Cape Roger was given the job of closing with Estai and allowing the RCMP and Department of Fisheries and Oceans personnel to board the fishing trawler. The operation was successful and Estai was detained.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=195}} The patrol vessel underwent a mid-life modernization at Shelburne Marine, Shelburne in 1996.{{sfn|Saunders|2004|p=99}} On 3 October 1997, the small freighter Vanessa sent a distress signal which two merchants responded to, recovering nine survivors the next day. Cape Roger arrived on scene and recovered four bodies and one more survivor.{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=156}}
In 2011 Cape Roger underwent a $12 million refit.{{cite web |url=http://www.southerngazette.ca/community/2011/11/28/minister-tours-cape-roger-in-st-johns-2818362.html |title=Minister tours Cape Roger in St. John's |work=The Southern Gazette |date=29 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210184234/http://www.southerngazette.ca/community/minister-tours-cape-roger-in-st-johns-91001/ |archive-date=10 February 2018 |access-date=10 February 2018}} During this refit the flight deck and hangar were modified. In September 2016, Cape Roger took part in the search for survivors of the Pop's Pride fishing trawler sinking off the coast of Newfoundland.{{cite web |url=http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/2016/9/8/search-for-lost-fishermen-now-a-recovery-4636048.html |title=Search for lost fishermen now a recovery mission |last=Mullaley |first=Rosie |work=The Telegram |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101161807/http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/2016/9/8/search-for-lost-fishermen-now-a-recovery-4636048.html |archive-date=1 January 2017 |url-status=dead}} In December 2018, Cape Roger, along with {{HMCS|Glace Bay}}, {{HMCS|Summerside}}, a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and a United States Coast Guard took part in the rescue of four crew of the {{convert|15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} sailboat Makena which had been disabled {{convert|240|nmi}} south of Newfoundland.{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4771508/rescue-officials-emergency/ |title=Four crew rescued from disabled sailboat off coast of Nova Scotia |last=Quon |first=Alexander |work=Global News |date=17 December 2018 |access-date=10 January 2020}}
References
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- {{cite book |last=Maginley |first=Charles D. |year=2003 |title=The Canadian Coast Guard 1962–2002 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiancoastgua0000magi |url-access=registration |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-075-6}}
- {{cite book |last1=Maginley |first1=Charles D. |last2=Collin |first2=Bernard |name-list-style=amp |year=2001 |title=The Ships of Canada's Marine Services |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-070-5}}
- {{csr|register=MSI|id=7503180|shipname=Cape Roger |accessdate=31 December 2016 |ref={{sfnref|Miramar Ship Index}}}}
- {{cite book |editor-first=Stephen |editor-last=Saunders |year=2004 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Alexandria, Virginia |isbn=0-7106-2623-1}}
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Category:Cape Roger-class patrol vessels