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The CCGS ''Cape Dundas'' is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.〔(Milliken Announces the Naming and Dedication of the Cape Hearne in Kingston Ontario ). Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Archived (here ).〕 She was christened in 2005, at the Canadian Coast Guard Sub-Station at Amherstburg, Ontario. On May 7, 2006, the crew of the ''Cape Dundas'' was credited with discovering a large spill of toxic oil from General Chemicals of Amherstburg.〔(Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2 / 14. ) Archived (here ).〕 ==Design== Like all Cape-class motor lifeboats, ''Cape Dundas'' has a displacement of and a total length of and a beam length of . Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, it has a draught length of . It contains two computer-operated Detroit DDEC-III 6V-92TA diesel engines providing a combined 870 shaft horsepower. It has two four-blade propellers, and its complement is four crew members and five passengers.〔 The lifeboat has a maximum speed of and a cruising speed of . Cape-class lifeboats have fuel capacities of and ranges of when cruising.〔 ''Cape Dundas'' is capable of operating at wind speeds of and wave heights of . It can tow ships with displacements of up to and can withstand winds and -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.〔 ==Port Hardy Base== Other ships at the base with Clarks Harbour include: * CCGS Clarks Harbour 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CCGS Cape Dundas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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