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The CCGS ''Cape Palmerston'' is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape class motor life boat.〔 〕 The ''Cape Palmerston'' was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver. She was officially named and dedicated at her home port, Campbell River, in June 2011. ==Design== Like all Cape-class motor lifeboats, ''Cape Palmerston'' 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 Palmerston'' 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.〔 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 Palmerston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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