CCGS Westport is a Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue vessel homeported in Westport, Nova Scotia.[1]
She is a Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class motor lifeboat, based on the United Kingdom 15.77-metre (51.7 ft) Arun-class design.[1] She entered service in 1997.[2]
Westport is staffed by a crew of four and allows rescued persons to survive one day before help arrives.
See also
Westport is one of ten Arun-class lifeboats operated by the Canadian Coast Guard:
- CCGS Sambro - one of two lifeboat operating out of Sambro, Nova Scotia.
- CCGS Clark's Harbour - same class of boat operating out of Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia.
References
- ^ a b "CCGS Westport". Canadian Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Coast Guard's newest lifeboat to be christened". Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 25 December 2002.
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