CCGS Goéland

CCGS Goéland is one of three training vessels of the Canadian Coast Guard and located at the Canadian Coast Guard College in Westmount, Nova Scotia. The ship is based on the 44-foot motor lifeboat, a converted self-righting lifeboat and similar to the Waveney class lifeboat.

History
Canada
Name: Goéland
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Builder: Hike Metal Products, Wheatley, Ontario
Yard number: CCGC - 4
Launched: 1985
Completed: 1985
Commissioned: 1985
In service: 1985-present
Homeport: CCG Base Sydney, NS
Identification: VO9155
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: variant of Waveney class lifeboat
Type: Specialty Vessel - Training Vessel
Displacement: 92.05 grt
Length: 13.45 m (44 ft 2 in)
Beam: 3.86 m (12 ft 8 in)
Draft: 1.02 m (3 ft 4 in)
Propulsion: 2 Caterpillar 3208 diesel engines
Speed: 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Range: 150 nmi (280 km; 170 mi)
Endurance: 1 day
Complement: 3

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