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's 36 s. ''Cape Dauphin'' was built at the Victoria Shipyards, in

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, British Columbia. She was officially named and dedicated at her home port,

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, in July 2011.

Design

Like all s, ''Cape Dauphin'' has a

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of , a total length of and a beam of . Constructed from marine-grade

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, it has a draught of . It contains two, computer-operated Caterpillar 3196

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s, providing a combined . It has two four-blade propellers, and its

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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 Dauphin'' 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

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152 HF-SSB and

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Spectra 9000 VHF50W radios, and a Raytheon RAY 430 loudhailer system. The boat also supports the Simrad TD-L1550 VHF-FM

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. 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

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, a RAYPILOT 650

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system, and either the R41X AN or SPS-69 radar systems.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape Dauphin Cape-class motor lifeboats Ships built in Victoria, British Columbia 2011 ships Ships of the Canadian Coast Guard