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	CCGS Cape Sutil at Port Hardy, British Columbia.
Class overview
Name	Cape class
Builders	Textron Marine and Victoria Shipyards
Operators	Canadian Coast Guard
Preceded by	Arun Class
Succeeded by	Bay Class
Cost	US $1,214,300
In service	1997–present
Planned	36
Completed	36
General characteristics
Type	Search and rescue motor lifeboat
Displacement	33.79 GT, 25.34 NT
Length	14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Beam	4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
Draught	1.42 m (4 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 x Caterpillar 3196 diesel engines rated 450 hp (340 kW) at 2100 rpm (373 usable imperial gallons) fuel capacity
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) maximum; 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) cruising;
Range	200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi) cruising
Complement	4 crew, 5 passengers

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) maintains a fleet of 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) Cape-class motor lifeboats^[2] based on a motor lifeboat design used by the United States Coast Guard. In September 2009 the CCG announced plans to add five new lifeboats, bringing the total number of Cape-class lifeboats to 36.

The vessels are staffed by a crew of four, of which at least one is a rescue specialist.^[3]^[4]^[5] In spite of its name, the CCGS Cape Roger is a larger patrol vessel, not a Cape-class lifeboat. The CCG also maintains some larger motor lifeboats based on Arun-class lifeboats designed in the United Kingdom. In 2021 a contract was awarded to Ocean Pacific Marine to upgrade the class over a 7 year period.^[6]

Design

Cape-class motor lifeboats have displacements of 33.79 GT, total lengths of 47 feet 11 inches (14.61 m) and beams of 14 feet (4.3 m).^[7] Constructed from marine-grade aluminium, ships have draughts of 4 feet 8 inches (1.42 m). They contain two Caterpillar 3196 diesel engines providing a combined 900 shaft horsepower (670 kW). They have two 28-by-36-inch (710 mm × 910 mm) counter-rotating, four-blade propellers. Each ship's complement is four crew members and 5 passengers.^[7]

The lifeboats have a maximum speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) and a cruising speed of 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph). Cape-class lifeboats have fuel capacities of 1,560 litres (410 US gal) and an designed operational range of 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) when cruising.^[7] They are capable of operating in sustained wind speeds of 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) and wave heights of 30 feet (9.1 m). They can tow ships with displacements of up to 150 tonnes (170 short tons) and can withstand 60-knot (110 km/h; 69 mph) winds and 20-foot (6.1 m)-high breaking waves. These ships must meet stringent stability requirements.^[7]

Communication options include Raytheon 152 HF-SSB and Motorola Spectra 9000 VHF50W radios, and a Raytheon RAY 430 loudhailer system.^[7] The lifeboats also support the Simrad TD-L1550 VHF-FM radio direction finder. Raytheon provides a number of other electronic systems for the lifeboats, 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^[7]

Class list and distribution

**cape class Positions as of 26 October 2009^[8]**
Region	Ship	Port	Notes
Newfoundland and Labrador	Cape Fox	Lark Harbour, NL
Newfoundland and Labrador	Cape Norman	Port Au Choix, NL
Maritimes	Cap Breton	Shippegan, NB
	Cape Spry	Souris, PE
	Cap Nord	Summerside, PE
Quebec	Cap d'Espoir	Tadoussac, QC
	Cap de Rabast	Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC
	Cap Rozier	Rivière-au-Renard, QC
	Cap Tourmente	Quebec, QC
	Cap Percé	Mont-Joli, QC	Prep work for operational status at new station at Kegaska, QC
Central and Arctic	Cape Chaillon	Thunder Bay, ON
	Cape Commodore	Tobermory, ON
	Cape Discovery	Goderich, ON
	Cape Dundas	Amherstburg, ON
	Cape Hearne	Kingston, ON
	Thunder Cape	Port Dover, ON
	Cape Mercy	Meaford, ON
	Cape Providence	Burlington, ON	Spare
	Cape Lambton	Burlington, ON	Spare
	Cape Storm	Port Weller, ON
	Cape Rescue	Cobourg, ON
Pacific	Cape Ann	Tofino, BC

	Cape Cockburn	French Creek, BC
	Cape Farewell	Bella Bella, BC
	Cape Naden	Ganges, BC
	Cape McKay	Bamfield, BC
	Cape Mudge	Sandspit, BC
	Cape Sutil	Port Hardy, BC
	Cape Calvert	Victoria, BC
	Cape Caution	Powell River, BC
	Cape Palmerston	Campbell River, BC
	Cape Kuper	Patricia Bay, BC	Spare
	Cape St-James	Patricia Bay, BC	Spare