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's 36 s. She and a sister vessel, , serve the northern coast of

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. Her home port is

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. ''Cape Fox'' and ''Cape Norman'' were built in 2002 at Victoria Shipyards,

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. The two vessels were shipped from Vancouver to

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aboard another vessel, where they proceeded under their own power.

Design

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

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of and a total length of and a

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of . Constructed from marine-grade

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, it has a draught of . It contains two computer-operated Detroit DDEC-III 6V-92TA

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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 Fox'' 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 Fox Cape-class motor lifeboats 2002 ships Ships built in Victoria, British Columbia Ships of the Canadian Coast Guard