CCGS Sambro

CCGS Sambro
History
Canada
Name	Sambro
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry	Ottawa, Ontario
Builder	Hike Metals & Shipbuilbing Limited, Wheatley, Ontario
Commissioned	1996
Homeport	CCG Base Sambro, Nova Scotia - Maritime Region
Identification	MMSI number: 316001601 Callsign: CG2613
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboat
Displacement	36 tonnes
Length	52 ft (16 m)
Draft	5 ft (1.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Caterpillar 3408 TA diesel engines, 485 hp (362 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Range	250 nmi (460 km)
Endurance	1 day
Complement	4

CCGS Sambro is a Canadian Coast Guard motor lifeboat homeported in Sambro, Nova Scotia.

She is a Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboat, based on the United Kingdom 52-foot (16 m) Arun-class lifeboat design.[1] and forms the nucleus of Canadian Coast Guard Station Sambro (CCG Station Sambro) which maintains a crew of four personnel on duty 24 hours per day (two shifts) who are expected to be underway within 30 minutes of being tasked on a search and rescue (SAR) mission by Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax.[1]

MV Kitano rescue

On March 21, 2001, CCGS Sambro, CCGS Earl Grey, CFAV Firebird, HMCS Moncton, HMCS Goose Bay, CCGS Sir William Alexander and the commercial oceangoing salvage tug Ryan Leet tried to render assistance to the container ship Kitano which had caught fire off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia.[2][3] Kitano's cargo had caught fire when the vessel was in Force 8 to 10 winds. None of the vessels were able to render assistance.

Swissair Flight 111 response

CCGS Sambro was the first SAR asset to respond to reports of a commercial airliner crash at the mouth of St. Margaret's Bay on the evening of September 2, 1998. There were no survivors among the 229 people on board Swissair Flight 111 and CCGS Sambro returned to normal SAR standby after other CCG and Canadian Forces assets took over search and recovery operations.

Rescued the crew of Fireboat 08-448B

On September 17, 2008, Fireboat 08-448B capsized in Halifax harbour, while undergoing her acceptance trials and crew familiarization.[4] Sambro rescued all eight occupants, without serious injury.

See also

• CCGS Westport - one of two lifeboat operating out of Westport, Nova Scotia.
• CCGS Clarks Harbour - same class of boat operating out of Port Hardy, British Columbia.

References

1. "New home for Coast Guard rescue crews in Sambro". Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 20 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2 October 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2008. On-duty personnel must always be close to the lifeboat because they are on standby, with a response time of 30 minutes from the time they are "tasked" by Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax until they leave the dock.
2. "Marine Investigation Report, Container Fire, Container Vessel Kitano, Off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, 22 March 2001" (PDF). Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 28 January 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2008. The three SAR aircraft were forced to return to their base to await improved weather conditions, the CFAV Firebird could only proceed as far as Maughers Beach while the CCGS Earl Grey and the CCGS Sambro were forced to heave to and monitor the situation.
3. "Marine Investigation Report, Container Fire, Container Vessel Kitano, Off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, 22 March 2001: Summary". Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 28 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2008. The wind and sea conditions stopped the fire tug CFAV Firebird from proceeding beyond the middle harbour and prevented the other surface SAR vessels from getting alongside the vessel for any length of time to assist.
4. "Capsizing: Fireboat 08-448B, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, 17 September 2008, Report Number M08M0062". Transport Safety Board. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.