CCGS Mamilossa
CCGS Mamilossa is a Canadian Coast Guard Hoverwork AP1-88/400 Air Cushioned Vehicle or hovercraft based at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières, QC. The hovercraft is the newest in the CCG's fleet and their first built in the UK, the CCGS Sipu Muin and CCGS Siyay were built under license by Hike Metal Products of Wheatley, Ontario, Canada. She is the largest hovercraft exported by British shipbuilders.[1]
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| Name: | Mamilossa |
| Namesake: | Abenaki for it walks from the shore onto the water |
| Operator: | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Hoverworks Limited, Cowes, England |
| Yard number: | 833290 |
| Launched: | 2009 |
| In service: | 2009-present |
| Homeport: | CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières - Quebec Region |
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| Status: | in active service, as of 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Griffon Hoverwork AP1-88/400 hovercraft |
| Length: | 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power: | 3281kw |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Caterpillar C32 twelve cylinder diesels each producing up to 1125HP |
| Speed: | 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) maximum |
| Range: | 400-660 nm |
| Endurance: | 1 day |
| Complement: | 8 |
The primary missions of Mamilossa is used for SAR along coastlines in Quebec Region, but can perform other tasks:[2]
- navigation aid
- buoy tender
The hovercraft's name is Abenaki for "it walks from the shore onto the water fair winds".
See also
List of other Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft:
- CCGS Moytel
- CCGS Penac
- CCGS Sipu Muin
- CCGS Siyay
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