Name Sambro Port of registry Ottawa, Ontario Status in active service Weight 36 tons Displacement 36,000 kg Builder Wheatley, Ontario | Operator Canadian Coast Guard Commissioned 1996 Length 16 m Propulsion 361.7 kW Endurance 24 hours 0 minutes | |
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Homeport CCG Base Sambro, Nova Scotia - Maritime Region | ||
CCGS Sambro is a Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue ship homeported in Sambro, Nova Scotia.
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She is a Canadian Coast Guard Arun-class lifeboat, based on the United Kingdom 52 feet (16 m) Arun-class motor life boat design. and forms the nucleus of Canadian Coast Guard Station Sambro (CCG Station Sambro) which maintains a crew of 4 personnel on duty 24 hours per day (2 shifts) who are expected to be underway within 30 minutes of being tasked on a SAR mission by Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax.
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. The 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. The Sambro rescued all eight occupants, without serious injury.