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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 was 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]
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".[citation needed]
See also
List of other Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft:
References
- ^ "Largest Hovercraft Ever to Be Exported from the UK on Trials - News - Griffon Hoverwork". Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ Minister Shea Dedicates the New Hovercraft ACV Mamilossa
External links
- Canadian Coast Guard Fleet in Quebec
- Griffon Hoverwork News Archived 19 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- CCG PDF On CCGS Mamilossa
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