CCGC Sambro

CCGC "Sambro" is a Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue cutter homeported in Sambro, Nova Scotia.

The vessel is a 52-foot "Arun"-class lifeboatcite news
url=http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/communications/maritimes/news05e/NR-MAR-05-26E.html
title=New home for Coast Guard rescue crews in Sambro
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publisher=Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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date=September 20, 2005
accessdate=2008-02-13
quote=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 the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Halifax until they leave the dock.] and forms the nucleus of the Sambro Search and Rescue Station, 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 operation by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Halifax.

MV "Kitano" rescue

On March 21 2001 CCGC "Sambro", CCGS "Earl Grey",
CFAV "Firebird", warship|HMCS|Moncton|MM 708|6, warship|HMCS|Goose Bay|MM 707|6, CCGS "Sir William Alexander" and the commercial ocean going salvage tug "Ryan Leet" tried to render assistance to the container ship "Kitano" which had caught fire off Chebucto Head.cite news
url=http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/2001/m01m0017/m01m0017.pdf
title=Marine Investigation Report, Container Fire, Container Vessel Kitano, Off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, 22 March 2001
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publisher=Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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date=28 January 2003
accessdate=2008-02-13
quote=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 CCGC Sambro were forced to heave to and monitor the situation.] cite news
url=http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/2001/m01m0017/m01m0017_sec1.asp
title=Marine Investigation Report, Container Fire, Container Vessel Kitano, Off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, 22 March 2001: Summary
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publisher=Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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date=28 January 2003
accessdate=2008-02-13
quote=The wind and sea conditions stopped the fire tug CFAV Firebird from proceeding beyond themiddle harbour and prevented the other surface SAR vessels from getting alongside the vesselfor any length of time to assist.] 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.

wissair Flight 111 response

CCGC "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 onboard Swissair Flight 111 and CCGC "Sambro" returned to normal SAR standby after other CCG and Canadian Forces assets took over search and recovery operations.

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