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In a Monday afternoon announcement at the Gerald M. Greenslade Gallery at the Conception Bay South Town Hall in Manuels, C.B.S., federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced that one of the 20 planned new Search &amp; Rescue (SAR) lifeboat ships will be named the CCGS Conception Bay.

Joseph Gibbons | Posted: Sept. 11, 2017, midnight | Updated: Sept. 30, 2017, 6:30 a.m. | 1 Min Read
Pictured beside a Canadian Coast Guard photo of what the Conception Bay will look like is coast guard assistant commissioner Jane Kelsey, CCG Supt. Barry Witherall, and Wade Stagg, acting regional director of fleets, all with the CCG Atlantic Region and based out of the CCG headquarters on Southside Road in St. John’s.
Pictured beside a Canadian Coast Guard photo of what the Conception Bay will look like is coast guard assistant commissioner Jane Kelsey, CCG Supt. Barry Witherall, and Wade Stagg, acting regional director of fleets, all with the CCG Atlantic Region and based out of the CCG headquarters on Southside Road in St. John’s.

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Based out of the Atlantic region, the new CCG “Bay” class of vessels, will all be named after geographical bays across Canada. The new high-endurance, self-righting SAR lifeboats will operate up to 100 nautical miles from shore, delivering improved SAR capability.

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