TTS Port of Spain

TTS Port of Spain, named after the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, is a Cape-class patrol boat of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard.^[1]

TTS Port of Spain at Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia in May 2021
History
Trinidad and Tobago
Namesake	Port of Spain
Builder	Austal, Henderson, Western Australia
Commissioned	November 2021
Identification	IMO number: 9881562 MMSI number: 362053000 Callsign: 9YAR Pennant number: CG41
General characteristics
Class & type	Cape-class patrol boat
Length	58.1 m (190 ft 7 in)
Beam	10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 x Caterpillar 3516C diesels 6,770 horsepower (5,050 kW) 2 shafts, 1 bow thruster
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	27

The $126 million contract to build two Cape-class patrol boats for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard was awarded to Austal in 2019.^[1] The two boats, Port of Spain and Scarborough, where delivered in May 2021 and reached Trinidad and Tobago on 7 July that year.^[2]

The two vessels were commissioned into the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard in November 2021 by the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley. Delivery of the ships had been expected in 2020 but had been delayed because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]