The above photos are of 44-016 and shows her being fitted with a Mermaid 2704 ET engine at Ramsgate on the 6th February 1978. Photos from my collection

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Number	Gears etc.	Power	Max Speed	Organisation	Time Period	Click with left mouse button on images below, to view them larger
Cummins
V6-200	Capital Reduction Gears	200 hp	16 knots	US Coast Guard 44301-44336	1962-1978	Photo Brian Goulden V8-903 Cummins from Canadian Coast Guard boat CG 141. Photo Jim Scott V6-200 Cummins from U.S. Coast Guard boat 44322.
V6-215	Parsons hydraulic gearbox	215 hp	13 knots	RNLI	1966-1982
V6-300	?	213 hp	?	Canadian Coast Guard	?-circa 1974
V8-903	Capital Reduction Gears	380 hp	18 knots	Canadian Coast Guard	From 1981
Ford Sabre
Turbo-Plus	?	250 hp	16 knots	Iranian Coast Guard/Imperial Iranian Navy	From 1975	?
GM (General Motors Diesel) or Detroit Diesels
6V-53	Capital Reduction Gears	180 hp	15.3 knots	US Coast Guard 44300 (Prototype)	1962-Circa 1978	Photo BMC Gary J Hudson Engine room from a U.S. Coast Guard 44. Photo Eric Kozowski The starboard engine of the U.S. Coast Guard boat 44301. Photo Tom Haley 6V-92N engines in ex US Coast Guard 44306. Photo Jeff Marr The 44342 engine room with engines painted in Detroit Diesel blue!!!
What was unusual about this boat was that her first two engines were both right-handed with one gear running in forward and one in reverse. Later boats were set up in the normal manner.
6V-53	N45 injector and Borg Warner 73C Velvet Drive Reduction Gears	185 hp	12 knots	US Coast Guard 44337-44409, 44300-44336 from 1978	1965-mid 80's
6V-53	N50 injector and Borg Warner 73C Velvet Drive Reduction Gears	210 - 215 hp	12 knots	US Coast Guard	From mid 80's
6V-53	ZF Reduction Gears	?	?	US Coast Guard	44304 from late 90's
6V-53	Borg Warner Reduction Gears	?	?	Canadian Coast Guard	?
6V-92N	MG 509 Twin Disc	Circa 300 hp	15 knots	Ex US Coast Guard 44306	From 2006
6V-92TA	?	?	?	Canadian Coast Guard	1985-?
8V-53	?	?	?	Canadian Coast Guard	?
8V-71	?	Circa 300 hp	?	Canadian Coast Guard	From circa 1974
8V-53	MG 506 hydraulic gearbox	260 hp	?	RNLI	From 1974
Mermaid Ford
2704 ET Turbo Plus	?	?	?	Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving	From 1978	Photo from my collection Mermaid 2704 ET engine at Ramsgate on the 6th February 1978.
2704 ET Turbo Plus	?	250 hp	16 knots	RNLI	1973-1982
Caterpillar
3208	MG 506 hydraulic gearbox	203 hp	16 knots	RNLI	From 1979	Photo Ray Prichard 3208 Caterpillars from a Canadian Coast Guard 44. Photo from my collection 3208 Caterpillar port engine in ex RNLI 44-001 3 July 2002.
3208	MG-507 Marine Gear	210 hp	12 knots	Canadian Coast Guard	?
3208T	MG 506 hydraulic gearbox	250 hp	16 knots	RNLI	From 1978
Isuzu
?	?	?	?	Canadian Coast Guard	From circa 1974	?
John Deere
6076 AFM	?	300 hp	17 knots	Marine Towing and Salvage Co. (ex US Coast Guard, 44327 and 44332)	?	Photo Marine Towing and Salvage Co.
Volvo Penta
TMD 100A	MRF/700 Self-Changing Gears Ltd.	264 hp	12.5 knots	The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue	From 1968	Photo Bob Hutton Volvo Penta TAM41's in ex Canadian Coast Guard CG 107 September 2002. Photo from my collection Volvo Penta MD 100's in Arne Fahlstrøm 12 July 2005.
TMD 100A	MRF/700 Self-Changing Gears Ltd.	?	?	Ex Ole O. Hoshovde twin engines replaced by one TMD 100A engine	From 1975
TAM 41	ZF Reduction Gears	145hp	?	Ex Canadian Coast Guard CG 107/CCGC Burin	From 2001
?	?	250 hp	?	Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving	From ?

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