CGS Simcoe (1909)
For other ships of the same name, see CCGS Simcoe.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Simcoe |
| Namesake: | John Graves Simcoe |
| Owner: | Government of Canada |
| Operator: | Department of Transport Marine Service |
| Port of registry: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited, Wallsend, England |
| Launched: | 1909 |
| In service: | 1909-1917 |
| Homeport: | Parry Sound, Ontario |
| Fate: | Foundered, 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Lighthouse supply and buoy vessel |
| Tonnage: | 913 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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| Complement: | 44 |
CGS Simcoe was a 913 tonne lighthouse supply and buoy vessel of the Canadian government.[1] She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, generating 217 horse power. She was home-ported in Parry Sound. She sank with a loss of all aboard near the Magdalen Islands in 1917.
References
- ↑ "Ships of the CCG 1850-1967". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.
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