CGS Vigilant

History
Dominion of Canada
Name: Vigilant
Builder: Polson Iron Works Limited, Toronto
Launched: 1904
Refit: 1935, 1938
Fate:
  • Sold, 1924
  • Scrapped, 1956
General characteristics [1]
Type: 3rd Class Cruiser
Tonnage: 396 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 175 ft (53 m)
Beam: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Draught: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion: Triple expansion steam engine, 65 hp (48 kW) (nominal)

CGS Vigilant was an armed 3rd class cruiser employed as a Canadian Great Lakes Fisheries Protection vessel.[1] She replaced CGS Petrel, which had previously performed these duties. Sold in 1924, she was later chartered by the Customs Preventive Service for East Coast patrols between 1927-29. In 1935 new owner had the cruiser converted to a barge by Port Colborne Iron Works,[2] sold in 1938 and further converted as a crane barge for Hindman Transportation Co, Vigilant was decommissioned after 1944 and scrapped in 1956.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ships of the CCG 1850-1967". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.
  2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/RN/Photos/Vigilant.html
  3. Charles D. Maginley, and Bernard Collin, The Ships of Canada's Marine Services, (St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 2001), p. 88. ISBN 1-55125-070-5
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