CGS Simcoe (1909)

For other ships with the same name, see CCGS Simcoe.
History
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)
Propulsion:
  • Triple expansion steam engines
  • 2 shafts
  • 217 hp (162 kW)
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

  1. "Ships of the CCG 1850-1967". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.

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