CGS Simcoe (1909)
For other ships with the same name, see CCGS Simcoe.
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) |
Propulsion: |
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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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