CGS Simcoe (1909)

For other ships of the same name, see CCGS Simcoe.
Career
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.