HMCS Constance
 Constance, possibly while in service as CGS Constance prior to the First World War. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
  Canada
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| Name: | Constance |
| Builder: | Polson Iron Works, Owen Sound, Ontario |
| Launched: | 1891 |
| Commissioned: | 1914, as HMCS Constance |
| Decommissioned: | 1919 |
| Out of service: | Sold for commercial use, 1920 |
| Notes: | Chartered by Customs Preventive Service, 1928-29 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 185 tons |
| Length: | 115 ft (35 m) |
| Beam: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Single screw, compound steam engine |
| Speed: | 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 23 |
| Armament: | 3 Nordenfelt machine guns (as built) |
HMCS Constance was a commissioned minesweeper of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the First World War. Originally built as a fisheries cruiser for the Department of Marine and Fisheries, upon completion she was transferred to the Department of Customs, and was used by the Customs Preventive Service. Along with sister ships CGS Curlew, and CGS Petrel, Constance was fitted with mine sweeping gear in 1912. All three vessels were taken into naval service after the outbreak of war in 1914, and were used for patrol or examination duties. After the war, Constance was sold for commercial use. Remaining in service until the early 1930s, she was chartered by the Customs Preventive Service in 1928-29.[1]
References
- ↑ Charles D. Maginley, and Bernard Collin, The Ships of Canada's Marine Services, (St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 2001), p. 72, 86. ISBN 1-55125-070-5
External links
- Converted civilian vessels
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Ship Technical Information
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Photo Archive
- "A New Dominion Cruiser: Something about the Constance, now being built", New York Times, March 20, 1892.
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