CCGS Brant
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|coast guard}} |Ship name=Brant |Ship namesake=Joseph Brant |Ship operator=*Department of Marine |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Government Shipyard, Sorel |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 1927 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= 1928 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= 1966 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Dartmouth |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Sold 1967 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Buoy and lighthouse (navigation aid) tender |Ship tonnage={{GRT|285}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|125|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|23|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|12|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship ice class= |Ship propulsion=*Triple expansion steam engine
|Ship speed= {{convert|10|kn|kph|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship complement= |Ship armament= |Ship armour= |Ship notes= }} |
CCGS Brant{{efn|name=CCGS}} was a Canadian Coast Guard vessel in service between 1928 and 1966. Stationed on the East Coast of Canada, Brant was deployed as a navigation aids tender. Brant was the last coal-burning vessel in Canadian government service.
Description
Brant was a steel-hulled vessel of trawler-design. The ship had a tonnage of {{GRT|285|disp=long}} and was {{convert|125|ft|m|1}} long with a beam of {{convert|23|ft|m|1}} and a draught of {{convert|12|ft|m|1}}. The ship was powered by a triple expansion steam engine driving one screw, creating {{convert|350|ihp|kW|lk=in|0}}. This gave the vessel a maximum speed of {{convert|10|kn|kph|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=68}}
Service history
Brant was constructed by the Government Shipyard in Sorel, Quebec and was launched in 1927.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}} The vessel was completed in 1928. The vessel was the second ship to be named for Joseph Brant in Canadian service. Initially in service with the Department of Marine as CGS Brant,{{efn|name=CGS}} Brant served as a navigation aids vessel for the Department of Transport's Marine Service, stationed at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. In 1962, Brant joined the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel was decommissioned in 1966 and sold in 1967.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=68}} Brant was the last coal-burning vessel in the Canadian government fleet.{{sfn|Appleton|1969|p=191}}
Notes
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{{efn
|name=CCGS
|CCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship
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{{efn
|name=CGS
|CGS stands for Canadian Government Ship
}}
}}
Citations
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Sources
- {{cite book|last=Appleton |first=Thomas E. |title=Usque Ad Mare: A History of the Canada Coast Guard and Marine Services |year=1969 |publisher=Department of Transport |location=Ottawa |oclc=2230587}}
- {{csr|register=MSI|id=5050505|shipname=Brant|accessdate=6 May 2017|ref={{sfnref|Miramar Ship Index}}}}
- {{cite book |last1=Maginley |first1=Charles D. |last2=Collin |first2=Bernard |name-list-style=amp |year=2001 |title=The Ships of Canada's Marine Services |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-070-5}}
External links
- [https://archive.org/stream/v4annualdepartme1928canauoft/v4annualdepartme1928canauoft_djvu.txt Annual Departmental Reports]
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Category:Navaids tenders of the Canadian Coast Guard
Category:Service vessels of Canada