CCGS Simcoe
{{other ships|Simcoe (ship)}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Former CCGS Simcoe makes its way upstream on the St. Lawrence River enroute to Northern Georgian Bay.jpg |Ship caption=Former CCGS Simcoe makes its way upstream on the St. Lawrence River en route to northern Georgian Bay. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|coast guard}} |Ship name=Simcoe |Ship namesake=John Graves Simcoe |Ship operator=Canadian Coast Guard |Ship registry=Ottawa, Ontario |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Canadian Vickers, Montreal |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=279 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=November 1962 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= 2007 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= 1988 |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Prescott, Ontario |Ship identification=* {{IMO|5328603}} |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Sold 2008 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type= Buoy tender/light icebreaker |Ship tonnage= * {{GRT|961}}
|Ship length= {{convert|54.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|11.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= {{convert|3.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship ice class= |Ship propulsion=Diesel-electric |Ship speed={{convert|14|kn|km/h}} |Ship range= {{convert|5000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h}} |Ship endurance=20 days |Ship complement=27 |Ship sensors= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |
CCGS SimcoeCCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship was a Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender and light icebreaker. The second vessel of the name in Canadian government service, Simcoe was in service from 1962 to 2007 based out of the Coast Guard base at Prescott, Ontario working the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. In 2008 the ship was sold to commercial interests.
Design and description
Simcoe was an ice-strengthened buoy tender and light icebreaker, and was {{convert|54.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long overall with a beam of {{convert|11.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{convert|3.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The vessel had a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 961 and a {{NetT|368|disp=long}}.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=181}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/Vessel?vessel_id=127 |title=CCG Fleet: Vessel Details – CCGS Simcoe |date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225131833/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Fleet/Vessel?vessel_id=127 |archive-date=25 February 2018 |access-date=25 February 2018}} Simcoe was propelled by a two fixed-pitch propellers driven by a diesel-electric system (DC/DC) comprising two Paxman 4SA 12-cylinder diesel engines driving two motors creating {{convert|2000|shp|kW|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Saunders|2004|p=97}} This gave the vessel a maximum speed of {{convert|14|kn|km/h|lk=in}}. The ship could carry {{convert|156.00|m3|impgal|abbr=on}} of diesel fuel, had a range of {{convert|5000|nmi|km|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h}} and could stay at sea for 20 days. The vessel had a complement of 27, composed of 10 officers and 17 crew.{{sfn|Saunders|2004|p=97}}
Service history
The ship was constructed by Canadian Vickers at their shipyard in Montreal, Quebec with the yard number 279.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5328603|shipname=Simcoe |accessdate=1 January 2017}} The second Canadian government ship named for John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, the ship entered service in November 1962.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=181}}{{sfn|Maginley|2003|p=258}} The vessel was registered in Ottawa, Ontario, but was homeported at Prescott, Ontario in the Central Region for use on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.{{sfn|Maginley|Collin|2001|p=181}}
Simcoe underwent modernisation in 1988.{{sfn|Saunders|2004|p=97}} Remaining operational for 45 years, Simcoe was decommissioned and renamed 2007-01 in 2008. The vessel was sold in June 2008 to Sheridan Platinum Group Ltd, of Ontario.
References
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- {{cite book |last=Maginley |first=Charles D. |date=2003 |title=The Canadian Coast Guard 1962–2002 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiancoastgua0000magi |url-access=registration |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-075-6 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Maginley |first1=Charles D. |last2=Collin |first2=Bernard |name-list-style=amp |date=2001 |title=The Ships of Canada's Marine Services |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-070-5 }}
- {{cite book |editor-first=Stephen |editor-last=Saunders |date=2004 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Alexandria, Virginia |isbn=0-7106-2623-1 }}
External links
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Category:Navaids tenders of the Canadian Coast Guard