CCGS Simcoe

CCGS Simcoe 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  long overall with a beam of  and a draught of .  The vessel had a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 961 and a .  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 .  This gave the vessel a maximum speed of .  The ship could carry  of diesel fuel, had a range of  at  and could stay at sea for 20 days.  The vessel had a complement of 27, composed of 10 officers and 17 crew. 

Service history

The ship was constructed by Canadian Vickers at their shipyard in Montreal, Quebec with the yard number 279.    The second Canadian government ship named for John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, the ship entered service in November 1962.  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. 

Simcoe underwent modernisation in 1988.  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. 

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Category:Navaids tenders of the Canadian Coast Guard
Category:1962 ships
Category:Ships built in Quebec
Category:Ships of the Canadian Coast Guard