Name Brant Commissioned 10 May 1928 Homeport Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Construction started 1899 Draft 3.7 m | Namesake Joseph Brant Decommissioned 1966 Length 38 m Weight 285 tons Builder Government Shipyard | |
Operator Department of Marine
Department of Transport Marine Service
Canadian Coast Guard | ||
CCGS Brant was a Canadian Coast Guard Ship operating as a navigation aids vessel between 1928 and 1966.
Commissioned 10 May 1928 as CGS Brant (using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship"), she saw service as a navigation aids vessel for the Department of Transport's Marine Service, stationed at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
With the creation of the Canadian Coast Guard in 1962, she was known as CCGS Brant. The last coal-burner in Canadian government service. Brant was decommissioned in 1966.
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