Name Ottawa Mayhill Out of service 1947 Name C.P. Edwards Weight 338 tons | In service 1946 Identification 177552 Length 44 m Builder Collingwood Shipbuilding | |
Fate Sold to Department of Transport | ||
CCGS C.P. Edwards was a Canadian Coast Guard ship.
Entering into service as a coastal freighter in 1946 with the name Ottawa Mayhill, it was commissioned in 1947 as CGS C.P. Edwards for the Department of Transport's Marine Service, using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship", she served as a light vessel. The ship was named for the former Deputy Minister of the Department of Transport (1941-1948) and later Deputy Minister of Air Transport.
She was transferred into the newly created Canadian Coast Guard in 1962, and was decommissioned in 1974. Acquired by Kilbear Construction Company Limited 1975 and sold later to Marine Transport & Engineering Ltd. in 1976 for refitting.
C.P. Edwards was stationed at Parry Sound and remained there until being scrapped.