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CGS Simcoe (1909)

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Name
  
Simcoe

Owner
  
Government of Canada

In service
  
1909-1917

Length
  
55 m

Namesake
  
John Graves Simcoe

Port of registry
  
Ottawa, Ontario

Launched
  
1909

Builder
  
Swan Hunter

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Operator
  
Department of Transport Marine Service

CGS Simcoe was a 913 tonne lighthouse supply and buoy vessel of the Canadian government. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, generating 217 horse power. She was home-ported in Parry Sound. She sank with a loss of all aboard near the Magdalen Islands in 1917.

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CGS Simcoe (1909) Wikipedia