Name Vigilant Type 3rd Class Cruiser Launched 1904 Draft 3 m | Refit 1935, 1938 Beam 22 ft (6.7 m) Length 53 m Builder Polson Iron Works Limited | |
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Fate Sold, 1924
Scrapped, 1956 Tonnage 396 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
CGS Vigilant was an armed 3rd class cruiser employed as a Canadian Great Lakes Fisheries Protection vessel. She replaced CGS Petrel, which had previously performed these duties. Sold in 1924, she was later chartered by the Customs Preventive Service for East Coast patrols between 1927-29. In 1935 new owner had the cruiser converted to a barge by Port Colborne Iron Works, sold in 1938 and further converted as a crane barge for Hindman Transportation Co, Vigilant was decommissioned after 1944 and scrapped in 1956.
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