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.
Former CCGS Simcoe makes its way upstream on the St. Lawrence River en route to northern Georgian Bay. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Simcoe |
| Namesake | John Graves Simcoe |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port of registry | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Builder | Canadian Vickers, Montreal |
| Yard number | 279 |
| Commissioned | November 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 2007 |
| Refit | 1988 |
| Homeport | Prescott, Ontario |
| Identification | IMO number: 5328603 |
| Fate | Sold 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Buoy tender/light icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 54.6 m (179 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance | 20 days |
| Complement | 27 |
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