CGS Simcoe (1909)

Simcoe underway
History
Canada
Name	Simcoe
Owner	Government of Canada
Operator	Department of Transport Marine Service
Port of registry	Ottawa, Ontario
Builder	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited, Wallsend, England
Launched	21 January 1909
Completed	March 1909
In service	1909–1917
Homeport	Parry Sound, Ontario
Fate	Foundered 7 December 1917
General characteristics
Type	Lighthouse supply and buoy vessel
Tonnage	913 GRT
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engines 2 shafts 217 hp (162 kW) (nominal)

CGS Simcoe was a lighthouse supply and buoy vessel of the Canadian government acquired for service on the Great Lakes. Entering service in 1909, Simcoe was active until 1917 when the vessel foundered while transiting to Saint John, New Brunswick with the loss of 44 persons.