Canadian Government Ship

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The three latter acronym CGS was applied to Canadian Government Ship, prior to the creation of the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Canadian Coast Guard.[1][2]

image name launched retired notes
Cgs aberdeen PA-130363.jpg CGS Aberdeen
Iron Fisheries Cruiser Acadia.jpg CSS Acadia
HMS Alert.jpg CGS Alert
C.D.Howe.jpg CGS C.D. Howe
CGS Graham Bell, next to the freighter Pennyworth, the first freighter to visit Churchill's new Port facilities, in 1933.jpg CGS Graham Bell
Cgs kestrel.jpg CGS Kestrel
HMCS Margaret CN-3226.jpg CGS Margaret
CGS Minto, undated.jpg CGS Minto
CGS Simcoe (1909).jpg CGS Petrel
CGS Simcoe (1909).jpg CGS Simcoe (1909)
CGS Minto, undated.jpg CGS Stanley
Fisheries Protection vessel Vigilant.jpg CGS Vigilant

References

  1. Thomas E. Appleton. USQUE AD MARE: A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services, Canadian Coast Guard, 2013-06-24. Retrieved on 2014-05-18. “The Petrel was built for Great Lakes fisheries protection. Proving too slow to cope with American fishing tugs, she was transferred to the Atlantic coast about 1904 on the grounds that she was fast enough to deal with schooners. The Vigilant took over the Great Lakes work.”
  2. Canada's Naval History, Canadian War Museum. Retrieved on 2024-01-02. “Built in the United Kingdom, the CGS (Canadian Government Ship) Canada was a modern, high-speed ship intended for east coast patrols.”