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CCGS C.P. Edwards

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History
NameOttawa Mayhill
BuilderCollingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario
In service1946
Out of service1947
Identification177552
FateSold to Department of Transport
Canada
NameC.P. Edwards
NamesakeCharles Peter Edwards, former Deputy Minister of the Department of Transport
Operator
Commissioned1947
Decommissioned1974
HomeportCGS Base Parry Sound, Ontario
Fatescrapped
General characteristics
Typelighthouse supply and buoy tender
Displacement338 tonnes (372.58 short tons)
Length144 ft (44 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsiontriple expansion steam, 375 IHP

CCGS C.P. Edwards was a Canadian Coast Guard ship.[1]

Entering into service as a coastal freighter in 1946 with the name Ottawa Mayhill, it was commissioned in 1947 as CGS C.P. Edwards for the Department of Transport's Marine Service, using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship", she served as a light vessel. The ship was named for the former Deputy Minister of the Department of Transport (1941-1948) and later Deputy Minister of Air Transport.

She was transferred into the newly created Canadian Coast Guard in 1962, and was decommissioned in 1974. Acquired by Kilbear Construction Company Limited 1975 [2] and sold later to Marine Transport & Engineering Ltd. in 1976 for refitting.[3]

C.P. Edwards was stationed at Parry Sound and remained there until being scrapped.

References

  1. ^ "Ships of the CCG 1850-1967". Canadian Coast Guard. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-13.
  2. ^ Scanner, v. 8, n. 2 (November 1975) : Marine News
  3. ^ Artifact file 1976.0343, C.P. Edwards Triple Expansion Steam Engine, Canada Science and Technology Museum