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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]].<ref name=CcgUsqeuAdMare2013-06-24/><ref name=CanadasNavalHistory/>
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The three latter acronym '''CGS''' was applied to '''Canadian Government Ships''', prior to the creation of the [[Royal Canadian Navy]], and the [[Canadian Coast Guard]].<ref name=CcgUsqeuAdMare2013-06-24/><ref name=CanadasNavalHistory/>


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|+ Some ships that bore the ''CGS'' prefix
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! image || name || launched || retired || notes
! image || name || launched || retired || notes
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Aberdeen]]''
| [[File:Cgs aberdeen PA-130363.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Aberdeen]]''
|-
|-
| || ''[[CSS Acadia]]''
| [[File:Iron Fisheries Cruiser Acadia.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CSS Acadia]]''
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Alert]]''
| [[File:HMS Alert.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Alert]]''
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS C.D. Howe]]''
| [[File:C.D.Howe.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS C.D. Howe]]'' || 1950 || 1969 ||
* Brought supplies to Arctic settlements during the summer, served as an icebreaker in the Gulf of St Lawrence during the winter
* Transferred to the newly created [[Canadian Coast Guard]]
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Graham Bell]]''
| [[File:HMCS Canada CN-3793.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Canada]]'' ||  1904 || 1919 ||
* Served as a Fishery Protection vessel
* Transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] during [[World War I]]
* Sold in 1919
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Kestrel]]''
| [[File:CGS Graham Bell, next to the freighter Pennyworth, the first freighter to visit Churchill's new Port facilities, in 1933.jpg | 50px]] || ''[[CGS Graham Bell]]'' || 1929 || ? ||
* Served in [[Churchill, Manitoba]] until [[World War II]]
* Returned to Churchill after the war, where she was eventually wrecked
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Margaret]]''
| [[File:Cgs kestrel.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Kestrel]]'' || 1899 || ||
* Initially served as a Fishery Protection vessel on the west coast
* Transferred to the newly formed [[Royal Canadian Navy]] in 1910
* Sold in 1912
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Minto]]''
| [[File:HMCS Margaret CN-3226.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Margaret]]'' || 1914 || ||
* Built for the Customs Preventive Service, but pressed into service in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] during [[World War I]]
* Returned to the Customs service after the war
* Briefly transferred to the [[RCMP]] in 1932, then sold to the [[Brazilian Navy]]
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Petrel]]''
| [[File:CGS Minto, undated.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Minto]]'' || 1899 || 1915 ||
* Served as an icebreaker around [[Prince Edward Island]]
* Sold to [[Imperial Russia]]
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Simcoe (1909)]]''
| [[File:CGS_Petrel.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Petrel]]'' || 1892 || 1918 ||
* Transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]], during [[World War I]], and scrapped after the war
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Stanley]]''
| [[File:CGS Simcoe (1909).jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Simcoe (1909)]]'' || 1909 || 1917 ||
* 44 people lost their lives when she foundered
|-
|-
| || ''[[CGS Vigilant]]''
| [[File:Icebreaker_CGS_Stanley,_escorting_two_vessels.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Stanley]]'' || 1888 || 1935 ||
* Served as an [[icebreaker]] and a ferry on the east coast
|-
| [[File:Fisheries Protection vessel Vigilant.jpg | 100px]] || ''[[CGS Vigilant]]'' || 1904 || ? ||
* Served as a Fisheries Protection vessel on the Great Lakes
|}
|}
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The three latter acronym CGS was applied to Canadian Government Ships, prior to the creation of the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Canadian Coast Guard.[1][2]

Some ships that bore the CGS prefix
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 1950 1969
  • Brought supplies to Arctic settlements during the summer, served as an icebreaker in the Gulf of St Lawrence during the winter
  • Transferred to the newly created Canadian Coast Guard
HMCS Canada CN-3793.jpg CGS Canada 1904 1919
CGS Graham Bell, next to the freighter Pennyworth, the first freighter to visit Churchill's new Port facilities, in 1933.jpg CGS Graham Bell 1929 ?
Cgs kestrel.jpg CGS Kestrel 1899
  • Initially served as a Fishery Protection vessel on the west coast
  • Transferred to the newly formed Royal Canadian Navy in 1910
  • Sold in 1912
HMCS Margaret CN-3226.jpg CGS Margaret 1914
CGS Minto, undated.jpg CGS Minto 1899 1915
CGS Petrel.jpg CGS Petrel 1892 1918
CGS Simcoe (1909).jpg CGS Simcoe (1909) 1909 1917
  • 44 people lost their lives when she foundered
Icebreaker CGS Stanley, escorting two vessels.jpg CGS Stanley 1888 1935
  • Served as an icebreaker and a ferry on the east coast
Fisheries Protection vessel Vigilant.jpg CGS Vigilant 1904 ?
  • Served as a Fisheries Protection vessel on the Great Lakes

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.”
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