CCGS Simcoe

CCGS Simcoe[note 1] 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.

The ship could carry 156.00 m3 (34,320 imp gal) of diesel fuel, had a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) and could stay at sea for 20 days.

[3] The ship was constructed by Canadian Vickers at their shipyard in Montreal, Quebec with the yard number 279.

[4] The vessel was sold in June 2008 to Sheridan Platinum Group Ltd, of Ontario.

CCGS Simcoe at Prescott, Ontario during the Great Icestorm of 1998