CGS Vigilant
Vigilant alongside
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| Name: | Vigilant |
| Builder: | Polson Iron Works Limited, Toronto |
| Launched: | 11 September 1904 |
| Completed: | 1904 |
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| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 396 GRT |
| Length: | 175 ft (53.3 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
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| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Armament: | 2 × QF 3-pounder guns |
CGS Vigilant was a Fisheries Protection patrol vessel employed on the Canadian Great Lakes. Completed in 1904, the vessel remained in service on the Great Lakes until 1924. The vessel was then chartered by the Canadian Customs Preventive Service until 1929 for service on the East Coast of Canada. The ship was sold to private interests and converted to a barge and remained in service until 1956 when the vessel was broken up.
Vigilant, designed as an armed patrol vessel for service on the Great Lakes, was of steel construction and fitted with a ram bow. The vessel was 175 feet (53.3 m) long with a beam of 22 feet (6.7 m) and a draught of 10 ft (3.0 m). Vigilant had a tonnage of 396 gross register tons (GRT). The ship was powered by two triple expansion steam engines driving two screws creating 130 hp (97 kW) (nominal) or 1,250 indicated horsepower (932 kW). This gave the vessel a maximum speed of 17 knots (31 km/h). The vessel was armed with two QF 3-pounder guns.
Vigilant, described as the "first modern warship to be built in Canada", was acquired for patrol service on the Great Lakes to replace the aging CGS Petrel. The vessel was constructed by Polson Iron Works Limited at their shipyard in Toronto and was launched on 11 September 1904, and completed later in the year.
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