HMCS Canada
CGS Canada (front) at Barrow-in-Furness in 1904
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| Name: | Canada |
| Builder: | Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched: | 15 June 1904 |
| Completed: | July 1904 |
| Renamed: | Queen of Nassau (1924) |
| Fate: | sold for commercial use, sunk 2 July 1926 |
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| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 411 GRT |
| Displacement: | 557 long tons (566 t) |
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| Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 1,800 ihp (1,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × shafts, triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 60 |
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CGS Canada was a patrol vessel, sometimes referred to as a cruiser, in the Fisheries Protection Service of Canada, an enforcement agency that was part of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. Canada is considered to be the nucleus of the Royal Canadian Navy for her role in training Canadian naval officers and asserting Canadian sovereignty. Canada saw service in the First World War and was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Canada during that conflict. Following the war, the vessel was sold for commercial use and renamed MV Queen of Nassau. On the verge of being sold again, the ship sank in Straits of Florida on 2 July 1926.
Canada was 200 feet (61 m) long as ordered, but ended up 206 ft (63 m) long. The ship had a beam of 25 ft (7.6 m) and a draught of 13 ft (4.0 m).Canada had a ram bow. The ship had a tonnage of 411 gross register tons (GRT) and a displacement of 557 long tons (566 t). The ship was propelled by two shafts powered by a triple expansion steam engine rated at 1,800 indicated horsepower (1,300 kW). The ship's maximum speed is different among the sources, ranging from as low as 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) to as high as 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph). The ship could carry 110 long tons (110 t) of coal for fuel. The ship was initially fitted with four 3-pounder guns. For naval service, the ship was rearmed with two 12-pounder and two 3-pounder guns.Canada was fitted with a Marconi wireless, a device just being installed aboard much larger British warships at the time.
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