CCGS C.P. Edwards

CCGS C.P. Edwards[lower-alpha 1] was a Canadian Coast Guard ship. 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, serving as a light vessel.[lower-alpha 2] C.P. Edwards was transferred into the newly created Canadian Coast Guard in 1962, and was decommissioned in 1972. The vessel was sold to private interests that year. It was scrapped in 1976 with engine acquired by Canadian Science and Technology Museum.

History
Name: Ottawa Mayhill
Builder: Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario
Launched: 26 October 1946
Completed: March 1947
Fate: Sold to Department of Transport
Canada
Name: C.P. Edwards
Namesake: Charles Peter Edwards, former Deputy Minister of the Department of Transport
Operator:
Acquired: 1947
Commissioned: 1947
Decommissioned: 1972
Homeport: CGS Base Parry Sound, Ontario
Identification: IMO number: 5056468
Fate: Scrapped 1976
General characteristics
Type: Lighthouse supply and buoy tender
Tonnage:
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m)
Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion:
  • Triple expansion steam engine, 375 ihp (280 kW)
  • 1 × screw
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h)

Description

Designed for coastal trade, C.P. Edwards had a tonnage of 338 gross register tons (GRT) and 258 tons deadweight (DWT). The ship was 144 feet (43.9 m) long with a beam of 27 feet (8.2 m) and a draught of 10 feet (3.0 m). The ship was powered by a triple expansion steam engine driving one screw, creating 375 indicated horsepower (280 kW). This gave the vessel a maximum speed of 10 knots (19 km/h).[1][2]

Service history

The ship was ordered from Collingwood Shipbuilding as part of wartime construction and was built at their yard in Collingwood, Ontario.[3] The vessel was laid down as Ottawa Mayhill and launched on 26 October 1946. The vessel was taken over during construction and was completed as a buoy tender in March 1947.[1][2]

Named for the former Deputy Minister of the Department of Transport (1941–1948) and later Deputy Minister of Air Transport, Charles Peter Edwards, the ship was stationed at Parry Sound, Ontario until 1972 when the vessel was taken out of service.[1] The ship was put up for sale and sold to Peter LePage Ltd in 1972, keeping the same name. In 1974, the ship was sold to E. Nieminen.[2] Acquired by Kilbear Construction Company Limited in 1975[4] and sold later to Marine Transport & Engineering Ltd. in 1976.[5] The ship was broken up for scrap in 1976, while its engine was acquired by the Canada Science and Technology Museum.[6]

Notes
  1. CCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship
  2. CGS stands for Canadian Government Ship

Citations
  1. Maginley & Collin 2001, p. 183.
  2. Miramar Ship Index.
  3. "Ships of the CCG 1850–1967". Canadian Coast Guard. 31 March 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
  4. Scanner, v. 8, n. 2 (November 1975) : Marine News
  5. Artifact file 1976.0343, C.P. Edwards Triple Expansion Steam Engine, Canada Science and Technology Museum
  6. "Canadian Vickers Ltd. Triple Expansion Steam Engine". Ingenium. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

Sources
  • Maginley, Charles D. & Collin, Bernard (2001). The Ships of Canada's Marine Services. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Limited. ISBN 1-55125-070-5.
  • "C.P.Edwards (5056468)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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