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Canadian Coast Guard Vessels Built or Acquired Before 1962

Most recent update: March 12, 2015.

The Canadian Coast Guard, as we know it today, was organized in 1962, by consolidating the fleets of several marine agencies. This table attempts to list all the vessels that were built for or acquired by those agencies before 1962, listed here by type of vessel and year of build. A separate table lists the ships and boats built since 1962. See that table here. These tables are as complete as I can make them but there are still some gaps, particularly among the smaller and older vessels.

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Name O/N Builder Location LDT LOA Completed Notes
Icebreakers
Northern Light 71193 E. W. Sewell Levis QC 399 144 1876 sold 1890, scrapped 1910
Stanley 94639 Fairfield SB Glasgow, UK 335 914 207 1888 sold 1935, scrapped 1937
Minto Gourlay Bros. Dundee, UK 186 1,089 225 1899 to Russia 1915 as Leytenet, wrecked in Norway
Montcalm Fleming & Ferguson Paisley, UK 1,432 252 1904 to Russia 1942, scrapped
Earl Grey Vickers Armstrong Barrow, UK 2,357 250 1909 to Russia 1914 as Kanada, scrapped 1959
Mikula 138227 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 1 3,515 275 1916 acquired 1923, scrapped 1937
Saurel 156053 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 110 1,176 212 1929 scrapped 1968
N. B. McLean 156510 Halifax Shipyard Halifax NS 5 3,254 260 1930 scrapped 1989
Ernest Lapointe 170180 Davie SB Lauzon QC 514 1,179 172 1941 to L'Islet sur Mer 1980 as museum
C. D. Howe 192414 Davie SB Lauzon QC 588 3,628 295 June 1950 scrapped 1975
d'Iberville 195276 Davie SB Lauzon QC 590 5,678 310 May 1953 sold 1983 as Phillip O'Hara, d'Iberville 1988, scrapped 1989
Labrador Marine Industries Tracy QC 187 3,823 250 July 1954 transferred from RCN 1957, scrapped 1989
Montcalm 188700 Davie SB Lauzon QC 610 2,017 220 Mar 1957 scrapped 1989
Sir Humphrey Gilbert 310141 Davie SB Lauzon QC 614 2,152 238 June 1959 retired 2001, sold 2002 as Polar Prince, Canada C3
Camsell 310150 Burrard DD N. Vancouver BC 305 2,022 224 Oct 1959 scrapped 1989
Wolfe 313101 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 272 2,022 220 Nov 1959 scrapped 1989
Tupper 313104 Marine Industries Tracy QC 257 1,358 205 Dec 1959 sold 2000 as Caruso, burned 2008
John A. MacDonald 313107 Davie SB Lauzon QC 620 6,186 315 Sep 1960 scrapped 1993
Buoy Tenders/Supply Vessels
Lansdowne O'Brien Maccan NS 680 189 1833 laid up 1917, closed 1920
Richelieu Montreal QC 126 130 1845 acquired 1849, sold 1880, scrapped 1958
Advance J. Wilson Quebec QC 373 164 1853 acquired 1869, sold 1868
Admiral Niagara Dock Co. Buffalo NY 289 155 1854 acquired 1860, sold 1861
Druid 53589 Tod & McGregor Glasgow, UK 82 239 160 1856 sold 1901, re-named Niagara, sank 1936 in Thunder Bay
Queen Victoria 33252 Napier Glasgow, UK 495 173 1856 foundered 1866 returning from Havana
Napoleon III 33253 Napier Glasgow, UK 495 173 1856 lost by stranding 1890 in Little Glace Bay
Lady Head 15479 Napier Glasgow, UK 299 151 1857 wrecked 1878 on Point Jaune
Sir James Douglas 83331 Victoria BC 153 116 1864 sold 1900, a floating bunkhouse in Beaver Cove BC
Newfield 65037 J. L. Thompson Sunderland, UK 785 206 1870 acquired 1875, wrecked 1900 in White Cove
Princess Louise O'Brien Maccan NS 1882 wrecked 1882 at Point Prim
Reserve 85719 G. H. Notter Buffalo NY 114 80 1884 ex-Alaska, acquired 1905, scrapped 1924
W. H. Lee 134548 US 317 129 1889 from RCN 1920, burned 1922 in Halifax
Quadra 96899 Fleming & Ferguson Paisley, UK 172 573 174 1890 sold 1916
Aranmore 98579 W. B. Thompson Dundee, UK 1,170 241 1890 acquired 1914, sold 1939, sank 1948 off Haiti
Aberdeen 103227 Fleming & Ferguson Paisley, UK 194 674 180 1894 wrecked 1923 off Seal Island
Speedy Leith, UK 252 1896 acquired 1912, sold 1921
Shamrock 107497 J. C. Kaine Quebec QC 237 117 1898 burned 1928
Brant 107788 John White Charlottetown PE 141 100 1899 retired 1928
Newington Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverly, UK 193 115 1899 from RCN 1908, sold 1935 as Rio Branco (Brazil)
Scout J. R. Miller Cardinal ON 176 104 1900 from Railways and Canals 1902, sold 1934
Georgia 116931 Victoria MD Victoria BC 5 34 1900
Laurentian 113641 Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverly, UK 355 149 1902 ex-King Edward, acquired 1917, scrapped 1947
Lady Laurier 112399 Fleming & Ferguson Paisley, UK 306 1,051 210 1902 scrapped 1960
Druid 112393 Fleming & Ferguson Paisley, UK 307 503 160 1902 sold 1946, Eva
Champlain 116999 Fleming & Ferguson Paisley, UK 333 522 132 1904 sold 1920, sunk off Newfoundland 1943
Lady Grey 122014 Vickers Armstrong Barrow, UK 733 183 1906 sank 1955 while assisting Quebec-Levis ferry
Rouville Government SY Sorel QC 301 130 1906 sank 1931
Leebro Turpel, W. Victoria BC 323 124 1908 chartered 1905, returned 1912, Cadet Ship Beaver
Lambton 126409 Government SY Sorel QC 323 108 1909 sank 1922 near Caribou Island
Montmagny Government SY Sorel QC 1,269 213 1909 sank 1914 after collision near Crane Island
Simcoe Swan Hunter Wallsend, UK 913 180 1909 foundered 1917 in the Magdalen Islands
Nascopie Swan Hunter Wallsend, UK 2,521 285 1912 chartered 1933, struck a reef off Baffin Island and sank 1947
Estevan 131136 Collingwood SY Collingwood ON 31 1,161 212 1912 scrapped 1970
Bellechasse 133935 Kingston SB Kingston ON 3 461 1913 sold 19--, scrapped 1954
Dollard Kingston SB Kingston ON 4 853 170 1913 sold 1961, scrapped 1970
Safeguarder Day, Summers & Co. Southampton, UK 665 160 1914 ex-Safeguard, acquired 1929, sold 1967
Grenville 134547 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 19 497 164 1915 wrecked in ice 1969
Argenteuil Government SY Sorel QC 165 100 1917 sold 1960, sank 1962 near Lauzon
Bernier Davie SB Lauzon QC 440 317 125 1918 ex-TR-45, Labrador, Mardep, acquired 1935, sold 1960, wrecked in Labrador 1965
Concretia Montreal SB Montreal QC 1 320 126 1918 Experimental concrete ship, sold 1935, sunk as wharf in Kingston ON
Murray Stewart 138848 Port Arthur SB Port Arthur ON 28 234 119 1918 acquired 1922, to RCN 1939, sold 1946, David Richard, Georgian Queen, scrapped 1967
Loos 141344 Kingston SB Kingston ON 357 130 1918 from RCN 1930, scrapped 1949
Franklin Fleming & Ferguson Paisley, UK 463 613 136 1919 ex-St. Finbarr, from DOI 1939, sold 1958, scrapped 1961
St. Heliers Ferguson Bros. Port Glasgow, UK 245 930 190 1919 acquired 1930, sold 1960, Tropic Sea, deleted 1986
Birnie 141356 Victoria BC 73 66 1921 sold 1951
Beothic 216039 American SB Lorain OH 725 2,018 1918 ex-Lake Como, acquired 1927, wrecked 1940
Alberni 150290 Government SY Sorel QC 502 1927 ex-Coal Barge No. 7, converted and acquired 1936, sold 1961
Brant 150330 Government SY Sorel QC 285 125 1927 laid up 1966
Chesterfield 154773 Collingwood SY Collingwood ON 82 734 180 1928 scrapped 1968
Traverse George Brown Greenock, UK 172 317 130 1930 sold 1952 as Fort Levis, trapped in ice and scrapped 1964
C. P. Edwards 177552 Collingwood SB Collingwood ON 132 338 144 1947 scrapped 1976
Edward Cornwallis 192413 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 238 1,965 259 1949 sold 1986 as Edward
Parry Sound 192755 Northern SB Bronte ON 33 50 1950 sold as Parry Sound
Alexander Mackenzie 192757 Yarrows Esquimalt BC 114 576 150 1950 later 902, closed 1990
Sea Beacon 194556 Newfoundland SY Clarenville NL 63 66 1952 closed 1992
Walter E. Foster 197917 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 263 1,672 229 1954 closed 1986
Sir James Douglas 188698 Burrard DD N. Vancouver BC 283 564 150 1956 later 905, sold 1996 to West African interests
Aulneau 320944 Russel Bros. Owen Sound ON 1120 12 35 1956 sold 1998, Torville 2005
Tay 313133 Russel Bros. Owen Sound ON 1121 12 35 1956 suspended 2006
Prima Vista Lunenburg Foundry Lunenburg NS 64 66 1956 retired
Nokomis Lunenburg Foundry Lunenburg NS 64 66 1957 retired
Miskanaw 310126 Allied SB N. Vancouver BC 65 98 64 1958 to Fort McMurray Hist. Soc. 1997
Dumit 188710 Allied SB N. Vancouver BC 66 98 64 1958 sold 1967 as Hay River I
Montmorency 310124 Davie SB Lauzon QC 607 751 165 1957 sold 1991 as Lady Janet I, Lady Morency
Alexander Henry 310138 Port Arthur SB Port Arthur ON 119 1,674 198 1957 sold 1984 to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
Sir William Alexander 310142 Halifax SY Halifax NS 22 2,154 273 1959 sold 1987 as William, Pilar del Caribe 1993, abandoned in Jamaica 1995
Verendrye George T. Davie Lauzon QC 72 297 125 1959 retired
Simon Fraser 313105 Burrard DD N. Vancouver BC 306 1,353 205 1960 later 2001-07, closed 2003
Thomas Carleton 313118 Saint John SB Saint John NB 39 1,217 180 1960 later 1003, sold 1993 as Cleveland Amory
Eckaloo 313125 Allied SB N. Vancouver BC 115 133 84 1961 sold 1967 as Hay River II, Arctic Duchess 1994
Research And Survey Vessels
Alert H.M. Dockyard Pembroke, UK 700 160 1856 acquired 1885, scrapped 1895
Bayfield Crosthwaite, William Buffalo NY 150 110 1864 ex-Gen. U.S. Grant, ex-Edsell, aquired 1884, sold 1903 as Harrison, Churchill, sank 1937 off Bruce Mines ON
Neptune Alex. Stephen & Son Dundee, UK 55 684 190 1872 chartered 1884, sunk 1943 near St. John's NL
Bayfield D. & W. Henderson Glasgow, UK 340 276 140 1889 ex-Lord Stanley, acquired 1901, sold 1935, wrecked 1949 off Newfoundland
Diana Alex. Stephen & Son Dundee, UK 90 150 1891 acquired 1897, crushed in ice 1922
Stadacona W. Cramp & Sons Philadelphia PA 269 780 168 1893 ex-Columbia, from RCN 1922, sold 1924
Gulnare Charles Connell Glasgow, UK 197 262 137 1893 acquired 1902, sold, scrapped 1949
Lillooet 122395 Yarrows Esquimalt BC 6 575 172 1907 sold 1939 as Salvage Chieftain, Lillooet 1950, scrapped 1957
Chrissie C. Thomey 127672 Burgeo NL 135 1908 wrecked and abandoned Rupert River 1913
Cartier Swan Hunter Wallsend, UK 556 164 1910 later Charny 1941, scuttled 1957 off Sydney NS
Acadia Swan Hunter Wallsend, UK 846 182 1913 retired 1969, museum in Halifax
Detector 138457 Government SY Sorel QC 584 147 1915 preserved ashore at L'Islet sur Mer 1979
Berthier Government SY Sorel QC 368 128 1916 sold 1961
Lanoraie Government SY Sorel QC 177 1928 sold 1956
Pender Vancouver SY N. Vancouver BC 218 100 1930 houseboat, sold 1950
Wm. J. Stewart 157006 Collingwood SY Collingwood ON 87 1,295 228 1932 sold 1979 as P.S.V. No. 1, Canadian Princess 1982
Radium Express 171802 Russel Bros. Owen Sound ON 324 88 1939
Ehkoli 313121 Star Shipyard New Westminster BC 123 78 1941 ex-Pacific Spirit, sold 1969
Parry Armstrong Bros. Victoria BC 150 1941 ex-Talapus, from RCN 1947, sold 1969
Marabell South Coast Const'n. Newport Beach CA 316 1943 ex-YMS-91, from RCN 1948, sold 1969
Kapuskasing Port Arthur SB Port Arthur ON 74 1,040 1944 from RCN 1949, returned 1972, sunk as target 1978
Porte Dauphine Ferguson Ind. Pictou NS 104 347 119 1952 from RCN 1960, retired
Harengus 177394 Shelburne SB Shelburne NS 107 1946 closed 1986
Baffin 188703 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 264 3,460 1957 scrapped 1992
A. T. Cameron 310137 Marine Industries Tracy QC 239 753 1958 sold 1984 as Arctic Ranger, Arctic Discoverer 1988
Ville Marie 313109 Russel Bros Owen Sound ON 1162 380 134 1960 sold as Heavenbound, Still Watch
Beauport 313110 George T. Davie Lauzon QC 71 813 168 1960 later 1001 1988, Haggis VII 1992, Beauport
Patrol Vessels
Daring 1851 lost 1867 in Herring Cove
La Canadienne Lee Quebec QC 101 92 1855 wrecked 1874 on St. Paul's Island
Charybdis H.M. Dockyard Chatham, UK 2,250 200 1858 from RCN 1990 as a training ship, returned 1882
Ella G. McLean 59303 St. Andrew's NB 78 83 1868 chartered, then purchased 1873, sold 1876
S. G. Marshall 59674 Rustico PE 51 65 1868 seized 1870 for illegal fishing, lightship 1872, closed 1908
St. Lawrence
J. W. Dunscomb 59994 Quebec QC 98 90 1871 lightship 1875
Glendon 64616 Saint John NB 266 128 1872 acquired 1874, sold 1881
Pelican H.M. Dockyard Devonport, UK 638 1877 acquired 1889, sold 1920, scuttled 1950
Acadia J. Roach & Son Chester PA 196 520 182 1880 ex-Yosemite, acquired 1885, scrapped 1910
La Canadienne Robert Duncan Port Glasgow, UK 153 372 154 1880 ex-Foxhound, acquired 1881, sold 1918, scrapped 1920
G. T. D. 97096 T. A. Wilson Bridgewater NS 343 123 1890 ex-Tyree, used as wreck vessel, sold 1930
Kingfisher 96978 Shelburne NS 107 100 1892 acquired 1893, sold 1905
Constance 100412 Polson Iron Works Owen Sound ON 30 185 116 1892 to RCN 1912, sold 1920
Curlew 100413 Polson Iron Works Owen Sound ON 31 158 116 1892 to RCN 1912, sold 1921
Petrel 103040 Polson Iron Works Owen Sound ON 32 192 116 1892 to RCN 1912, sold 1923
Conestoga Racine WI 168 1896 ex-Pathfinder, acquired 1927, returned 1933
Princess Grangemouth DY Grangemouth, UK 542 165 1896 acquired 1906, sold 1919 to Peru
Lady of the Lake Selkirk MB 201 105 1897 acquired 1907, sold 1915
Hochelaga 628 1900 ex-Waturus, from RCN 1920, scrapped 1950
Arctic Howaldstwerke Kiel, Germany 762 165 1901 ex-Gauss, acquired 1904, scrapped 1926
Kestrel 116332 Burrard DD Vancouver BC 14 311 126 1903 sold 1912, scrapped 1931
Canada 116870 Vickers Armstrong Barrow, UK 411 200 1904 to RCN 1914, sold 1924, sank near Miami 1926
Vigilant 117070 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 70 396 175 1904 barge 1927, scrapped 1956
Restless 117159 New Westminster BC 76 71 1906 from RCN 1908, sold 1927
Bayhound 152367 New York NY 135 1910 ex-Trillium, acquired 1928, to RCMP 1932, scrapped 1936
Malaspina 136044 Dublin Dockyard Dublin, IR 392 162 1913 acquired 1914
Galiano 136047 Dublin Dockyard Dublin, IR 392 162 1913 from RCN 1917, foundered 1918
Margaret 135688 Thornycroft SB Woolton, UK 756 1914 from RCN 1919, to RCMP 1932, sold 1935 as Rio Branco (Brazil)
Bradbury Government Shipyard Sorel QC 158 1915 built KD, assembled in Selkirk MB, retired 1973, in the Marine Museum of Manitoba
Arleux 140930 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 375 130 1918 from RCN 1930, destroyed by an explosion off Halifax NS 1948
Arras 141342 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 375 130 1918 from RCN 1930, scrapped 1957
Givenchy 141343 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 357 130 1918 from RCN 1930, scrapped 1952
Thiepval 141345 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 357 130 1918 from RCN 1930, scrapped 1950
Bar Off New York NY 76 1918 ex-Bo Peep, acquired 1928, to RCMP 1932, scrapped 1945
Cloya 151127 Burrard DD Vancouver BC 26 1923
St. Roch 154809 Burrard DD Vancouver BC 114 193 1928 memorial in Vancouver Maritime Museum
Laurier 158985 Morton Engineering Quebec QC 6 201 1936 from RCN 1946, sold 1983 as Laurier II
Macdonald 158986 Morton Engineering Quebec QC 7 201 1936 from RCN 1946, sold 1983 as Jenny Marcel
Zoarces
Moorhen Wilmington DE 13 38 1952 from RCAF-1964
Mallard 320946 Allied SB N. Vancouver BC 24 13 38 1954 from RCAF-1964, Sea Chase
Spindrift 318543 Richardson Boats Meaford ON 57 69 1957 sold 1993
Tugboats
Frontenac Government SY Sorel QC 262 113 1901 scrapped 1927
Lac St. Pierre Government SY Sorel QC 159 100 1901 sold 1943
Vercheres 111803 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 198 104 1901 ex-Algoma, sold 1963, scrapped 1967
James Howden Government SY Sorel QC 177 100 1903 scrapped 1929
Jalobert 126930 Kingston SB Kingston ON 1 278 107 1911 ex-Polana, from DoA 1927, sold 1954 as Macassa, Queen City 1965, a houseboat
Varennes Government SY Sorel QC 187 96 1911 scrapped 1943
Ocean Eagle Day, Summers Southampton, UK 420 135 1919 ex-St. Arvans, from NHB 1938, sold 1946, Aigle d'Ocean, fate unknown
Frontenac Government SY Sorel QC 248 108 1930 sold 1967
Citadelle 157010 Davie SB Lauzon QC 509 431 120 1932 sold 1962, scrapped 1966
Glenada 177886 Russel Bros. Owen Sound ON 101 73 1943
Marila 198656 Allied SB N. Vancouver BC 32 15 43 1955 retired as 82-1, sold 1996 as Marila
Cygnus 312688 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 274 524 1959 sold as Arctic Prowler, closed 1993
Seal Rock 312059 Bel-Aire SY N. Vancouver BC 24 43 1959 sold as Seal Rock I, Seal Rock
Beaver Rock 313754 Bel-Aire SY N. Vancouver BC 125 31 46 1961 sold as Tlingit Princes, (U.S.)
Pillar Rock 313779 Bel-Aire SY N. Vancouver BC 126 31 46 1961 sold as Pillar Mist, Pillar Rock, suspended 2013
Other Vessels
lightship No. 16 1880 lightship, ex-Thomas F. Bayard, ex-Mermaid
lightship No. 14 116993 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 63 396 1904 lightship, sold as St. Iris 1964, foundered 1980
lightship No. 15 116994 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 64 396 1904 lightship, deleted 1960
lightship No. 16 121979 Brooklyn NY 70 1907 lightship
lightship No. 19 140924 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 137 320 1917 lightship, ex-Messines, from RCN 1920, scrapped 1962
lightship No. 20 140925 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 138 320 1917 lightship, ex-St. Eloi, from RCN 1920, scrapped 1960
lightship No. 21 140926 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 139 320 1917 lightship, ex-St. Julien, from RCN 1920, scrapped 1958
lightship No. 22 140927 Polson Iron Works Toronto ON 140 320 1917 lightship, ex-Vimy, from RCN 1920, scrapped 1962
lightship No. 25 153137 1926 lightship
lightship No. 2 192758 Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 239 521 121 1950 retired 1992, fate unknown
lightship No. 1 188702 George T. Davie Lauzon QC 67 527 121 1956 sold 1972 as Northlite, Romance 1979, Cherokee IV 1985, Charlotte Princess 1988
lightship No. 3 313103 Kingston SB Kingston ON 74 520 121 1959 later Lightship No. 4 1965, CCGS Mikula 1973, sold 1994 as 950, Kormoran 1995, converted to yacht, still active?
Vercheres Government SY Sorel QC 147 100 1906 lighthouse construction ship, scrapped 1928
Lord Strathcona 99478 J. P. Reynoldson South Shields, UK 495 160 1902 salvage ship, scrapped 1947
Marmot Belfast, UK 543 187 1944 supply ship, ex-LCT, from RN 1958
Mink Fairfield Shipbuilding Chepstow, UK 543 187 1944 supply ship, ex-LCT, from RN 1958
Puffin H&W/A. & J. Inglis Glasgow, UK 1340 20 60 1946 supply ship, ex. D.O.T. 53, from RN 1960
Raven 188696 H&W/A. & J. Inglis Glasgow, UK 1341 20 60 1946 supply ship, ex. D.O.T. 54, from RN 1960, wrecked and burned 1973
Auk Sir Wm. Arrol Glasgow, UK 1,100 225 1946 supply ship, ex. D.O.T. 74, from RN 1960, sold 1971 as Cordimex, deleted 1992
Skua Sir Wm. Arrol Glasgow, UK 1,100 225 1946 supply ship, ex. D.O.T. 75, from RN 1960, sold 1989, deleted 1997
Gannet Sir Wm. Arrol Glasgow, UK 1,100 225 1946 supply ship, ex. D.O.T. 76, from RN 1960, sold 1970 as Dog Fish, Del Rio 1974, Lucky Lady 1983, deleted 1991
Nanook Sir Wm. Arrol Glasgow, UK 1,100 225 1946 supply ship, ex. D.O.T. 77, from RN 1960, sold 1965, deleted 2002
Eider Sir Wm. Arrol Glasgow, UK 1,100 225 1946 supply ship, ex. D.O.T. 78, from RN 1960, sold 19??, deleted 1998
St. Catherines Yarrows Esquimalt BC 80 1,895 283 1943 weather ship, from RCN 1950, scrapped 1967
St. Stephen Yarrows Esquimalt BC 94 1,895 283 1944 weather ship, from RCN 1950, scrapped 1967
Stonetown Canadian Vickers Montreal QC 177 1,883 283 1944 weather ship, from RCN 1950, scrapped 1967

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