| Name: | SIMCOE |
| Type: | Buoy / Lighthouse Tender |
| Launched: | 21/01/1909 |
| Completed: | 03/1909 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 806 |
| Dimensions: | 913grt, 438nrt, 180.0 x 35.2 x 15.5ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (13.5, 22 & 36 x 27ins), 217nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 125456 |
| History: | |
| 27/03/1909 | Government of Canada - Dept of Marine and Fisheries; registered at Newcastle |
| 1909 | Registered at Ottawa, Ontario |
| 07/12/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 07/12/1917: Sank off the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St Lawrence |
| On a voyage from Sydney NS to Charlottetown PEI |
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Lloyd's List, Thursday, 15/04/1909