DGS Mastodon was a dredge, operated by the Government of Canada, keeping shipping channels clear in British Columbia.[1] She was ordered in 1909, from the Scottish shipyard William Simons and Company, and commissioned on May 13, 1911.
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From 1912 to 1917 she was employed widening Vancouver's first narrows, expanding the safe shipping channel from 900 feet (270 m) to 1,400 feet (430 m).[1]
In 1942 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy.[2] In 1946 she was sold to Imperial Oil, who then sold her to International Petroleum Company Limited, of Callao, Peru. In 1963 she was scrapped, in Lima, Peru.
References
edit- ^ a b Fred Thirkell (2000). Vancouver & Beyond: Pictures and Stories from the Postcard Era, 1900-1914. Heritage House Publishing Company. p. 137. ISBN 9781894384155. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "NO.508 ( MASTODON )". Dredgepoint. Retrieved 2020-12-08.