CGS Minto
Minto in Canadian service | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Minto |
| Namesake | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto |
| Builder | Gourlay Brothers, Dundee |
| Launched | 12 July 1899 |
| Completed | September 1899 |
| In service | 1899 |
| Out of service | November 1915 |
| Fate | Sold to Russian Empire, 1915 |
| Russian Empire / Soviet Union | |
| Name |
|
| Acquired | 1915 |
| In service | 1915 |
| Out of service | 1922 |
| Fate | Wrecked 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage | 1,089 GRT |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 32.5 ft (9.9 m) |
| Draught | 20.5 ft (6.2 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × screw, Steam triple-expansion engine, 2,900 ihp (2,163 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
CGS Minto was one of the Government of Canada's early icebreakers. She was modeled after CGS Stanley. Her winter duties included clearing ice between Prince Edward Island and the mainland. The ship was launched in 1899 and remained on the East Coast of Canada until 1915, when Minto was sold to the Russian Empire. Transferred in November, she became Ivan Susanin, and was tasked with keeping northern Russian ports free of ice. Her name was changed to Leitenant Dreyer in 1920 after being taken over by the Soviet Navy and Skuratov in 1921. The ship was wrecked in the Barents Sea in 1922.