CALL SIGN LISTINGS:  A TO B


NAME OF SHIP PENDANT INT.CALL 
SIGN		 INT. VOICE 
CALL SIGN		 COMMENTS
ACADIA Z00/S00 CGFS   [1]
ACADIAN PB194 CGNH   ex RCMP ACADIAN - Call sign CGMV. Pendant MP52
ADMIRAL'S LADY YFL100 CFH8075    
ADVERSUS  J17 CGPX    ex RCMP Adversus. Call sign CGPX was used with both in the RCMP and in the Navy. [15]
ADVERSUS PB191 CGJG   Another ex RCMP Advertus.  Pendant MP99. [16]
AGASSIZ K129  CGQW    
ALACHASSE Z18/J18 CGPW   ex RCMP ALACHASSE/CGPW
ALBATROSS YAG661 CFH8062    
ALBERNI K103 CGNB    
ALBERTON ? CGCB   Tug
ALDER LAKE  J480  CGDJ     
ALGOMA  K127 CGQT    
ALGONQUIN  R17 CZJX    
ALGONQUIN  DDE224 CZJX Open Road Laid down as HMS VALENTINE. [9]
ALGONQUIN  DDH283 CZJX Open Road  [2]
ALLAVERDY FY06 CGJD    
AMBLER Q11/Z32  CGDQ     Training Vessel
AMHERST K148 CGTR     
ANDAMARA Z22 CYWB    
ANDRE DUPRE  Z03/W03  CGDB    Examination Vessel
ANNA MILDRED FY97/Z12 CGLV     
ANNAN K404 MWQD   ex HMS Annan K297
ANNAPOLIS I04 CGNJ   Town Class Destroyer [10]
ANNAPOLIS  DDH265 CGKB Argo Annapolis Class Helicopter Destroyer
ANTICOSTI MSA112 CGAA   ex-Jean Tide/HP3369
ANTIGONISH FFE301 CGJC Event Z  
ANTIGONISH K661 CGJC   River Class Frigate 
ARCTIC TERN PCS784 CZFP Oberlin P  
ARISTROCRAT  ? CGCV   W/T Calibration Vessel
ARLEUX   CFL 
CGFX		   1917-1919  Trawler (Patrol) Gate Vessel 1939-1945 .Became gate vessel GV16
ARMENTIERES  U02

N29
J29

 CFM
 

CGAM
CGBL 

   1917-1920  Trawler (Auxiliary Minesweeper) 
1923-1945  Training vessel.
Call sign changed around 1923
Call sign changed around 1934
ARNPRIOR K494 CGTT    
ARRAS   CFO
CGFD		   1917-1919  Trawler (Patrol)
1939-1945. Became gate vessel GV15.
ARROWHEAD K145 GPTY   [11]
ARVIDA K113 CGQF    
ASBESTOS K358 CGDC    
ASH LAKE J481  CGJK    
ASSINIBOINE D18/I18/I80 CGDF   ex HMS Kempenfelt. Call sign GACK
ASSINIBOINE  DDE234 CGJL Kings Lady  
ATHABASKAN  G07 CZGB   [12] 
ATHABASKAN  DDE219 CGWM/CYWM Night Letter [3]
ATHABASKAN  DDH282 CYWM Night Letter [2] 
ATHOLL K15 CGKK    
ATWOOD ? CYVY   Tug
B.C. LADY FY07 CGKR    
BADDECK K147 CGTP    
BADGER YAG319 CFH8056    
BANTIE W04 CYRL   Examination Vessel [14]
BARCLAY SOUND Fy23 CYXD    
BARRIE K138 CGTF    
BATTLEFORD K165 CGVP    
BAYFIELD J08 BGGC   [11]
BEACON HILL  K407 CGJJ    
BEACON HILL FFE303 CGJJ Chapel W  
BEAMSVILLE YTL583 CGQA    
BEAUHARNOIS K540 CGBB    
BEAVER S10/Z10 CGLF   ex Yacht Aztec. Call sign WSCP
BEAVER PCS706 CZGS Irium E ex HMC ML106
BEAVERTON W23 CZJC    
BEECH LAKE J482 CGJM or CGJV   [18] 
BELLECHASSE J170 CGRZ    
BELLEVILLE K332 CYVJ    
BERSIMIS W05 VDNB   ex DPW tug [13]
BILLOW FY25  CYXF    
BIRCH LAKE J483 CGJV    
BIRCHTON ? CGCC   Tug
BITTERSWEET K182 GPXD   [11]
BLACK DUCK YAG660 CFH8061    
BLAIRMORE J314 CYZT    
BLAIRMORE FSE193 CZFI   Became BEYKOZ.
Call sign TBLG. [6].
BLUE HERON PCS782 CGZH Debutante E  [8]
BLUENOSE  Fy44/HC340  CYWD    
BLUETHROAT NPC114 
AGOR114 		 CZDW Vicsburg U She was always a CNAV, right from her comissioning in 1955. 
BOWMANVILLE K493 CGTG    
BONAVENTURE RML22 
RRSM22 
CVL22		 CGLE High Ground ex HMS POWERFUL.[7]
BORDER CITIES J344 CGBG   Algerine Class minesweeper 
BRANDON  K149 CGTS    
BRANDON MM710 CGJI    
BRANTFORD K218 CGZS    
BRAS D'OR FHE400 CZCK   Experimental hydrofoil. 1968-1972
BRENTWOOD Z48 CGGR   Tug
BROCKVILLE J270 CYQP    
BROCKVILLE FSE178 CYQP Barmaid Y [5]
BUCKINGHAM K685 CZDZ    
BUCKINGHAM FFE314 CGZB Yearly T  
BUCTOUCHE K179 CGTQ    
BURLINGTON J250 CGTB    
BURRARD YTL582 CGEC    
BUXTON ? BBBF   Training Vessel
NOTES:

1) Acadia's service:

1917 to 1919 - Auxiliary Patrol Vessel, call sign VDT.
1919 to 1939 - Research Vessel - Department of Fisheries. Call sign changed to CGFS in 1923
1939 to 1945 - Training Vessel.  Call sign was CGFS during WWII.
1945 to 1975 - Call sign CGCB as Oceanographic Research Vessel
1975 to present - As a maritime museum, Halifax N.S..

2) All four Iroquois 280 class Tribals have the same call signs as their WWII namesakes.

3) The call sign changed around 1950.

4) This note deleted

5) Was a Bangor class minesweeper J270 (1942-45). Became RCMP vessel MACLEOD call sign CGMJ and pendant MP15 from 1945 to 1950 and based in Halifax. The vessel was returned to the navy as HMCS BROCKVILLE. From 1951 until 1958, she served as a training ship and was finally broken up in 1961.

6)  This vessel was one of 18 Bangor Class Minesweepers that were to be refitted and sent to Korea. Their pendant number and the call sign assigned for this deployment are listed here. It is not their previous pendant number or call sign. Only two ships were commissioned and only as training vessels for a short period  - HMCS KENTVILLE and HMCS MINAS.

7)  The pendant changed to RRSM in 1957 and then to CVL in January 1960.

8) BLUE HERON became RCMP BLUE HERON CGZH MP32 the only former naval vessel to join the RCMP fleet and retain
her naval name and call sign.

9) HMS Valentine had call sign GESW assigned.

10)  As USS Mackenzie,  call sign was NEVX .

11) This ship retained her British call sign while in RCN commission.

12) CCNO 125 dated January 30th, 1943 shows ATHABASCAN with assigned call CZGB.  This may have changed to CGWM sometime between her commissiong and sinking.

13) This ship retained her pre naval Canadian Merchant call sign.

14) An examination  ship meets every ship that comes near a port and inspects papers, cargo, etc., to make sure she is what she claims to be.

15) This vessel was with the RCMP Marine Section from 1931 until 1939 when she was transferred to the Navy.  The RCMP had no pendant number for this vessel before the war. She ran aground and was lost at McNutt's Island near  Shelburne, N.S  on December 20th, 1941 while in naval service.

16) At some point in time, the RCMP named a second vessel Adversus. This vessel was transferred from the RCMP to the RCN in 1976 and became a Detachment class Patrol Vessel, pendant  PB191. This PB remained in service until 1996.

17) Per CCNO 125 dated May 31, 1944

18) CCNO 125,  the call sign shows as CGJV. It might be one or the other.
 

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