Dominion Government Ship

The designation Dominion Government Ship (DGS) was applied to ships operated by the Government of Canada in its early decades when it was more widely known by the deprecated name Dominion of Canada. The later designation, Canadian Government Ship, was used as early as the turn of the 20th century.

Vessels designated DGS included:
image	name	commissioned	retired	notes
	DGS Kestrel
	DGS Malaspina	1913	1946	Taken into the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I and World War II
	DGS Mastodon	1911	1934	retired in 1934, taken into the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II, and converted to a coastal oil tanker
	DGS Naden	1913	1922	Taken into the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I
	DGS Neptune			employed in 1903–1904, for an exploratory expedition to Canada's Arctic Archipelago^[1]^[2]
	DGS Quadra	1891		operated on the west coast

References

^ A.P. Low (1904). "Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune, 1903-1904". Government of Canada. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
^ W. Gillies Ross (June 1976). "Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: The "Neptune" Expedition of 1903-04" (PDF). Arctic. Vol. 29, no. 2. Arctic Institute of North America. pp. 87–104. JSTOR 40509260. Retrieved 2020-08-26. The Neptune herself was a Newfoundland sealer of 465 tons, wooden-hulled but strengthened for ice navigation.

[LowReport-1] A.P. Low (1904). "Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune, 1903-1904". Government of Canada. Retrieved 2020-08-26.

[GilliesRoss1976-06-2] W. Gillies Ross (June 1976). "Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: The "Neptune" Expedition of 1903-04" (PDF). Arctic. Vol. 29, no. 2. Arctic Institute of North America. pp. 87–104. JSTOR 40509260. Retrieved 2020-08-26. The Neptune herself was a Newfoundland sealer of 465 tons, wooden-hulled but strengthened for ice navigation.

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