CALL SIGN LISTINGS:  P, Q & R


NAME OF SHIP  PENDANT INT.CALL 
SIGN		 INT. VOICE 
CALL SIGN		 COMMENTS
PAPOOSE W49/Z90/HC90 CGKW   Harbour Craft
PARKSVILLE  YTL591  CGKC    
PAT DORIS  ? VDNC/VDLQ   [10] 
PATHFINDER   CGDP    
PATRICIAN    GCPA    1920-1928  P Class Destroyer. Note 3
PATRIOT   GCSO   1920-1927  P Class Destroyer. Note 3 
PEGASUS YAG651 CFH8060    
PELICAN YAG4 CFH8058    
PENETANG K676 CYTL    
PENETANG FFE316 CYMD Abner V Became DRAUG  - Call sign LBDC
PARRY SOUND K341  CYVD    
PETERBOROUGH K342 CYVG    
PETROLIA K498 CGWW    
PICKLE QW7 CGTE   ex/became HELGOLAND
PICTOU K146 CGTN    
PINE LAKE J492 CYVL    
PLAINSVILLE YTL587 CGDK    
POGO YFL104  CGFP    
POPLAR LAKE J493 CYWV    
PORTAGE J331/F31 CYVX    
PORTAGE FSE169 CYVX Assort W Algerine Class
PORT ARTHUR K233 CYRG    
PORT COLBORNE K326  CYTM    River Class Frigate
PORT HOPE J280 CYZJ    
PORT HOPE FSE183 CGRQ   [2] 
PORTE DAUPHINE YMG186 CGYL Native November [1]
PORTE de la REINE YMG184 CYVB Yearly Sierra   
PORTE QUEBEC YMG185 CYVO Hooker Golf [17] [18]
PORTE SAINT JEAN YMG180 CYWJ Wallop Foxtrot [13] 
PORTE SAINT LOUIS YMG183 CYWS Thunderbolt Uniform [13]
POUNDMAKER K675 CYTK    
PRESCOTT K161 CGVK    
PRESERVER F94 CGNR   Fairmile Base Supply ship
PRESERVER AOR510 CGRG Fireworks Hotel  
PRESTONIAN K662 CGKX    
PRESTONIAN FFE307 CGXC Revival B Became TROLL - Call sign LBCV
PRINCE DAVID F89 VGFW   Armed Merchant Cruiser [10,14]
PRINCE HENRY  F70 VGFZ   Armed Merchant Cruiser [10,14]
PRINCE ROBERT  F56 VGJC   Armed Merchant Cruiser [10]
PRINCE RUPERT K324 CGXF    
PROTECTEUR AOR509 CYTV Jigger Lima   
PROVIDER F100 CGLJ   Fairmile Base Supply ship.
PROVIDER  AOR508 CZCF Unequalled [6] Forest Glen
PUGWASH W01  CGWB    
PUNCHER D79 ?   Ruler class aircraft carrier [11]
QU'APPELLE  H69  CZJL    River Class Destroyer [8]
QU'APPELLE  DDE264 CYQD Captain Kid  
QUATSINO J152 CGRL    
QUEBEC CLB66/31 CZCK Bad Lands Former HMCS UGANDA. 
QUEENSVILLE YTL586 CGQB    
QUESNEL K133 CGQZ    
QUEST AGOR172 CZDO   [7] 
QUINTE J166 CGRW   Bangor Class Minesweeper
QUINTE  MCB149 CGKY Wallop I  
RACCOON  S18 CGLS   ex Yacht Halonia. Call sign WDEP [15]
RACOON HC72     [16]
RACCOON  PTC779 CYQT   Second of name. Was former Fairmile ML-079
RAINBOW    VDB    1910-1920 Apollo Class Light Cruiser
RAINBOW  SS75 CGNE Headmaster  ex USS Argonaut. Call sign NYDH
RALLY PB141 CYQF   ex-CCGC RALLY/CGCF
RAPID PB142 CYQG   ex-CCGC RAPID/CG2232
RAVEN  PCT56 CGAM
RAYON D'OR  J13/J11/Z11 VGFJ   Auxiliary Minesweeper [10]
RED DEER J255 CGDW    
RED DEER FSE196 CGRC   [2]
REGINA K234 CYQW    
REGINA FFH334 CGAE    
REINDEER S08/Z08 CGLR    
REINDEER  PCS716 CYQY Flashlight D ex-HMC ML116
RENARD S13/Z13 CGLP    
RENARD PCT58 CGAS
REO II Z33/J08 CGWJ   [12] 
RESOLUTE MCB154 CGXN Terminology F  
RESTIGOUCHE H00 CGBR   River Class Destroyer [9]
RESTIGOUCHE  DDE257 CZDE Route  
REVELSTOKE J373 CGNS    
REVELSTOKE MCA140 CZCM Fido I Note 4
RIBBLE K525 MXFK   ex HMS Ribble
RIPPLE PML14 VCMD   [10]
RIMOUSKI K121 CGQP    
RIVIERE DU LOOP K357  CGDD  Misguide Revised Flower Class Corvette
RIVERTON ATA528 CGQL Mandate K  
RIVERTON W47 CGCS 1944-1946.
CGQL > 1948. 		 Tug  (Per CCNO125)
RIVERTON AG121  CGFO   ex SMIT LLOYD112.
Call sign PHQG.
ROCKCLIFFE J355 CGBC    
ROCKCLIFFE FSE173 CGJB Cabot L Algerine Class. Call sign changed around 1948.
ROSSLAND J358 CGYG    
ROSS NORMAN Z09/J01/J09  VCMP   Coil Skid Towing Vessels [5] [10]
ROSTHERN K169 CGVS    
ROYAL MOUNT K677  CYTT    River Class Frigate
RUNNYMEDE K678 CYVV    
NOTES:

1)  When new with the RCN her call sign was CGYL. As CCGS PORTE DAUPHINE her call changed to  CGBM. When the Coast Guard returned PORTE DAUPHINE back to  the navy, she was assigned CZGL.

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

3) In the 1920's, Canada held  a portion of the G block of international call signs for a brief period.

4) The call sign for REVELSTOKE was changed to CZCM in order for the RCN to use the CGNS call sign as their Collective Call Sign. This made this collective call sign easy to remember. An operator could remember it as Canadian Government Naval Service or Canadian Government Naval Ship.

5) This ship was listed in the International Telecommunication Publications as a Canadian Warship with a Canadian Merchant Ship call sign.

6) Can anyone confirm thta voice c/s Unequalled was used by Provider?

7) QUEST was the last Canadian ship to carry a civilian radio officer Radio Officer, namely,  Paul du Mesnil.

8) ex HMS Foxhound. Call sign GVGY.

9) ex HMS Comet. Call sign GVGZ

10) This ship retained its  prewar merchant call sign when it became a Canadian Naval Ship. After WWII, her call sign was VDLQ. The Canadian List of Shipping spells the name as one word. Built 1913 at Greenock, Scotland.

11) In commission with the RN only but largely crewed by Canadians.

12) Coil Skid Towing Vessel and a former Rum Runner.

13)  In the mid 1960s, Porte Saint Louis and Porte Saint Jean had the collective callsign IMPOSITION. Per John M. MacFarlane (VE7AXU / VA7PX)  <John.MacFarlane(at)gvrd.bc.ca>

14) In CCNO125, these are  listed as Landing Ship ( Medium) Headquarters

15) 11/21/1940 Conversion (ex-yacht Halonia) to an armed yacht by  PV Pictou Foundry & Machine 12/1/1940. Pendant S 14.  Torpedoed by U-165 on 7/9/42 in the Gulf of St Lawrence There were no survivors.

16) This was the motor launch from Raccoon (ex-yacht Halonia) and placed in service as HC 72 after RACCOON was sunk.  Dates and fate unknown. Note the difference in the spelling of the name. The call sign is unknown at this time.

17) In 1968, the collective voice call sign collective for the task unit was HICKORY GROVE.

18) The crew remember 'Hooker G' as the ship's voice call sign but she was officially listed as Hoodlum G.

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