Acquired by Canada in 1902 Gulnare was refitted and used for tidal and current survey work on the East Coast and the lower Saint Lawrence River. As one of the ships in the Canadian Hydrographic Survey, she was transferred from the Department of Marine and Fisheries to the Department of Naval Service when the latter was created in 1910. In 1912 she was transferred from survey work to duties as a tender and relief lightship in the lower Saint Lawrence River.
The ship Gulnare, acquired by Canada in 1902, underwent modifications for tidal and current surveys along the East Coast and the lower Saint Lawrence River.  She was transferred from the Department of Marine and Fisheries to the Department of Naval Service in 1910 and later used as a tender and lightship in the lower Saint Lawrence River in 1912.