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Class overview
NameFundy class
Operators Royal Canadian Navy
Succeeded byBangor-class minesweeper
In commission1 September 1938 - 27 July 1945
Completed4
Active0
Retired4
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement460 long tons (470 t; 520 short tons)
Length163 ft (49.7 m)
Beam27.5 ft (8.4 m)
Draught14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Speed12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement38
Armament1 × QF 4-inch (102-mm) Mk IV gun[Note 1][1]

The Fundy-class minesweepers were a class of four minesweepers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.

The class derives its name from the lead ship HMCS Fundy and are all named after bays in Canada. The Fundy-class minesweepers were modified versions of the British Basset-class trawler minesweepers. The Canadian ships were given extra strengthening for ice conditions. Two were initially assigned to the west coast and two, including Fundy, to the east coast.[2]

Ships in class

Ship Original Pennant Number Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Paid Off Fate
HMCS Comox J64 Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., Vancouver 5 February 1938 9 August 1938 23 November 1938 27 July 1945 Sold in 1946 into mercantile service as the tugboat Sung Ming.
HMCS Fundy J88 Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. Collingwood 24 January 1938 18 June 1938 1 September 1938 27 July 1945 Sold in 1947 into mercantile service to Marine Industries Ltd. Scrapped in 1987.
HMCS Gaspe J94 Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City 24 January 1938 12 August 1938 21 October 1938 23 July 1945 Sold in 1946 into mercantile service as the tugboat Sung Li.
HMCS Nootka J35 Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt 1 February 1938 26 September 1938 6 December 1938 29 July 1945 Renamed HMCS Nanoose (J35) in 1943. Sold in 1956 into mercantile service as the tugboat Sung Ling.

See also

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References

Notes
  1. ^ Photographs positively identify the ships' guns as QF 4-inch Mk IV. They may have come from decommissioned World War I-era destroyers HMCS Vancouver and HMCS Champlain.
References
  1. ^ McClearn, Sandy (2006). "Canadian Navy Gun Systems". hazegray.org. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Minesweepers", Canadian Naval Heritage Website [dead link]
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