Design and description
The Bay class were designed and ordered as replacements for the Second World War-era minesweepers that the Royal Canadian Navy operated at the time. Similar to the , they were constructed of wood planking and aluminum framing. Displacement (ship), Displacing standard at at deep load, the minesweepers were Length overall, long with a Beam (nautical), beam of and a Draft (hull), draught of . They had a complement of 38 officers and ratings. The Bay-class minesweepers were powered by two General Motors, GM 12-cylinder diesel engines driving two shafts creating . This gave the ships a maximum speed of and a range of at . The ships were armed with one Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60, 40 mm Bofors gun and were equipped with minesweeping gear.Operational history
Ordered as a replacement for sister ship, which had been transferred to the French Navy in 1954, the ship's keel was laid down on 20 February 1956 by Marine Industries at their yard in Sorel, Quebec, Sorel, Quebec. Named for a Chaleur Bay, bay located between Quebec and New Brunswick, ''Chaleur'' was Ship naming and launching, launched on 11 May 1957. The ship was Ship commissioning, commissioned on 12 September 1957. After commissioning, the minesweeper was transferred to the British Columbia Coast, West Coast of Canada and joined Training Group Pacific. In 1972, the class was re-designated patrol escorts. The vessel remained a part of the unit until being Ship decommissioning, paid off on 18 December 1998. The ship was sold for scrap and Ship breaking, broken up at Hope, British Columbia, Port Hope, British Columbia in 1999.References
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