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|Ship country=Canada
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|Ship name=''Fundy''
|Ship namesake=[[Bay of Fundy]]
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|Ship builder=[[Saint John Shipbuilding]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick]]
|Ship laid down=19 June 1951
|Ship launched=9 December 1953
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|Ship commissioned=19 March 1954
|Ship decommissioned=31 March 1954
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|Ship motto=*''Verimus altum''
*("We sweep the deep")<ref name=a1>Arbuckle, p. 41</ref>
|Ship honours=Atlantic 1939–45<ref name=a1/>
|Ship identification=MCB 145
|Ship fate=Transferred to [[French Navy]] 1954
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|Ship country=France
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|Ship name=''La Dunkerquoise''
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|Ship acquired=31 March 1954
|Ship commissioned= 21 May 1954
|Ship decommissioned=15 October 1986
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|Ship class={{sclass2|Bay|minesweeper}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|390|LT|t|abbr=on}}
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|Ship beam={{convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=2 shafts, 2 [[General Motors|GM]] 12-cylinder diesels, {{convert|2400|bhp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|16|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|3290|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=38
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|Ship armament=1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm Bofors]] gun
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'''HMCS ''Fundy''''' ([[Hull classification symbol (Canada)|hull number]] MCB 145) was a {{sclass2|Bay|minesweeper}} that was constructed for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] during the [[Cold War]]. The minesweeper entered service in March 1954 and was transferred later that month to the [[French Navy]]. Renamed ''La Dunkerquoise'', the ship was converted to a territorial patrol vessel in 1973 and remained in service until 1984. ''La Dunkerquoise'' was discarded in 1986.

==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 {{sclass2|Ton|minesweeper|1}}, they were constructed of wood planking and aluminum framing.<ref name=m1>Macpherson and Barrie, p. 271</ref><ref name=con1>Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 49</ref>

[[Displacement (ship)|Displacing]] {{convert|390|LT|t}} standard at {{convert|412|LT|t}} at deep load, the minesweepers were {{convert|152|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|long]] with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name=m1/><ref name=con1/> They had a complement of 38 officers and ratings.<ref name=m1/><ref group=note>Gardiner and Chumbley claim the complement was 40.</ref>

The Bay-class minesweepers were powered by two [[General Motors|GM]] 12-cylinder [[diesel engine]]s driving two shafts creating {{convert|2400|bhp|lk=in}}. This gave the ships a maximum speed of {{convert|16|kn|lk=in}} and a range of {{convert|3290|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}}.<ref name=con1/><ref name=j1>Moore, p. 82</ref> The ships were armed with one [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm Bofors]] gun and were equipped with minesweeping gear.<ref name=m1/><ref name=con1/>

==Operational history==
The ship's [[keel]] was laid down on 19 June 1951 by [[Saint John Shipbuilding]] at their yard in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]]. Named for a [[Bay of Fundy|bay]] located between New Brunswick and [[Nova Scotia]], ''Fundy'' was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 9 December 1953. The ship was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 19 March 1954.<ref name=mac274>Macpherson and Barrie, p. 274</ref>

''Fundy'' remained in Canadian service for only a few weeks as the vessel was [[Ship decommissioning|paid off]] on 31 March 1954. The minesweeper was transferred to the [[French Navy]] the same day and renamed ''La Dunkerquoise''.<ref name=mac274/> The ship was commissioned into the French Navy on 21 May 1954. She served as a minesweeper until 1973 when the minesweeping gear was removed and ''La Dunkerquoise'' transferred to the Pacific Ocean for duty as an overseas territories patrol vessel.<ref>Moore, p. 171</ref> The vessel remained in service until 1984 and was [[Ship decommissioning|paid off]] on 15 October 1986.<ref name=mac274/><ref name=c1>Colledge, p. 250</ref> The ship was stricken in 1986.<ref name=c1/>

==References==
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===References===
* {{cite book |last=Arbuckle |first=J. Graeme |date=1987 |title=Badges of the Canadian Navy |publisher=Nimbus Publishing |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |isbn=0-920852-49-1}}
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Gardiner |editor-first=Robert |editor-last2=Chumbley |editor-first2=Stephen |editor-last3=Budzbon |editor-first3=Przemysław |date=1995 |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=1-55750-132-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |date=2002 |title=The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 |edition=Third |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-072-1}}
* {{cite book |editor-first=John |date=1981 |editor-last=Moore |title=Jane's Fighting Ships, 1981–1982 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=New York |isbn=0-531-03977-3}}

{{Bay class minesweeper}}

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[[Category:Bay-class minesweepers]]
[[Category:Bay-class minesweepers of the French Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built in Saint John, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:1953 ships]]
[[Category:Cold War minesweepers of Canada]]
[[Category:Cold War minesweepers of France]]
[[Category:Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy]]