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HMCS Chaleur (MCB 144) was a Bay-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy for three and a half months in 1954 before being sold to the French Navy to become La Dieppoise. She was eventually replaced by HMCS Chaleur (MCB 164).
| Career (Canada) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Chaleur |
| Namesake: | Chaleur Bay |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1951 |
| Launched: | 21 June 1952 |
| Commissioned: | 18 June 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 September 1954 |
| Identification: | MCB 144 |
| Fate: | Sold to France as La Dieppoise |
| Badge: | A field pile or and gules above a barry wavy azure and argent, and in the center an equilateral triangle azure bearing a fern leaf or.[1] |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | La Dieppoise |
| Acquired: | 9 October 1954 |
| Commissioned: | 13 November 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 July 1987 |
| Struck: | 1987 |
| Identification: | P 655 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bay-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 152 ft (46 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 GM 12-cylinder diesels, 2,400 bhp (1,800 kW) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 38 |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun |
References
- ↑ Arbuckle, p. 24
