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HMCS FUNDY 159
Bay Class Minesweeper
Built by the Davie Shipbuilding Co., Lauzon, she was commissioned on 27 Nov 1956. Specifications when first completed: Displacement: 390 tons, Length: 152 ft, Beam: 28 ft, Draught: 8 ft, Speed: 16 kts, Complement: 3 officers and 35 men, Armament: 1-40mm. The 40mm gun was later removed.
Initially operating out of Halifax, she was later transferred to Esquimalt and was a member of Training Group Pacific.
From 03 Oct to 18 Oct 1960, a combined force of Canadian and American warships including HMCS CAPE SCOTT, minesweepers HMCS RESOLUTE, HMCS FUNDY, HMCS THUNDER, HMCS CHIGNECTO, HMCS QUINTE, HMCS CHALEUR, the loop-layer CNAV BLUETHROAT, the diving tender YMT-6 with RCN divers, eight American minesweepers, USS AGILE, USS AGGRESSIVE, USS BOLD, USS BULWART, USS KINGBIRD, USS BLUEBIRD, USS LIMPKIN and USS HUMMINGBIRD, mine counter-measures support ship USS ORLEANS PARISH, the netlayer USS YAZOO and an American Explosive Ordnance and Disposal Team, participated in Exercise Sweep Clear V off Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
In 1968, FUNDY was part of the escort ships for the Newport / Bermuda yacht race. During that race she rescued the crew of the yacht Truant V which had become disabled after a close encounter with a whale.
FUNDY was paid off on 19 Dec 1996.
The Ship's Bell Photos and Documents
Exercise Sweep Clear V - 05 Oct 1960 (video) // Source: Library and Archives of Canada // Courtesy of Brian Fitzpatrick
RCN Memories: The Minesweeper and the Yacht Fundy to the Rescue
Commanding Officers
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Addison, Tim
Kelly, Dennis, Leading Seaman Radar Plotter
Photos and Documents
(FDY001) HMCS FUNDY 159 in Halifax Harbour in the 1950 // RCN Neg # HS 49813 // Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax (FDY002) HMCS FUNDY 159 // DND / RCN Photo
(ChS001 - ChS005) Former HMCS MIRAMICHI 163, HMCS THUNDER 161 and HMCS FUNDY 159 at Beecher Bay, BC circa 2008 before being broken up at Surrey, BC. Photographer Chris Sattler / © 2008 Courtesy of Dave Shirlaw
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