HMCS Chignecto (MCB 156)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|naval-1911}} |Ship name=Chignecto |Ship namesake=Chignecto Bay |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Marine Industries, Sorel |Ship laid down=4 June 1951 |Ship launched=13 June 1952 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=1 December 1953 |Ship decommissioned=31 March 1954 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship identification=MCB 156 |Ship fate=Transferred to French Navy 1954 |Ship badge=Gules, a pile azure fimbriated argent charged with a sprig of bulrush or.{{sfn|Arbuckle|1987|p=26}} |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=France |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|France|naval}} |Ship name=La Bayonnaise |Ship namesake= |Ship acquired=31 March 1954 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck=1976 |Ship reinstated= |Ship identification=P 654 |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Broken up 1977 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass2|Bay|minesweeper}} |Ship displacement=*{{convert|390|LT|t|lk=on|abbr=on}}
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HMCS Chignecto (hull number MCB 156) was a {{sclass2|Bay|minesweeper}} that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Cold War. The ship entered service in 1953 and in 1954, was transferred to the French Navy and renamed La Bayonnaise. Serving as a minesweeper until 1973, the ship became a territorial patrol ship and remained in service until 1976. La Bayonnaise was broken up for scrap in 1977.
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.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=271}}{{sfn|Gardiner|Chumbley|Budzbon|1995|p=49}} Displacing {{convert|390|LT|t|lk=on}} standard at {{convert|412|LT|t}} at deep load, the minesweepers were {{convert|152|ft|m|abbr=on}} long with a beam of {{convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=271}}{{sfn|Gardiner|Chumbley|Budzbon|1995|p=49}} They had a complement of 38 officers and ratings.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=271}}{{efn|Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon claim the complement was 40.{{sfn|Gardiner|Chumbley|Budzbon|1995|p=49}}}}
The Bay-class minesweepers were powered by two GM 12-cylinder diesel engines 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}}.{{sfn|Gardiner|Chumbley|Budzbon|1995|p=49}}{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=82}} The ships were armed with one 40 mm Bofors gun and were equipped with minesweeping gear.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=271}}{{sfn|Gardiner|Chumbley|Budzbon|1995|p=49}}
Operational history
The ship's keel was laid down on 4 June 1951 by Marine Industries at their yard in Sorel, Quebec. Named for a bay located between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Chignecto was launched on 13 June 1953.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=272}}{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=139}} The ship was commissioned on 1 December 1953.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=272}}
Chignecto served with the Royal Canadian Navy for three months before being paid off on 31 March 1954.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=272}} Transferred the same day to the French Navy, the ship was renamed La Bayonnaise and given the hull number P 654.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=272}}{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=139}} She served as a minesweeper until 1973 when the minesweeping gear was removed and she transferred to the Pacific for duty as an overseas territories patrol vessel.{{sfn|Moore|1981|p=171}} The vessel was discarded in 1976 and broken up for scrap at Papeete, Tahiti.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=139}}{{csr|register=MSI|id=6123029|shipname=Chignecto |accessdate=13 November 2016}}
References
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=References=
- {{cite book |last=Arbuckle |first=J. Graeme |year=1987 |title=Badges of the Canadian Navy |publisher=Nimbus Publishing |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |isbn=0-920852-49-1}}
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book |editor-last1=Gardiner |editor-first1=Robert |editor-last2=Chumbley |editor-first2=Stephen |editor-last3=Budzbon |editor-first3=Przemysław |name-list-style=amp |year=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 |last1=Macpherson |first1=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |name-list-style=amp |year=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 |editor-last=Moore |year=1981 |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 Sorel-Tracy
Category:Cold War minesweepers of Canada