HMCS Quinte (MCB 149)
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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=Quinte |Ship namesake=Bay of Quinte |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Port Arthur |Ship laid down=14 June 1952 |Ship launched=8 August 1953 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=15 October 1954 |Ship decommissioned=26 February 1964 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours=Atlantic 1941–42Arbuckle, p. 98 |Ship identification=MCB 149 |Ship fate= |Ship badge=Vert, a Tudor rose, barbed and seeded or, upon a pentagonal cross pattee the arms being formed by five letters "E" each letter facing and converging towards the fess point argent |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass2|Bay|minesweeper}} |Ship displacement=* {{convert|390|LT|t}}
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HMCS Quinte (hull number MCB 149) was a {{sclass2|Bay|minesweeper}} that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Cold War. Entering service in 1954, the minesweeper was the second ship to bear the name. The ship was taken out of service in 1964 and declared surplus in 1965.
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.Macpherson and Barrie, p. 271Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 49
Displacing {{convert|390|LT|t}} 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}}. They had a complement of 38 officers and ratings.Gardiner and Chumbley claim the complement was 40.
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}}.Moore, p. 82 The ships were armed with one 40 mm Bofors gun and were equipped with minesweeping gear.
Operational history
The ship's keel was laid down on 14 June 1952 by Port Arthur Shipbuilding at their yard in Port Arthur, Ontario. Named for a bay in Ontario, Quinte was launched on 8 August 1953. The ship was commissioned on 15 October 1954.Macpherson and Barrie, p. 276
The First Canadian Minesweeping Squadron, of which Quinte was assigned, sailed to the Caribbean Sea in April 1955 for a training cruise, making several port visits.{{cite magazine |title=Sweepers on W. Indies Cruise |magazine=The Crowsnest |location=Ottawa |publisher=Queen's Printer |volume=7 |number=6 |date=April 1955 |pages=2}} Quinte and three other ships of the Bay class comprised the First Minesweeping Squadron in 1960.{{cite magazine |title=First Minesweeping Squadron |magazine=The Crowsnest |volume=12 | number=10 |date=August 1960 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |pages=18}} In October 1960, Quinte was among the minesweepers that took part in the NATO naval exercise Sweep Clear V off Shelburne, Nova Scotia.{{cite magazine |title=Joint Sweeping Exercise Held |magazine=The Crowsnest |date=December 1960 |volume=13 |number=2 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |pages=3}} The vessel remained in service until paid off on 26 February 1964. The minesweeper was declared surplus in 1965.Colledge, p. 513
References
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- {{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:Ships built in Thunder Bay