HMCS Fundy MCB159 and HMCS Resolute MCB154 ,Bay Class Minesweepers at HMC Dockyard,Halifax,Nova Scotia July 1962.Displacement 390/412 tons. LOA 152 ft,beam 28 ft,draught 7.75 ft.2-shaft diesel 2,400BHP=16kts.1X 40mm AA(when fitted).Crew:38.A total of sixteen of these wood/composite minesweepers were built at various Canadian yards in the 1950s,with a number sold abroad. France purchased six and Turkey four.Some, including Fundy, soldiered on until 1990s in training role.Capnken photo © 1962/2007.