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La Dunkerquoise 1978 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
La Dunkerquoise (ex-Fundy)	M726, 6.1973- P653	30	Davie SB, Levis, Canada	6.1951	9.12.1953	3.1954 // 3.1954	patrol 6.1973, stricken 10.1986
La Malouine (ex-Cowichan)	M727, 6.1973- P651	592	Victoria SB, Canada	6.1951	12.11.1951	12.1953 // 3.1954	patrol 6.1973, stricken 1977
La Bayonnaise (ex-Chignecto)	M728, 6.1973- P654	195	Marine Industries, Sorel, Canada	6.1951	13.6.1952	12.1953 // 5.1954	patrol 6.1973, stricken 1976
La Paimpolaise (ex-Thunder)	M729, 6.1973- P657	252	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	5.1951	17.7.1952	12.1953 // 3.1954	patrol 6.1973, stricken 1.1987
La Dieppoise (ex-Chaleur)	M730, 6.1973- P655	107	Port Arthur SB, Canada	6.1951	21.6.1952	6.1954 // 9.1954	patrol 6.1973, stricken 7.1987
La Lorientaise (ex-Miramichi)	M731, 6.1973- P652	31	St. John DD, Canada	6.1952	4.5.1954	7.1954 // 10.1954	patrol 6.1973, stricken 10.1986

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	390
Displacement full, t	412
Length, m	42.7 pp 46.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.50
Draught, m	2.60 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil 52
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(11)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic sweeping gears
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	40

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Project history

These six coastal minesweepers of the Canadian 'Bay' class were launched 1951-53 and transferred to France in 1954 under MDAP. They had wooden hulls and aluminium frames and decks. In the early 1960s they were modified for service as colonial patrol boats. Sweep gear was removed, air conditioning installed, and they were later renumbered with 'P' designations.

Modernizations

early 1960s, all: - minesweeping gear

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.