HMCS Chaleur (MCB 144) facts for kids
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 Canada |
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| Name | Chaleur |
| Namesake | Chaleur Bay |
| Laid down | 8 June 1951 |
| Launched | 21 June 1952 |
| Commissioned | 18 June 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1954 |
| Identification | MCB 144 |
| Fate | Sold to France as La Dieppoise |
| Badge | A field pile or and gules above a barry wavy azure and argent, and in the center an equilateral triangle azure bearing a fern leaf or. |
 France |
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| Name | La Dieppoise |
| Acquired | 9 October 1954 |
| Commissioned | 13 November 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 9 July 1987 |
| Stricken | 1987 |
| Identification | P 655 |
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| Class and type | Bay-class minesweeper |
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| Length | 152 ft (46 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 GM 12-cylinder diesels, 2,400 bhp (1,800 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 38 |
| Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun |
HMCS Chaleur (MCB 144) was a Bay-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy for three and a half months in 1954 before being sold to the French Navy to become La Dieppoise. She was eventually replaced by HMCS Chaleur (MCB 164).
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