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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Fundy |
| Namesake | Bay of Fundy |
| Ordered | 23 August 1937 |
| Builder | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood, Ontario |
| Laid down | 24 January 1938 |
| Launched | 18 June 1938 |
| Commissioned | 1 September 1938 |
| Decommissioned | 27 July 1945 |
| Identification |
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| Honours and awards | Atlantic 1939–45[1] |
| Fate | Sold to Marine Industries Ltd 1947, scrapped 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fundy-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 460 long tons (470 t) |
| Length | 163 ft (49.7 m) |
| Beam | 27.5 ft (8.4 m) |
| Draught | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 38 |
| Armament | 1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk IV gun[2] |
HMCS Fundy was a Fundy-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938 to 1945. The minesweeper was the first warship built for Canada since 1918.[3] She saw service in the Atlantic Ocean during the Second World War. The vessel was named for the Bay of Fundy. After the war she had an extensive civilian career.