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HMCS Fundy (J 88)

Minesweeper of the Fundy class


HMCS Fundy as completed.

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassFundy 
PennantJ 88 
Built byCollingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 Jan, 1938 
Launched18 Jun, 1938 
Commissioned1 Sep, 1938 
End service27 Jul, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 27 July 1945.
Sold in 1947 to Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, Quebec and converted to mercantile.
Became the coaster Aigle Marin and then the Anne R.D.
Scrapped at La Malbaie, Quebec in 1987. 

Noteable events involving Fundy include:

14 Jan, 1945
HMCS Comox and HMCS Fundy together pick up 66 survivors from the American merchant Martin Van Buren that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-1232 east of Halifax in position 44º28'N, 63º28'W.


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