# HMCS Chignecto (MCB 156)

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For other ships named HMCS Chignecto, see [HMCS Chignecto (disambiguation)](/source/HMCS_Chignecto_(disambiguation)).

**HMCS *Chignecto*** ([hull number](/source/Hull_classification_symbol_(Canada)) MCB 156) was a [Bay-class minesweeper](/source/Bay-class_minesweeper) that served in the [Royal Canadian Navy](/source/Royal_Canadian_Navy) during the [Cold War](/source/Cold_War). The ship entered service in 1953 and in 1954, was transferred to the [French Navy](/source/French_Navy) and renamed *La Bayonnaise*. Serving as a minesweeper until 1973, the ship became a territorial patrol ship and remained in service until 1976. *La Bayonnaise* was [broken up](/source/Ship_breaking) for scrap in 1977.

## Design and description

The Bay class were designed and ordered as replacements for the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War)-era minesweepers that the [Royal Canadian Navy](/source/Royal_Canadian_Navy) operated at the time. Similar to the [Ton-class minesweeper](/source/Ton-class_minesweeper), they were constructed of wood planking and aluminum framing.[1][2] [Displacing](/source/Displacement_(ship)) 390 long tons (400 t) standard at 412 long tons (419 t) at deep load, the minesweepers were 152 ft (46 m) [long](/source/Length_overall) with a [beam](/source/Beam_(nautical)) of 28 ft (8.5 m) and a [draught](/source/Draft_(hull)) of 8 ft (2.4 m).[1][2] They had a complement of 38 officers and ratings.[1][a]

The Bay-class minesweepers were powered by two [GM](/source/General_Motors) 12-cylinder [diesel engines](/source/Diesel_engine) driving two shafts creating 2,400 horsepower (1,800 kW). This gave the ships a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and a range of 3,290 nautical miles (6,090 km; 3,790 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).[2][3] The ships were armed with one [40 mm Bofors](/source/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60) gun and were equipped with minesweeping gear.[1][2]

## Operational history

The ship's [keel](/source/Keel) was [laid down](/source/Keel_laying) on 4 June 1951 by [Marine Industries](/source/Marine_Industries) at their yard in [Sorel](/source/Sorel,_Quebec), [Quebec](/source/Quebec). Named for a [bay](/source/Chignecto_Bay) located between [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) and [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick), *Chignecto* was [launched](/source/Ship_naming_and_launching) on 13 June 1953.[4][5] The ship was [commissioned](/source/Ship_commissioning) on 1 December 1953.[4]

*Chignecto* served with the Royal Canadian Navy for three months before being [paid off](/source/Ship_decommissioning) on 31 March 1954.[4] Transferred the same day to the [French Navy](/source/French_Navy), the ship was renamed *La Bayonnaise* and given the hull number P 654.[4][5] She served as a minesweeper until 1973 when the minesweeping gear was removed and she transferred to the Pacific for duty as an overseas territories patrol vessel.[6] The vessel was discarded in 1976 and [broken up](/source/Ship_breaking) for scrap at [Papeete](/source/Papeete), [Tahiti](/source/Tahiti).[5][7]

## References

### Notes

1. Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon claim the complement was 40.[2]

### Citations

1. Macpherson & Barrie 2002, p. 271.

1. Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995, p. 49.

1. Moore 1981, p. 82.

1. Macpherson & Barrie 2002, p. 272.

1. Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 139.

1. Moore 1981, p. 171.

### References

- Arbuckle, J. Graeme (1987). *Badges of the Canadian Navy*. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 0-920852-49-1.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; & Budzbon, Przemysław (eds.) (1995). *Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995*. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Macpherson, Ken & Barrie, Ron (2002). *The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002*. Third ed. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
- Moore, John (ed.) (1981). *Jane's Fighting Ships, 1981–1982*. New York: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-531-03977-3.

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