# HMCS Chignecto (MCB 160)

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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 160) 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). Entering service in 1957, the minesweeper was used primarily as a [training vessel](/source/Training_vessel) on the [Pacific coast of Canada](/source/British_Columbia_Coast). Discarded in 1998, the ship was [broken up](/source/Ship_breaking) in 1999.

## 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 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][note 1]

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

Ordered as a replacement for [sister ship](/source/Sister_ship), [HMCS *Chignecto* (MCB 156)](/source/HMCS_Chignecto_(MCB_156)) which had been transferred to the [French Navy](/source/French_Navy) in 1954, the ship's [keel](/source/Keel) was laid down on 25 October 1955 by [George T. Davie & Sons Ltd.](/source/Davie_Shipbuilding) at their yard in [Lauzon](/source/Lauzon,_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 17 November 1956.[4][5] The ship was [commissioned](/source/Ship_commissioning) on 1 August 1957.[4]

After commissioning, the minesweeper was transferred to the [West Coast of Canada](/source/British_Columbia_Coast) and joined Training Group Pacific.[4] In 1972, the class was re-designated patrol escorts.[1] The vessel remained a part of the unit until being [paid off](/source/Ship_decommissioning) on 19 December 1998. *Chignecto* was sold to Budget Steel of Victoria, British Columbia in May 1999 and [broken up](/source/Ship_breaking) for scrap.[4][5]

## References

### Notes

1. Gardiner and Chumbley claim the complement was 40.

### Citations

1. Macpherson and Barrie, p. 271

1. Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 49

1. Moore, p. 82

1. Macpherson and Barrie, p. 272

1. Colledge, p. 139

### 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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