Built as a mine sweeper under yard No 30 by Saint John Drydock & Shipbuilding, Saint John, New Brunswick for the Royal Canadian Navy.
19 June 1951 laid down.
09 December 1953 launched as the HMCS FUNDY (MCB 145), one of the Bay Class.
Displacement 390 ton standard, 412 tons full load, dim. 46.3 x 8.5 x 2.7m. (draught)
Powered by two GM 12-cyl. diesel engines, 2,500 bhp. twin shafts, speed 15 knots.
Range by a speed of 11 knots, 4,500 miles.
Armament 1 – 40mm gun.
Crew 40.
19 March 1954 completed.
31 March 1954 sold to France.
21 May 1954 commissioned in the French Navy in Halifax under the name La DUNKERQUOISE (M 726).
1961 Departed for the Pacific from France via the Panama Canal. Arrived at Nouméa 09 August 1961.
Based at Nouméa and used as a patrol, escort and research vessel in the Pacific.
01 June 1973 reclassed as patrol craft (P 653).
15 October 1986 decommissioned.
The same year scuttled in Passé de Dumbea off Nouméa.
Norfolk Island 1990 45c sg485, scott481.
Source: The World’s Navies. http://la.lorientaise.pagesperso-orange ... quoise.htm