HMCS CHIGNECTO 156

 

Bay Class Minesweeper

 

 

HMCS CHIGNECTO 156

 

Laid down: 04 Jun 1951

Launched: 13 Jun 1952

Commissioned: 01 Dec 1953

Paid off: 31 Mar 1954

Transferred to French Navy: 31 Mar 1954

Re-commissioned: 31 Mar 1954

Re-classed: 01 Jun 1973

Paid off: 1975

Fate: sunk as a target ship in 1977

 

Built by Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, she was commissioned on 01 Dec 1953, and paid off on 31 Mar 1954, the day of her transfer to the French Navy. She was re-commissioned as the "dragueur" La Bayonnaise M728. On 01 Jun 1973 she was re-classed as a "patrouilleur" with pendant number P654. On 13 June 1975, La Bayonnaise P654 ran aground on a shoal off Lifou near New Caladonia. She was deemed not repairable and was sunk in 1977 as a target ship.

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

LCdr C.J. Benoit, DSC, RCN - 01 Dec 1953 - 02 Feb 1954

 

LCdr Edmund James Semmens, RCN - 03 Feb 1954 - 31 Mar 1954

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

Dragueur La Bayonnaise in 1954

Source: Perso Numericable website

 

 

La Bayonnaise was sunk in 1977 by 38mm gunfire from MM38 from the French Naval vessels EV Henry, Balny and Amiral Charner  //  Source: Perso Numericable website

 

 

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