HMCS FORTUNE 151

Bay Class Minesweeper

HMCS Fortune 151

Laid down: 24 Apr 1952

Launched: 14 Apr 1953

Commissioned: 03 Nov 1954

Paid off: 28 Feb1964

Fate: Sold in 1966. Still in service as a private yacht - July 2022

Built by Victoria Machinery Depot, she was commissioned on 03 Nov 1954. Specification on completion: Displacement: 396 tons, Length: 152 ft, Beam: 28 ft, Draught: 8 ft, Speed: 16 kts, Complement: 3 officers, 35 men, Armament: 1-40mm. After nine years of naval service, including acting as the flagship of the Second Minesweeping Squadron during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Fortune was paid off on 28 Feb 1964. Sold for commercial use, she was renamed Offshore, then later, Greenpeace Two. As Greenpeace Two she was used in an unsuccessful effort to hind a nuclear test in the Aleutians in Nov 1971. She served for many years as MV Edgewater Fortune as a charter vessel for tours of coastal British Columbia. In July 2015, she was purchased by Mike and Janice Fournier, renamed 151 Water Street, and converted to a private yacht in 2015.

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Commanding Officers

LCdr John Wake Golby, RCN - 19 Jul 1954 - 02 Nov 1954

LCdr John Barclay Young, RCN - 03 Nov 1954 - 23 Aug 1955

LCdr Peter Robert Hinton, RCN - 24 Aug 1955 - 21 Mar 1957

LCdr Christopher Gordon Smith, RCN - 22 Mar 1957 - 13 Aug 1957

LCdr S.G. Moore, RCN - 14 Aug 1957 - 15 Feb 1959

LCdr Donald Mackenzie Waters, RCN - 16 Feb 1959 - 09 Jan 1962

LCdr Arthur Bruce Torrie, RCN - 10 Jan 1962 - 28 Feb 1964

In memory of those who have crossed the bar