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HMCS MIRAMICHI 150
Bay Class Minesweeper
Built by the Saint John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., she was commissioned on 30 Jul 1954. Paid off on 01 Oct 1954, she was, on the same day, transferred to the French Navy, and commissioned as the "dragueur" La Lorientaise M731. On 01 Jun 1973 she was re-classed as a "patrouilleur" with pendant number P652. On 17 Jan 1989 the former La Lorientasie was sunk as a target in a live fire ex using 20, 30 and 100 mm gunfire from the French Naval vessels EV Henry, Commandant Birot, La Railleuse and La Gracieuse in the Pacific off the coast of New Caledonia.
La Lorientaise - Perso Numbericable website
Commanding Officers
LCdr Jack Leroy Panabaker, RCN - 30 Jul 1954 - 11 Aug 1954
Lt D.A. Scott, RCN - 12 Aug 1954 - 1 Oct 1954
They shall not be forgotten
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
