HMCS Chaleur (MCB 144)

History
Canada
Name	Chaleur
Namesake	Chaleur Bay
Laid down	8 June 1951
Launched	21 June 1952
Commissioned	18 June 1954
Decommissioned	30 September 1954
Identification	MCB 144
Fate	Sold to France as La Dieppoise
Badge	A field pile or and gules above a barry wavy azure and argent, and in the center an equilateral triangle azure bearing a fern leaf or.
France
Name	La Dieppoise
Acquired	9 October 1954
Commissioned	13 November 1954
Decommissioned	9 July 1987
Stricken	1987
Identification	P 655
General characteristics
Class and type	Bay-class minesweeper
Displacement	390 long tons (400 t); 412 long tons (419 t) (deep load);
Length	152 ft (46 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 GM 12-cylinder diesels, 2,400 bhp (1,800 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	38
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun

HMCS Chaleur (MCB 144) was a Bay-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy for three and a half months in 1954 before being sold to the French Navy to become La Dieppoise. She was eventually replaced by HMCS Chaleur (MCB 164).

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History

Canada
Name	Chaleur
Namesake	Chaleur Bay
Laid down	8 June 1951
Launched	21 June 1952
Commissioned	18 June 1954
Decommissioned	30 September 1954
Identification	MCB 144
Fate	Sold to France as La Dieppoise
Badge	A field pile or and gules above a barry wavy azure and argent, and in the center an equilateral triangle azure bearing a fern leaf or.^[1]
France
Name	La Dieppoise
Acquired	9 October 1954
Commissioned	13 November 1954
Decommissioned	9 July 1987
Stricken	1987
Identification	P 655
General characteristics
Class and type	Bay-class minesweeper
Displacement	390 long tons (400 t) 412 long tons (419 t) (deep load)
Length	152 ft (46 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 GM 12-cylinder diesels, 2,400 bhp (1,800 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	38
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun