For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Miramichi.
| HMCS Miramichi (MCB 150) | |
|---|---|
| Career (Canada) |  |
| Name: | Chaleur |
| Builder: | Saint John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John |
| Laid down: | 13 June 1952 |
| Launched: | 4 May 1954 |
| Commissioned: | 30 July 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 1954 |
| Fate: | Sold to France, 1954 |
| Notes: |
Motto: Loyal à la mort Colours: Red and gold |
| Badge: | Blazon on a field of birch bark proper, a pile barry wavy of ten argent and azure and overall an equilateral triangle, apex to the chief gules, charged with a porcupine or. |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Lorientaise |
| Acquired: | 1954 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bay-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 390 tons |
| Length: | 152 ft (46 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 38 |
| Armament: | 1 40mm Bofors |
HMCS Miramichi (MCB 150) was a Bay-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy for two months in 1954 before being sold to the French Navy to become La Lorientaise.
She was eventually replaced by HMCS Miramichi (MCB 163).
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