HMCS Fortune
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HMCS Fortune was a Bay-class minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy. Named for Fortune Bay, located in Newfoundland, the vessel served in the Royal Canadian Navy for ten years before being sold for commercial purposes. Renamed MV Edgewater Fortune she saw service as a commercial yacht.
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History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Fortune |
Namesake | Fortune Bay |
Builder | Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria |
Yard number | 56 |
Laid down | 24 April 1952 |
Launched | 14 April 1953 |
Commissioned | 3 November 1954 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 1964 |
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Fate | Sold into mercantile service. Refitted as charter yacht MV Edgewater Fortune. |
Badge | Barry wavy of ten argent and azure, a rounded sable, edged or, upon which an equilateral triangle or from each side of which a wind argent the wings counter-clockwise[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bay-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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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 |
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