HMCS Resolute (hull number MCB 154) was a that was constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Cold War. Entering service in 1954, the ship served on the East Coast of Canada until 1964 when Resolute was decommissioned. The vessel was discarded in 1965.
Design and description The Bay class were designed and ordered as replacements for the Second World War-era minesweepers that the Royal Canadian Navy operated at the time. Similar to the , they were constructed of wood planking and aluminum framing.Macpherson and Barrie, p. 271Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 49
Displacing standard at at deep load, the minesweepers were long with a beam of and a draught of . They had a complement of 38 officers and ratings.Gardiner and Chumbley claim the complement was 40.
The Bay-class minesweepers were powered by two GM 12-cylinder diesel engines driving two shafts creating . This gave the ships a maximum speed of and a range of at .Moore, p. 82 The ships were armed with one 40 mm Bofors gun and were equipped with minesweeping gear.
Operational history The ship's keel was laid down on 29 August 1951 by Kingston Shipbuilding at their yard in Kingston, Ontario. Named for a bay located in Nunavut, Resolute was launched on 20 June 1953. The ship was commissioned on 16 September 1954.Macpherson and Barrie, p. 276
Upon commissioning, Resolute joined the First Canadian Minesweeping Squadron. In May 1956, the First Canadian Minesweeping Squadron deployed as part of the NATO minesweeping exercise Minex Sweep Clear One in the western Atlantic. The ship paid off on 14 February 1964. In 1965, Resolute was declared surplus.Colledge, p. 528
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