An item reported that on behalf of the Canadian fleet 4 minesweepers with as dimensions 45,7 x 8,38 x 4,42 metres were under construction. The Comox (1) and Nootka (2) were built in British Columbia.
Notes
1. J64. Part of the Fundy-class, consisting of the Comox, Fundy, Gaspe and Nootka, succeeded by the Bangor-class. building ordered on 23 August 1937, laid down by Burrars Dry Dock Co. Ltd., Vancouver with yard number 177 on 5 February 1938, launched on 9 August 1938, commissioned on 23 November 1938, decommissioned on 27 July 1945 and sold to Chinese merchants in1946 who converted her into the tug Sung Ming since 1993 no longer registered.
2. J35. Part of the Fundy-class, consisting of the Comox, Fundy, Gaspe and Nootka, succeeded by the Bangor-class, building ordered on 23 August 1937, laid down by Yarrows Limited, Esquimalt on 1 February 1938, launched on 26 September 1938, commissioned on 6 December 1938, renamed Nanoose in 1943, decommissioned on 29 July 1945 and sold to Chinese merchants in1946 who converted her into the tug Sung Ling since 1993 no longer registered.
Notes
1. J64. Part of the Fundy-class, consisting of the Comox, Fundy, Gaspe and Nootka, succeeded by the Bangor-class. building ordered on 23 August 1937, laid down by Burrars Dry Dock Co. Ltd., Vancouver with yard number 177 on 5 February 1938, launched on 9 August 1938, commissioned on 23 November 1938, decommissioned on 27 July 1945 and sold to Chinese merchants in1946 who converted her into the tug Sung Ming since 1993 no longer registered.
2. J35. Part of the Fundy-class, consisting of the Comox, Fundy, Gaspe and Nootka, succeeded by the Bangor-class, building ordered on 23 August 1937, laid down by Yarrows Limited, Esquimalt on 1 February 1938, launched on 26 September 1938, commissioned on 6 December 1938, renamed Nanoose in 1943, decommissioned on 29 July 1945 and sold to Chinese merchants in1946 who converted her into the tug Sung Ling since 1993 no longer registered.
