La Dieppoise - P 655
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Chaleur was a Bay class minesweeper laid down by Port
Arthur Shipbuilding Company in June 1951. She was launched
in June 1952 and commissioned two years later. She served
for the Canadian Navy for three months before she was sold
to the French Navy and renamed La Dieppoise. She served as
a minesweeper in New Caledonia until 1973 when she was
rigged down to a patrol boat. She was decommissioned from
the French Navy in July 1987. She was deliberately
scuttled as a diving attraction 12. January 1988. She rest
today standing on her keel like a classic Donald Duck
wreck on a depth of 5 to 25 meter north of Tabou reef
outside Noumea.
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10 S" 166° 26' 40 E ( Source: New Caledonia Diving )  Picture: HMSC Chaleur in 1954 Courtesy of Government of Canada, Public domain Last updated: February 2021 |
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