HMCS Fortune (MCB 151)
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| Career (Canada) |  Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Name: | Fortune |
| Builder: | Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria |
| Laid down: | 24 April 1952 |
| Launched: | 14 April 1953 |
| Commissioned: | 3 November 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 February 1964 |
| Fate: | Sold into mercantile service. Refitted as charter yacht MV Edgewater Fortune. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 Fortune (MCB 151) was a Bay class minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy.
Commissioned in 1955, she was named for Fortune Bay.
She was decommissioned in 1969 and sold into mercantile service. She was refitted as the charter yacht MV Edgewater Fortune and is now used for short cruises along the coast of British Columbia.
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