ANTICOSTI Class

(MSA) mine-sweeping/laying auxiliary
These two ships are former oil rig supply vessels which the Navy bought in the late 1980s to use as minesweeping training ships, presumably to prepare for the arrival of the MCDVs in the 1990s. Information seems to indicate that both had their minesweeping gear removed as the MCDVs came on-line to replace them; they used a different type of minesweeping equipment than the MCDVs in the first place. ANTICOSTI was used in the East Coast MARCOT exercise as a minelayer on at least one occasion. ANTICOSTI was also fitted with astern refueling gear in 1995. Both were paid off at the turn of the century.

ANTICOSTI Class
Characteristics:

Displacement: 1,076 tons full load 
Dimensions: 58.27 x 13.14 x 5.18 meters (191 x 43 x 17 feet) 
Propulsion: 4 Nohab Polar diesels, 2 shafts, 4,600 bhp, 13.5 knots 
Sonar: minehunting sidescan 

Ships:
 
 
Name
Pendant
Commissioned
Paid Off
Notes
ANTICOSTI
110
07/05/89
/00
Ex- Jean Tide
MORESBY
112
07/05/89
/00
Ex- Joyce Tide

Photos:

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HMCS MORESBY, presumably as she first arrives on the West Coast after being transferred from the East Coast. ('97) DND photo.
HMCS ANTICOSTI sits at a wharf at HMC Dockyard in Halifax. ('97) 
ANTICOSTI in Halifax Harbour sometime in 1998.
 


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