HMCS Fundy (MCB 159) HMCS Fundy (MCB 159) HMCS "Fundy" (hull number MCB 159) was a that was constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Cold War. Entering service in 1956, the vessel was used as a training ship on the West Coast of Canada for the majority of her career. "Fundy" was decommissioned in 1996 and the fate of the vessel is unknown. 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. Displacing standard
Bay of Fundy in the Bay of Fundy system occurred at the head of the Minas Basin on the night of October 4–5, 1869 during a tropical cyclone named the "Saxby Gale". The water level of resulted from the combination of high winds, abnormally low atmospheric pressure, and a spring tide. The tides in the Bay of Fundy are semidiurnal, which means that they have two highs and two lows each day. The height that the water rises and falls to each day during these tides are approximately equal. There are approximately six hours and thirteen minutes between each high and low tide.