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
Burntcoat Head, Nova Scotia at Burntcoat Head average , with the highest being set during the 1869 Saxby Gale at . The Guinness Book of World Records (1975) declared that Burntcoat had the highest tides in the world: “The Natural World, Greatest Tides: The greatest tides in the world occur in the Bay of Fundy... Burntcoat Head in the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, has the greatest mean spring range with 14.5 metres (47.5 feet) and an extreme range of 16.3 metres (53.5 feet).” The "National Geographic" magazine (August 1957) also made a similar assertion: “The famous tides of the Bay of Fundy move with