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The British Columbia-built minesweepers all joined the fleet in 1944 and patrolled between [[Esquimalt, British Columbia|Esquimalt]] and [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia]], joining either escort force until the end of 1945. All eight were decommissioned and seven were sold to commercial interests.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=201}} The vast majority of them had eventful fates. ''Daerwood'' was sold for commercial use on 30 December 1946. The vessel caught fire and sank at [[Bridgetown, Barbados]] on 13 October 1973. ''Cranbrook'' was purchased by a Nanaimo towing firm in November 1947. In 1950 the vessel's registry disappeared from [[Lloyd's Registry]].{{sfn|Macpherson|1997|p=103}} ''Coquitlam'' was sold in October 1946 and renamed ''Wilcox''. The ship went [[Ship grounding|aground]] on 17 June 1954 on [[Anticosti Island]] and written off. ''Kalamalka'' was sold in 1946 for conversion to a fishing vessel. The ship burned and sank while fishing in [[Wallis Bay]], British Columbia on 18 March 1968. ''Lavallee'' was sold on 13 November 1947 to become fishing vessel of the same name. The ship burned and sank near [[Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador]] on 1 March 1967.{{sfn|Macpherson|1997|p=105}} ''Rossland'' was sold to Vancouver towing company in 1946 and renamed ''La Verne''. In 1971, the vessel was resold to a US buyer. ''St. Joseph'' was sold for commercial use and was a Mexican-flagged cargo vessel until the ship's registry was deleted in 1988.{{sfn|Macpherson|1997|p=106}}

''Revelstoke'' was the only British Columbia-built vessel to be kept following the war. ''Revelstoke'' sailed to Halifax and served as tender to [[CFB Halifax#HMCS Stadacona|HMCS ''Stadacona'']] and {{HMCS|Cabot}} before being decommissioned for the final time on 23 October 1953.{{sfn|Macpherson|1997|p=105}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=HMCS Revelstoke |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |___location=Ottawa, Ontario |date=September 1952 |number=11 |volume=4 |pages=20}}</ref> The vessel was sold in 1957 and renamed ''Shirley Ann'' in 1959. ''Shirley Ann'' caught fire and sank off Newfoundland on 12 October 1979.{{sfn|Macpherson|1997|p=105}}

==Citations==

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* {{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |name-list-style=amp |year=2002 |title=The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 |edition=Third |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |___location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-072-1 }}

[[Category:Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy| ]]

[[Category:World War II minesweepers of Canada]]

[[Category:1940s ships]]