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In November 1943, the minesweeper returned to Halifax Force and remained with the unit until undergoing a refit at [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia]] in February 1944. Following the completion of the refit, ''Swift Current'' was transferred to Newfoundland Force, the patrol and escort force based in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]] and remained with that group until June 1945. From June until October, the warship performed miscellaneous duties along the [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic coast of Canada]].<ref name=mac184/>
''Swift Current'' was [[Ship decommissioning|paid off]] on 23 October 1945 at [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] and laid up at [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia]]. In 1946, the minesweeper was taken to [[Sorel, Quebec]] and placed in strategic reserve. Reacquired by the Royal Canadian Navy in 1951 during the [[Korean War]], the vessel was given the new [[Hull classification symbol (Canada)|hull number]] FSE 185 and re-designated a coastal escort.<ref name=mac184/><ref>Blackman, p. 99</ref> The warship never re-entered service and was sold to the [[Turkish Navy]] on 29 March 1958. Renamed ''Bozcaada'', the ship remained in service until 1971 when the ship was [[Ship breaking|broken up]] for scrap in Turkey.<ref>Colledge, p. 610</ref><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6112431|shipname=Swift Current|
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