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Six were transferred to the [[French Navy]]: ''D341'' (ex-''MMS-1069''), ''D342'' (ex-''MMS-1054''), ''D343'' (ex-''MMS-1065''), ''D344'' (ex-''MMS-1055''), ''D345'' (ex-''MMS-1070'') and ''D346'' (ex-''MMS-1056''). All were returned to the RN for disposal in October 1947<ref>Preston, p. 135</ref>
Eight were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy: ''Duiveland'' (ex-''MMS-1044''), ''Ijselmond'' (ex-''MMS-1026''), ''Overflakee'' (ex-''MMS-1046''), ''Tholen'' (ex-''MMS-1014''), ''Voorne'' (ex-''MMS-1043''), ''Wieringen'' (ex-''MMS-1025'') and ''Walcheren'' (ex-''MMS-1042'')<ref>Preston, p. 212.</ref><ref>Gardiner & Chesneau 1980, p. 394</ref>
''MMS-1085'' and ''1086'' were transferred to the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]], where they were named ''Orka'' and ''Vefsna'', respectively They were retained postwar.<ref>McMurtrie and Blackman 1949, p. 243</ref>
Of the 16 laid down for the RCN, ''Ash Lake'', ''Birch Lake'', ''Cherry Lake'', ''Fir Lake'', ''Maple Lake'' and ''Oak Lake'', were cancelled. The remaining ten - ''Alder Lake'', ''Beech Lake'', ''Cedar Lake'', ''Elm Lake'', ''Hickory Lake'', ''Larch Lake'', ''Pine Lake'', ''Poplar Lake'', ''Spruce Lake'' and ''Willow Lake'' - were transferred to the Soviet Navy as ''T-193-202''.<ref>Preston, p. 239</ref><ref>McMurtrie and Blackman 1949, p. 293</ref> Two others were transferred from the RN to the Soviet Navy: ''T-121'' and ''122'' (ex-''MMS-1005'' and ''1023'').
''MMS-1020'' was loaned postwar to the [[Belgian Navy]] for use as a fishery protection vessel.<ref>McMurtrie and Blackman 1949, p. 115</ref>
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