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Peu de temps après le Jour de la Victoire, Sydney, Nouvelle-Écosse fut choisi comme port pour le désarmement des plus gros navires (destroyers, frégates) et le bassin Louise à Québec pour les fairmiles. Après cette opération, les fairmiles étaient dirigés vers Sorel pour être amarrés à un endroit désigné et transférés à la Corporation des biens de guerre avec tout l'équipement restant à bord.
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The Royal Canadian Navy, which had a fleet of about ten ships when the conflict began, found itself in 1945 with over 400 ships in service which were now useless. The War Assets Corporation was mandated in 1944 to manage the whole process of disposal of war surplus, including the fleet of ships. Shortly after VE-Day, Sydney, Nova Scotia was selected as the port for disarming the larger ships (such as destroyers and frigates), while the Fairmiles were disarmed at the Bassin Louise in Québec. After this operation, the Fairmiles were sent to Sorel, where they were moored in a designated place and transferred to the War Assets Corporation with all the equipment remaining on board. Thus on 8 June 1945, eight flotillas comprising 59 Fairmiles were successively withdrawn from service and, accompanied by their commanders, sent to Sorel, to remain there until they were sold. At the end of 1945, only four Fairmiles were still in service: three on the East Coast (Q 106, Q 116 and Q 121) and one on the West Coast (Q 124), but only for two more years at the outside.
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