HMCS Nipigon (DDH 266)

HMCS Nipigon (DDH 266)

HMCS "Nipigon" (DDH 266) was an sclass|Annapolis|destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. She was the second Canadian naval unit to carry this name.

"Nipigon" was laid down on 5 August 1960 at Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel and launched on 10 December 1961. She was commissioned into the RCN on 30 May 1964 with pennant number 266.

"Nipigon" served most of her career with the RCN and later Canadian Forces' Atlantic Fleet. During her service with Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT), she was primarily used as a training ship.

She was decommissioned from the Canadian Forces on 2 July 1998 and sold for use as an artificial reef. She was sunk in the St. Lawrence River north of Rimouski, Quebec on 22 July 2003.

External links

* [http://www.artificialreefs.net/Projects/nipigon.html HMCS "Nipigon" Artificial Reef, Rimouski Quebec Canada]
* [http://csailor.bravehost.com/indexang.html HMCS "Nipigon"]


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