HMCS Saguenay (DDH 206)

HMCS "Saguenay" (DDH 206) was a sclass|St. Laurent|destroyer|1 that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1956-1990.

She is the second vessel in her class and the second Canadian naval unit to carry the name HMCS|Saguenay.

"Saguenay" was laid down on 4 April 1951 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and launched on 30 July 1953. She was commissioned into the RCN on 15 December 1956 and assigned pennant number 206.

"Saguenay" underwent conversion from a destroyer escort (DDE) to a destroyer helicopter escort (DDH) in the mid-1960s and was officially reclassed on 14 May 1965. She was subsequently selected by the Canadian Forces for the Destroyer Life Extension (DELEX) project and completed this refit on 23 May 1980.

"Saguenay" was decommissioned from active service in the CF on 26 June 1990.

She was sold in 1990 to the Artificial Reef Society of Nova Scotia which scuttled her as an artificial reef in Lunenburg Bay, off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Commanding Officers

* Cdr. R.I. Clayton 1987-1990

Assignments

* Third Escort Squadrom 1953-1959 - Halifax
* Second Escort Squadron 1959-1965 - Esquimalt
* First Escort Squadron 1965-1971
* Fifth Escort Squadron 1971-1990

References

* [http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/postwar/stlauren/ Canadian Navy of Yesterday & Today: St. Laurent class destroyer escort]