HMCS Chaudiere (DDE 235)

HMCS Chaudiere (DDE 235)

HMCS "Chaudiere" (DDE 235) was a sclass|Restigouche|destroyer|1 that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1959-1974.

"Chaudiere" was the second vessel in her class and is the second Canadian naval unit to bear this name.

She was laid down on 30 July 1953 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and launched on 13 November 1957. She was commissioned into the RCN on 14 November 1959 carrying the pennant number 235.

"Chaudiere" was not selected for the Improved Restigouche (IRE) or Destroyer Life Extension (DELEX) programs and was instead decommissioned from active service in the CF on 23 May 1974.

She was placed in Category C reserve and in 1988 she reverted to a parts hulk, with part of her bow being used in 1989 to repair her sistership warship|HMCS|Kootenay|DDE 258.

She was sunk as an artificial reef off British Columbia in 1992.

References

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


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