HMCS Restigouche (DDE 257)
HMCS Restigouche was the lead ship of the Restigouche-class destroyers that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. Commissioned in 1958, Restigouche remained in service until 1994. She was sold for use as an artificial reef, however controversy arose over her acquisition and instead she was scuttled off the coast of Mexico in 2001. She was the second Canadian warship to carry the name HMCS Restigouche.
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HMCS Restigouche (DDE 257)
HMCS Restigouche was the lead ship of the Restigouche-class destroyers that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. Commissioned in 1958, Restigouche remained in service until 1994. She was sold for use as an artificial reef, however controversy arose over her acquisition and instead she was scuttled off the coast of Mexico in 2001. She was the second Canadian warship to carry the name HMCS Restigouche.
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HMCS Restigouche was the lead ...... rry the name HMCS Restigouche.
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1958-06-07
decommissioning date
1994-08-31
laying down
1953-07-15
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1,115568e+2
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Rester droit ("Steer a straight course")
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1,28016e+1
ship launched
1954-11-22
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Sunk offMexicoin 2001
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Ship armament
* 1 × 3-inch/70 Mk.6 Vickers t ...... aunchers with homing torpedoes
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Ship badge
Blazon Or, the head of a five pronged fish-spear erect, azure.
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Ship commissioned
1958-06-07
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Ship country
Canada
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Ship decommissioned
1994-08-31
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Ship EW
* 1 × DAU HF/DF
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Ship fate
Sunk off Mexico in 2001
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Ship honours
*Atlantic 1939–45
*North Sea 1940
*Mediterranean 1943
*Normandy 1944
*Biscay 1944
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Ship laid down
1953-07-15
Ship launched
1954-11-22
Ship motto
Rester droit
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Ship name
Restigouche
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Ship namesake
Ship nickname
"Rusty Guts"
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Ship power
*2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
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Ship sensors
* 1 × SPS-12 air search radar
...... h on-mount SPG-48 director aft
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