HMCS Columbia

HMCS Columbia was a Restigouche-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1959 to 1974. Columbia was the seventh and final ship in her class and is the second Canadian naval unit to carry the name HMCS Columbia. Following her service, she was kept at Esquimalt in an altered condition, no longer capable of sailing. During the summer of 1974 she along with her sister ship HMCS Chaudiere served as the base of operations for the Esquimalt Sea Cadet Camp while being docked at the DND jetty in Colwood. This location was across the harbour from the main site of CFB Esquimalt. Columbia was sold for use as an artificial reef and sunk off the coast of British Columbia in 1996.

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Restigouche-class destroyer, destroyer, Burrard Dry Dock, Royal Canadian Navy, 

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  HMCS Columbia ⓘ
  1956 Restigouche-class destroyer

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  HMS Grappler ⓘ
  1856 Albacore-class gunboat

1974-02-18T00:00:00Z

1974-02-18T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1952-06-11T00:00:00Z

1952-06-11T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1956-11-01T00:00:00Z

1956-11-01T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Engels schip Hr. Ms. Leander afgemeerd aan de Parkkade Rotterdam, Bestanddeelnr 917-7474

HMCS Columbia (DDE 260) at Rotterdam on 10 May 1965

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		HMCS Columbia	destroyer, Restigouche-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1856	HMS Grappler	gunboat, Albacore-class gunboat	Wikidata
commons	image		Engels schip Hr. Ms. Leander afgemeerd aan de Parkkade Rotterdam, Bestanddeelnr 917-7474		Commons
commons	image		HMCS Columbia (DDE 260) at Rotterdam on 10 May 1965		Commons