The Steamers
Where did they end up?

Ship name & number Commissioned Paid-off Present where abouts

HMCS St.Laurent DDH 205

29 Oct 1955 14Jun1974 Sold for scrap and while being towed to Texas foundered and sank 200 miles south of Nantucket 12Jan1980

HMCS Saguenay
DDH 206

15 Dec 1956 26Jun1990 Sunk as an artificial reef in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia 25Jun1994

HMCS Skeena
DDH 207

30 Mar 1957 01Nov1993 Sold for scrap in 1996

HMCS Ottawa
DDH 229

10 Nov 1956 31Jul1992 Sold for scrap in 1994 and went to India for parts on the Leander Class Frigates

HMCS Margaree DDH 230

05 Oct 1957 02May1992 Also sold for scrap in 1994 and went to the Indian Navy for parts

HMCS Fraser
DDH 233

28 Jun 1957 05Oct1994 Museum and floating hotel on the LaHave river in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

HMCS Assiniboine DDH 234

16 Aug 1956 14Dec1988 Sold for scrap in 1995 and while being towed sank in the Caribbean

HMCS Chaudiere DDE 235

14 Nov 1959 23May1974 Sunk as an artificial reef in Sechelt British Columbia 05Dec1992

HMCS Gatineau
DDE 236

17 Feb 1956 24May1996 Sold to Kingston, Ontario for future artificial reef

HMCS St.Croix
DDE 256

04 Oct 1958 15Nov1974 Sold for scrap in 1991

HMCS Restigouche DDE 257

07 Jun 1958 31Aug1994 Scuttled in Acapulco, Mexico after proposed artificial reef project failed 10Jun2001

HMCS Kootenay
DDE 258

07 Mar 1959 18Nov1995 Tied up in Manzanillo, Mexico waiting for transfer to Cayman Islands for proposed artificial reef

HMCS Terra Nova DDE 259

06 Jun 1959 11Jul1997 Last report, still tied up in Halifax waiting for disposal

HMCS Columbia
DDE 260

07 Nov 1959 18Feb1974 Sunk as an artificial reef in Campbell River, British Columbia22Jun1996

HMCS Mackenzie DDE 261

06 Oct 1962 03Aug1993 Sunk as an artificial reef in Sidney, British Columbia 16Sep1995

HMCS Saskatchewan 
DDE 262

16 Feb 1963 28Mar1994 Sunk as an artificial reef in Nanaimo, British Columbia14Jun1997

HMCS Yukon
DDE 263

25 May 1963 03Dec1993 Sunk prematurely as an artificial reef in San Diego, California 14Jul2000

HMCS Qu’appelle DDE 264

14 Sep 1963 31Jul1992 Sold for scrap and taken to Taiwan

HMCS Annapolis
DDH 265

19 Dec 1964 15Nov1996 Presently being stripped for scrap in Esquimalt, British Columbia

HMCS Nipigon
DDH 266

30 May 1964 02Jul1998 Tied up in Rimouski, Quebec awaiting stripping for artificial reef project

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