Ship Details

Columbia (H.M.C.S.) (II)

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Registry #1 DDE.260 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1959 Columbia (H.M.C.S.) (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1959 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 366' x 42' x 13.5'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement 2366
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Destroyer
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 30,000shp T/S steam turbine engine (1959) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # DDE.260 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1959-1974 she served with the Royal Canadian Navy as a Destroyer Escort. In 1974 she was placed in Class-C Reserve. Her propellers were replaced with ‘no-thrust’ screws to permit full-power evolutions for dockside harbour training.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1995-12-22
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On December 22, 1996 this vessel was sunk as an artificial reef off Campbell River BC.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Richard Wall (2014 Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia);
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