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HMCS CHAUDIERE 235
Restigouche Class Destroyer
Built at Halifax Shipyards and the last of her class, CHAUDIERE was commissioned on 14 Nov 1959. On 02 Oct 1967, she left Halifax to serve on the west coast. Her intended conversion to an IRE was abandoned for reasons of economy, and in 1970 her complement was reduced to training level. On 23 May 1974, she was paid off and thereafter used as a source of spare parts for others of her class. Her bow was removed in 1989 to replaced that of Kootenay, which had been damaged in a collision. CHAUDIERE was sunk as a sport divers' wreck in Sechelt Inlet, B.C., on 05 Dec 1992.
Photos and Documents Ship's company photos The Ship's Bell Commissioning Book Paying-off Book
Shipboard Newspaper - CHAUDIERE Hot Pot Visiting Ships Programme - Expo '67
Commanding Officers
LCdr, RCN died - 03 Oct 1958
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Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
Welcome Aboard HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 May 73-May 74 time frame
(CHD001) HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 - undated // DND photo (CHD002) HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 circa 1965 // Photographer: Raymond Cumby on HMCS OTTAWA 229 (CHD003) HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 - 11 Apr 1969 // Photographed by Walter E. Frost // Source: City of Vancouver Archives (CHD004) George (Cowboy) Watt, RT (left) and Les Lesuik, P1RM, 3 Mess, HMCS CHAUDIERE, 1969 // From the collection of George Watt // Courtesy of Christopher Watt (CHD005) Donavin (Don) Bernhard Bowman as helmsman on HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 // © / Courtesy of Brian Lapierre
(CHD006-CHD008) HMCS CHAUDIERE conducting a personnel transfer via jackstay // Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
HMCS CHAUDIERE - 1971 (BP01) LSWU Del Kolrus (?sp) in HMCS CHAUDIERE'S mortar well (BP02) HMCS CHAUDIERE'S mortars. Note the bit of smoke drifting from the mortar barrels (BP03) Mortars landing (BP04) Cleaning the mortars on HMCS CHAUDIERE after a shoot (BP05) HMCS CHAUDIERE in drydock in Esquimalt, BC Courtesy of Bruce Paterson
From the collection of Terrance O'Hearn
HMCS CHAUDIERE conducting her paying-off sail past
Former HMCS CHAUDIERE being sunk as an artificial reef 05 Dec 1992
Source: Artificial Reef Society of BC
Topographical map showing the approx location of the diving wreck of the former HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 sheltered waters of Sechelt Inlet. From the collection of Ben Whiting Courtesy of Ben Whiting
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
