Built by
Canadian Vickers Ltd., Restigouche was commissioned at Montreal on 07 Jun 1958. \
She
underwent her IRE modernization in 1970-72 at Halifax Shipyards, and in 1973
was transferred to the west coast, arriving at Esquimalt on 02 Aug 1973.
She was paid
off on 31 Aug 1994. Restigouche was sold in December, destined to be sunk to
act as an artificial reef. She and her sister, Kootenay, departed Esquimalt in
tow for Mexico, where Restigouche was sunk off Acapulco on 11 Jun 2001.
I was drafted from the Gatineau to HMCS Restigouche November 1964. And except for a brief stint at HMCS Stadacona while I was on my group 2 trade course I stayed there until mid 1968 when I went Submarine basic training.
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| Waiting to go ashore, Looks like the Virgin Islands |
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| Having a bit of R and R in Curacao |
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| With my buddy Roger Laye somewhere in the south |
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| Entering Willemstad Harbour, Curacao |
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| Trials off Halifax |
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| Trials off Halifax |
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| Trials off Halifax |
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Cox'n of the cutter, Off the coast of Gaspe |
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| Painting the Bathythermograph box. We did a lot of painting |
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| In her later years. Note the more complex mast structure |
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