HMCS Terra Nova (DDE 259)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | ||
| Laid down: | ||
| Launched: | 1959 | |
| Commissioned: | 6/6/59 | |
| Decommissioned: | 11 July 1997 | |
| Fate: | Laid up, Halifax Harbour (2005) | |
| General characteristics | ||
| Displacement: | 2,800 tons full load | |
| Length: | 111.56 meters | |
| Beam: | 12.80 meters | |
| Draught: | 4.27 meters | |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 Babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers; 2 English Electric geared turbines, 30,000 shp | |
| Speed: | 28 knots | |
| Complement: | 214-249 | |
| Armament: | ||
| Aircraft: | None | |
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| Battle Honours: | Gulf and Kuwait 1991 | |
HMCS Terra Nova is a Canadian Restigouche-class destroyer escort. She was built in 1959. She underwent two refits, one in 1968 bringing her up to the Improved RESTIGOUCHE (IRE) class, and one more in 1984 bringing her up to the DELEX Restigouche Class. She served in the 1991 Gulf War. Terra Nova was paid off on 11 July 1997.
Like all Cold War-era Canadian destroyers, she is named for a river, in this case the Terra Nova River in Newfoundland. The name of the river, in turn, comes from the Latin form of Newfoundland.
Terra Nova was the last of her class to be in service. After being paid off she appeared, as an American destroyer, in the movie K-19: The Widowmaker.
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