page_title: HMCS Restigouche (DDE 257)
hierarchical_section_title: HMCS Restigouche (DDE 257)
caption_attribution_description: The Royal Canadian Navy Restigouche-class destroyer HMCS Restigouche (DDE 257) underway in 1983.
context_page_description: HMCS Restigouche was the lead ship of the Restigouche-class destroyers that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. Commissioned in 1958, Restigouche remained in service until 1994. She was sold for use as an artificial reef, however controversy arose over her acquisition and instead she was scuttled off the coast of Mexico in 2001. She was the second Canadian warship to carry the name HMCS Restigouche.
context_section_description: HMCS Restigouche was the lead ship of the Restigouche-class destroyers that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. Commissioned in 1958, Restigouche remained in service until 1994. She was sold for use as an artificial reef, however controversy arose over her acquisition and instead she was scuttled off the coast of Mexico in 2001. She was the second Canadian warship to carry the name HMCS Restigouche.
caption: HMCS Restigouche under way in 1983
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