HMCS ANNAPOLIS (2nd) (265)
HMCS ANNAPOLIS (2nd)
The History of HMCS ANNAPOLIS (2nd)
HMCS Annapolis (DDH 265) was an Annapolis-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. She was the second Canadian naval unit to carry this name.
Annapolis was laid down on 2 September 1961 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and launched on 27 April 1963. She was commissioned into the RCN on 19 December 1964 with pennant number 265.
Annapolis served most of her career with the RCN, Canadian Forces' Atlantic Fleet and, later, Canadian Forces' Pacific Fleet. Her Destroyer Life Extension refit was carried out by Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd. from August 19, 1985 to January 8, 1987. HMCS Annapolis took part in the major North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercise OCEAN SAFARI ‘87, and that fall acted as escort to HMY Britannia on a tour of the Great Lakes.
On August 14, 1989, HMCS Annapolis left Halifax for Esquimalt, British Columbia. The spring of 1994 saw her participating in Operation FORWARD ACTION off Haiti, and put into reserve status in 1996. Later, she was paid off in 1998 and stripped of all weapons and sensors before being laid up at CFB Esquimalt.
She was sold to the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia in 2008. She was prepared to be sunk as an artificial reef in 2010, however it was delayed. She was finally sunk as a long-term marine habitat in Halkett Bay Provincial Park off Gambier Island in Howe Sound on 4 April 2015.
HMCS ANNAPOLIS (2nd) Statistical Data
- Pendant: 265
- Type: Helicopter Destroyer
- Class: Annapolis
- Displacement: 2,400 tonnes
- Length: 371 ft
- Width: 42 ft
- Draught: 13.66 ft
- Speed: 28 kts
- Compliment: 12 Officers and 234 Crew
- Arms: 2 - 3" (1xII), 1 Limbo ASW Mortar, Homing Torpedos, 1 Sea King Helo.
- Builder: Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, NS
- Keel Laid: 02-Sep-61
- Date Launched: 27-Apr-63
- Date Commissioned: 19-Dec-64
- Paid off: 01-Jul-1998
Remarks
Originally built as a helicopter destroyer. Major DELEX refit completed 15 Sep 86. Although removed from active service on 15 November 1996, she was officially paid off on 1 July 1998
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Post-DELEX refit HMCS ANNAPOLIS (DDH-265) near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. July 1995. Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HMCS_Annapolis_DDH-265.jpg
Pre-DELEX HMCS ANNAPOLIS with Sea King helicopter.