Originally to be the last two of the
Mackenzie class they were built instead based upon the
St. Laurent DDH class in order to incorporate a
CH-124 Sea King hangar.
1960-aug-05 | Laid down | Laid down DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon | |
1961-sep-02 | Laid down | Laid down DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis | |
1961-dec-10 | Launched | Launched DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon | |
1963-apr-27 | Launched | Launched DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis | |
1964-may-30 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon | |
1964-dec-19 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis | |
1967-apr | Trials | Trials DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis Beartrap series touchdown aid trials with CH-124 4027 in Halifax Harbour. | |
1968-sep-12 | Port Visit | Port Visit DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis visited Dublin, departed 15 Sep. | |
1971-nov | Aircraft | Aircraft DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon accident CH-124 Sea King 4020 off Bermuda | |
1981-dec-05 | Port Visit | Port Visit DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon visited HMNB Devonport with CH-124 12430 embarked | |
1982 | Deployment | Deployment DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis assigned to 443 Squadron tour of Great Lakes, with MH-443 CH-124 12401 embarked. | |
1984-aug-22 | Refit | Refit DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon DELEX | |
1986-sep-15 | Refit | Refit DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis DELEX | |
1989 | Refit | Refit DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon refit at Port Weller, Ontario | |
1989-sep-25 | Homeport | Homeport DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis 1st Towed Array Sonar Canadian ship to operate on Pacific Coast. | |
1990-jun-03 | Port Visit | Port Visit DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis visited Vladivostok in company with HMCS Kootenay and HMCS Huron. | |
1994 | Refit | Refit DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon refit at Port Weller, Ontario | |
1994-mar-10 | Deployment | Deployment DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis departed Halifax NS for Haiti to take part in Earthquake Relief efforts, arriving on station on 24 Mar. Left theatre on 23 Apr 1994. | |
1996-nov-15 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis | |
1998-jul-07 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon | |
2003 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk DDH 266 HMCS Nipigon off Rimouski, Quebec | |
2008 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia | |
2015-apr-04 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk DDH 265 HMCS Annapolis sunk as an artificial reef in Howe Sound, BC. | |