HMCS Chaudiere was a Restigouche-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1959-1974. She was named for the Chaudiere River. Chaudiere was the second vessel in her class and is the second Canadian naval unit to bear this name.She was laid down on 30 July 1953 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and launched on 13 November 1957. She was commissioned into the RCN on 14 November 1959 carrying the pennant number 235.