"HMCS Columbia was a Restigouche-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1959\u20131974. She is named for the Columbia River. Columbia was the seventh and final ship in her class and is the second Canadian naval unit to carry the name HMCS Columbia.Columbia was laid down on 11 June 1952 at Burrard Dry Dock Ltd., North Vancouver and launched on 1 November 1956. She was commissioned into the RCN on 7 November 1959 carrying the pennant number 260."@en . "1959-11-07Z"^^ . "1956-11-01Z"^^ . . . "51.856"^^ . "12.8016"^^ . "1952-06-11Z"^^ . "2.8e+09"^^ . . "111.557"^^ . . "1974-02-18Z"^^ . "Sunk as artificial reef offBritish Columbiain 1996." .