HMCS Terra Nova
HMCS ''Terra Nova'' (DDE 259) was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1959 until 1997. After her final refit, she was a guided missile destroyer. She was the sixth ship of her class and the first Canadian war ship to bear the name ''Terra Nova''. The ship's badge honours the Terra Nova River in Newfoundland as well as an earlier civilian ship, , which gained fame during a scientific exploration voyage to Antarctica. They are represented as a river and the Antarctic (symbolized by a penguin) on the ship's badge. Design and description Based on the preceding design, the ''Restigouche''-class ships had the same hull and propulsion, but different weaponry.Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 45 Initially the ''St. Laurent''-class had been planned to be 14 ships. However the order was halved, and the following seven were redesigned to take into improvements made on the ''St. Laurent''-class ships. As time passed, their design diverged further from that ...
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Terra Nova River
The Terra Nova River is a river in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It drains an area in the centre of the island of Newfoundland, discharging into Bonavista Bay at Glovertown. The Terra Nova River passes through the northern end of Terra Nova National Park, which derives its name from the river. The river also has a healthy run of Atlantic Salmon. See also *List of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador This is a list of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, divided by watershed. Nearly all watersheds in the province ultimately drain into the Atlantic Ocean. East Coast of Labrador Watersheds between Eclipse River and Groswater Bay in L ... Rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-river-stub ...
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