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HMCS Assiniboine II was a St. Laurent-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy as a destroyer escort and later the Canadian Forces from 1956 until 1988. She was the second ship to bear the name. Entering service in 1956, the ship underwent conversion to a destroyer helicopter escort (DDH) in 1962, the conversion performed primarily by Victoria Machinery Depot. She was officially re-classed with pennant DDH 234 on 28 June 1963. After being paid off in 1988, the vessel was used as a harbour training ship until being discarded in 1995. The vessel sank under tow to the breakers that year.

Built as HMS Kempenfelt in 1930, HMCS Assiniboine was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 and served as a destroyer during WWII. Under the command of LCDR John Stubbs, the Assiniboine rammed and sank U-210 off Newfoundland in 1942. She was paid off in 1945 and went aground on Prince Edward Island while under tow to a breaker’s yard in Baltimore, Maryland.