HMCS Restigouche (DDE 257) was a Restigouche-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1958-1994. She was the lead ship of her class and the second Canadian warship to carry the name . Restigouche was laid down on 17 July 1953 at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal and launched on 22 November 1954. She was commissioned into the RCN on 7 June 1958 carrying the pennant number 257. She was decommissioned from active service in the CF on 31 August 1994. She was sunk as an artificial reef off Acapulco, Mexico in 2001.