title: HMCS Ottawa
text: # HMCS Ottawa
  
  Four Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Ottawa.
  
  * HMCS Ottawa (H60) (I) was a C-class destroyer commissioned as HMS Crusader (H60) in the Royal Navy before serving with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938–1942.
  * HMCS Ottawa (H31) (II) was a G-class destroyer commissioned as HMS Griffin (H31) in the RN before serving with the RCN from 1943–1945.
  * HMCS Ottawa (DDH 229) (III) was St. Laurent-class destroyer that served in the RCN and Canadian Forces from 1956–1992.
  * HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) (IV) is a Halifax-class frigate commissioned in 1996.
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  * Atlantic, 1939–45.
  * Normandy, 1944.
  * English Channel, 1944.
  * Biscay, 1944.
  * Arabian Sea
  