title: HMCS Assiniboine
text: # HMCS Assiniboine
  
  Two Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Assiniboine.
  
  * HMCS Assiniboine (I18) (I) was a River-class destroyer that served the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She was formerly the Royal Navy's Interwar Standard C-class destroyer HMS Kempenfelt (I18).
  * HMCS Assiniboine (DDH 234) was a St. Laurent-class destroyer escort that served the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces during the Cold War.
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  * Atlantic 1939-45
  * Biscay, 1944
  * English Channel 1944-45
  