HMCS Qu'Appelle (DDE 264)

HMCS Qu'Appelle (DDE 264) was a Mackenzie-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. The ship's insignia and logo was the head of a fox facing forward centered in a diagonal line double white with a red center sqiggley line from the top left to bottom right. The moniker of the ship was "Follow the Fox".

She is the second Canadian naval unit to carry the name HMCS Qu'Appelle.

Qu'Appelle was laid down on 14 January 1960 at Davie Shipbuilding Ltd., Lauzon and launched on 2 May 1962. She was commissioned into the RCN on 14 September 1963.

She was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and served largely as a training ship with the RCN and later in the CF under Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC). She underwent the Destroyer Life Extension Project (DELEX) in 1982.

She was decommissioned from Maritime Command on 13 March 1992.

Ship's Bell
The Christening Bells Project at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum includes information from the ship's bell of HMCS Qu'Appelle (2nd) 1963 - 1994, which was used for baptism of babies onboard ship 1964 - 1981. The bell is currently held by the CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum, Esquimalt, British Columbia