HMCS Terra Nova (DDE 259) was the seventh and last Restigouche-class destroyer built for the Canadian Navy. She is the only ship to bear the name “Terra Nova” in the RCN to date, and her ship’s badge honours the earlier civilian ship of the same name which completed a scientific voyage to Antarctica, as well as the Terra Nova River in Newfoundland. Built by the Victoria Machinery Depot from 1953–1955, she was commissioned on 6 June 1959. She would be converted into a guided missile destroyer after her final refit in 1990 in preparation for the Gulf War, where she was deployed during Operation Desert Shield alongside HMCS Athabaskan and Preserver. She was decommissioned in July 1997 and scrapped in 2009.

Introduced in Update “Sky Guardians”, Terra Nova’s biggest strength is her 3 inch/70 cannon mounted in front of the bridge. With a high rate of fire and adequate explosive power, it is easily capable of pummelling enemy ships, knocking out or disabling key components such as weapons, crew compartments, and sensors before the enemy has time to react. The high rate of fire, combined with a tracking and search radar, as well as HE-VT shells, means Terra Nova can also be a very effective anti-air platform, capable of destroying targets up to 10 km should a plane not take evasive manoeuvres to avoid the fused shells.