HMCS Assiniboine
Survived
Royal Navy, then Royal Canadian Navy
| Type | Destroyer |
|---|---|
| Class | C |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 4 × 4.7″ guns |
Service
| to 1939 | Kempenfelt | |
| from 1939 | Assiniboine Bought by Canada |
Built as the British flotilla leader Kempenfelt and bought by Canada in 1939. In thick fog on 6 August 1942, escorting convoy SC 94, she fought a running gun battle with U-210 at point-blank range and rammed and sank her. Broke her tow on the way to the breakers in 1945 and went ashore on Prince Edward Island.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 4 × 1 - QF 4.7-inch Mark IX guns
- 1 × 1 - QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun
- 2 × 1 - QF 2-pounder Mk II AA guns
- 2 × 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charges, 3 chutes
| Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 18 October 1930 |
| Launched | 29 October 1931 |
| Commissioned | 19 October 1939 |
| Displacement | 1,390 long tons (1,412 t) (standard) 1,901 long tons (1,932 t) (deep) |
| Length | 329 ft (100.3 m) o/a |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched as HMS Kempenfelt
29 October 1931
Renamed HMCS Assiniboine
October 1939 · Bought by Canada
Assiniboine and U-210
Damaged
6 August 1942
Fire on her bridge; one killed
Fate
Survived
Sold for scrapping but wrecked en route to breakers on 10 November 1945
Wreck broken up in situ in 1952