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Iroquois

HMCS Iroquois

Survived

Royal Canadian Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassTribal
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 4.7″ guns in 3 twin mounts

Tribal-class destroyer. With Mauritius she broke up a German convoy off Les Sables-d'Olonne in August 1944. Served in Korea.

The Royal Canadian Navy destroyer HMCS Iroquois (G89) underway, circa in 1942. The photo was taken from Departmant of National Defence letter to Signalor W.A. Davis (V754) assigned to duty on the Iroquois, 30 November 1942. Photo: Royal Canadian Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
  • 1 × 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk.16 twin guns
  • 1 × quadruple mount 40 mm/39 2-pounder gun
  • 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
  • 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes)
  • 1 rail + 2 Mk.IV throwers (Mk.VII depth charges)
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down19 September 1940
Launched23 September 1941
Commissioned30 November 1942
Displacement1,959 long tons (1,990 t) tons standard 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) deep load
Length377 ft (115 m)
Speed36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement259 (14 officers, 245 ratings)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

23 September 1941

14–15 August 1944

Fate

Survived

Scrapped 1966