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International Navies – Canada
Royal Canadian Navy / Marine Canadienne - Ships
Destroyer
Algonquin / ex UK V-Class – DD
HMCS Algonquin (R 17), as built
Ships
Pennant	Name		Commissioning Date
DD 224	HMCS Algonquin (ex R 17)		February 7, 1944
DD 225	HMCS Sioux (ex R 64)		February 21, 1944
General Information: (for specific information & history click on the ship’s name, above)
Technical characteristics (as built):
Length: 110,60 meters Beam: 11,00 meters Draft: 3,50 meters Displacement: 1710 tons (full load) Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers; 2 Parsons geared steam turbines; 2 shafts; 2 propellers; 40000 shp; Speed: 36 knots, max. Crew: approx. 240 Aviation/Hangar: none
Armament:
as built:
4 4.7” single guns (2 forward, 2 aft); 4 40mm guns; 4 20mm guns; 2 x 4 21” Torpedo Tubes;
after modification:
HMCS Sioux: 2 4.7” twin mounts, forward; 4 40mm single guns; 1 40mm dual gun; 4 21” Torpedo Tubes; 2 Squid triple ASW mortars;				HMCS Algonquin: 1 Mk.33 FMC 3”/50 twin mount, forward; 1 4” twin mount, aft; 2 40mm single guns; 1 Mk.10 NC Limbo ASW mortar; Mk.43 ASW homing Torpedoes;
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