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Canada – Royal
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Destroyer
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R 17 / DD 224 - HMCS Algonquin
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HMCS Algonquin (DD 224)
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DND photo
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Type,
Class:
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Destroyer; Royal Navy
V-Class / built as HMS Valentine (R 17) |
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Builder:
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John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd.;
Clydebank, Scotland, U.K.
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STATUS:
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Laid down: October 8, 1942 Launched: September 2, 1943 Commissioned:
February 7, 1944 Decommissioned: April 1, 1970 Fate: sold for scrap; scrapped in Taiwan in 1971; |
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Homeport:
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Crest
Motto:
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.) |
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see: INFO
>> Destroyer
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Pictures,
photos & more ...
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HMCS Algonquin as R 17 |
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…
Information & History … |
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built in UK for
the Royal Navy as HMS Valentine (R 17); never commissioned in the RN; transferred to
RCN before completion on February 7, 1944; decommissioned
on February 6, 1946; conversion to a fast anti-submarine escort started in
July 1950 at Yarrows Ltd.; Esquimalt, BC, Canada; recommissioned
on February 25, 1953; |
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