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International Navies – Canada
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Destroyer / Escort Destroyer

 

 

UK Tribal Class – DD / DDE

HMCS Iroquois (G 89) in DD configuration

HMCS Iroquois (D 217) in DDE configuration

Ships

Pennant

Name

Commissioning Date

DDE refit

 

 

G 07

HMCS Athabaskan

February 3, 1943

lost in April 1944

 

 

DDE 215

HMCS Haida (ex G 63)

August 30, 1943

1952

 

 

DDE 216

HMCS Huron (ex G 24)

July 19, 1943

1950

 

 

DDE 217

HMCS Iroquois (ex G 89)

November 30, 1942

1949

 

 

DDE 213

HMCS Nootka (ex R 96)

August 7, 1946

1950

 

 

DDE 214

HMCS Micmac (ex R 10)

September 12, 1945

1953

 

 

DDE 218

HMCS Cayuga (ex R 04)

October 20, 1947

1952

 

 

DDE 219

HMCS Athabaskan (ex R 79)

January 20, 1948

1954

 

 

 

General Information:

(for specific information & history click on the ship’s name, above)

Technical characteristics (as built):

Length: 114,90 meters

Beam: 11,40 meters

Draft: 3,40 meters forward / 4,60 meters aft

Displacement: 2800 tons (full load)

Propulsion: 3 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers;

                   2 geared steam turbines;

                   2 shafts; 2 propellers; 44000 shp;

Speed: 36 knots, max.

Fuel: 520 tons of oil

Range: 5200 nm at 15 knots / 1700 nm at 20 knots

Crew: 259(DD) / 240 (DDE)

Aviation/Hangar: none

 

UK built ships were engined by Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co., Wallsend, U.K.

Canadian built ships were engined by John Inglis, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

Armament:

 

as built / DD configuration:

Guns

 

Athabaskan

G 07

Haida

G 63 / D 215

Huron

G 24 / D 216

Iroquois

G 89 / D 217

Nootka

R 96 / D 213

Micmac

R 10 / D 214

Cayuga

R 04 / D 219

Athabaskan

R 79 / D 219

4.7’’/45 Mk.XII twin

 

3

3

3

3

3

3

-

-

4’’/45 Mk.16 twin

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

4

4

40mm / 56 quad

 

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

40mm / 56 Mk.5 twin

 

-

-

-

-

1 (a)

1 (a)

1

1

40mm / 39 2-pdr quad

 

1

1

1

1

1 (b)

1 (b)

-

-

20mm Oerlikon

 

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Torpedoes/DC’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21’’ TT / Mk.IX quad

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Mk.VII Depth Charge

 

2 throwers

2 throwers

2 throwers

2 throwers

2 throwers

2 throwers

2 throwers

2 throwers

(a) replaced 2-pdr quad / (b) replaced by Mk.5 twin

 

 

after refit / DDE configuration:

Guns

 

Athabaskan

G 07

Haida

G 63 / D 215

Huron

G 24 / D 216

Iroquois

G 89 / D 217

Nootka

R 96 / D 213

Micmac

R 10 / D 214

Cayuga

R 04 / D 219

Athabaskan

R 79 / D 219

4’’/45 Mk.16 twin

 

-

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3’’/50 Mk.33 twin

 

-

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

40mm / 56 Bofors

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

40mm/56 Boffin

 

-

4

4

4

-

-

4

4

Torpedoes/ASW

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21’’ TT / Mk.IX quad

 

-

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Squid ASW mortars

 

-

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

 

Tribal-class, as built (DD)

Tribal-class, in DDE configuration

 

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