Royal Canadian Navy - Destroyer

DDE / DDH 206  -  HMCS Saguenay

 

 

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Type, Class:

 

St. Laurent - class Destroyer Escort - DDE

later converted to Helicopter Destroyer Escort (DDH)

Builder:

 

Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

STATUS:

 

Laid down: April 4, 1951 (as DDE)

Launched: July 30, 1953

Commissioned: December 15, 1956

reclassified DDH: May 1965

Decommissioned: June 26, 1990

Fate: sold; scuttled as an artificial reef off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

Saguenay River, Quebec

Ship’s Motto:

 

A L’ERTE (ready to act)

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > St. Laurent - class Destroyer

 

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HMCS Saguenay (DDE / DDH 206):

 

 

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