Royal Canadian Navy - Destroyer

DDE / DDH 234  -  HMCS Assiniboine

 

 

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dde ddh 234 hmcs assiniboine st. laurent class destroyer royal canadian navy marine royale canadienne

Type, Class:

 

St. Laurent - class Destroyer Escort - DDE

later converted to Helicopter Destroyer Escort (DDH)

Builder:

 

Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, Quebec, Canada

STATUS:

 

Laid down: May 19, 1952 (as DDE)

Launched: February 12, 1954

Commissioned: August 16, 1956

reclassified DDH: June 1963

Decommissioned: December 14, 1988

Fate: sold for scrap;

sunk in 1995 in the Caribbean Sea while under tow en route to shipbreakers

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

Assiniboine River (Saskatchewan + Manitoba)

Ship’s Motto:

 

 

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > St. Laurent - class Destroyer

 

ship images

 

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HMCS Assiniboine (DDE / DDH 234):

 

 

patches

 

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