Royal Canadian Navy / Marine Royale Canadienne

 

 

Algonquin class Destroyer - DD

(ex UK V-class DD’s)

 

algonquin uk v-class destroyer hmcs sioux royal canadian navy

 

 

Ships:

unit

builder

commissioned

status

R 17 / DD 224 HMCS Algonquin (ex HMS Valentine)

John Brown & Co., Clydebank, UK

1944

scrapped in 1971

R 64 / DD 225 HMCS Sioux (ex HMS Vixen)

J. Samuel White, Cowes, UK

1944

scrapped in 1965

 

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Specifications:

 

Displacement:

1710 tons (full load)

 

Length:

110,6 meters

 

Beam:

10,9 meters

 

Draft:

3,5 meters

 

Speed:

31 knots, max. (57 km/h)

 

Range:

4860 NM (9000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)

 

Crew:

250

 

Aviation:

none

 

Propulsion:

2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers / 2 shafts, 2 propellers / 40000 shp

 

Armament:

as built:

4 x 4,7 inch (120mm) QF Mk.IX guns (2x2)

4 x 40mm AA guns

4 x 20mm AA guns

8 x 21 inch (533mm) torpedo tubes

 

after modification:

    

HMCS Algonquin (DD 224):

1 x Mk-33 FMC 3”/50 twin gun, forward

1 x 4” (101mm) twin gun, aft

2 x 40mm Mk.IV AA guns

1 x Mk-10 NC Limbo ASW Mortar

? x torpedo tubes for Mk-43 Torpedoes

      

HMCS Sioux (DD 225):

4 x 4,7 inch (120mm) QF Mk.IX guns (2x2)

6 x 40mm AA guns

4 x 21 inch (533mm) torpedo tubes

2 x Squid triple ASW mortars

 

class images:

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