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Royal Canadian Navy - Destroyer
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G 24 / DDE 216 - HMCS Huron
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Type,
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Destroyer - DD /
UK Tribal - class later converted to a Destroyer Escort - DDE |
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Builder:
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Vickers Armstrong,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. |
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STATUS:
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Laid
down: July 15, 1941 Launched: June 25, 1942 Commissioned: July 19, 1943 (as G 24) paid
off: March 20, 1946 recommissioned:
February 28, 1950 paid
off: October 12, 1951 refitted
and converted to a Destroyer Escort recommissioned:
November 18, 1952 (as DDE-216) paid
off: August 1, 1957 recommissioned
March 28, 1958 Decommissioned: April 30, 1963 Fate: sold for scrap in 1965; scrapped
in La Spezia, Italy |
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Homeport:
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Namesake:
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The
Wyandot (Wendat in their Iroquoian language), also called Huron, are an
indigenous tribe |
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Ship’s
Motto:
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READY THE BRAVE |
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)
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ship
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photo: TheEastCoastRoys
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HMCS Huron
(G 24 / DDE 216): HMCS
Huron served in the Arctic 1943-45, English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944 and
Korean War 1951-53 |
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