Royal Canadian Navy - Destroyer

DDE / DDH 205  -  HMCS St. Laurent

 

 

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Type, Class:

 

St. Laurent - class Destroyer Escort - DDE

later converted to Helicopter Destroyer Escort (DDH)

Builder:

 

Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

STATUS:

 

Laid down: November 24, 1950 (as DDE)

Launched: November 30, 1951

Commissioned: October 29, 1955

reclassified DDH: October 1963

Decommissioned: June 14, 1974

Fate: sold for scrap;

sunk in 1980 off Cape Hatteras while under tow en route to shipbreakers in Texas

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

St. Laurent (St. Lawrence) river

Ship’s Motto:

 

 

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > St. Laurent - class Destroyer

 

ship images

 

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as DDE

 

 

HMCS St. Laurent (DDE / DDH 205):

 

 

patches

 

 

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