HMCS Algonquin (R17)
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| Career (Canada) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMCS Algonquin |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Laid down: | 8 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 2 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 28 February 1944 |
| Out of service: | 6 February 1946 |
| Refit: | 1954 |
| Motto: | A coup sur (With sure stroke) |
| Honours and awards: |
Norway, 1944 Normandy, 1944 Arctic, 1944-1945 |
| Fate: | scrapped April 1971 |
| Badge: | Blazon Sable, a base barry wavy argent and azure of four, from which issues an Indian's arm embowed proper wearing arm and wrist bands argent and holding a fish spear in bend argent transfixing an eel or[1] |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | V-Class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2700 tons |
| Length: | 362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines 40,000shp |
| Speed: | 31 knots |
| Range: | 4,680nm at 20kts |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
HF/DF |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Radar 272, later Radar 276 |
| Armament: | 4 4.7in QF Mk IX (4x1) 2 40mm Mk IV 4 20mm (4x1) 8 21in torpedo tubes (2x4) |
HMCS Algonquin was a V-Class World War II destroyer, laid down for the Royal Navy as HMS Valentine (R17) and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on completion.
In 1954, Algonquin was converted to a Type 15 frigate at Esquimalt Dockyard.
[edit] References
- Whitley, M J (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press, p 29, 129 & 133. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
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