HMCS Iroquois (DDH 280)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | mid 1960s |
| Laid down: | January 15, 1969 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1970 |
| Commissioned: | July 29, 1972 |
| Decommissioned: | N/A |
| Fate: | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5150 tonnes |
| Length: | 129.9 metres |
| Beam: | 15.7 metres |
| Draught: | 6.9 metres |
| Propulsion: | two shafts, two Pratt & Whitney FT4-A2 gas turbines (37 megawatts at the shaft), two Allison 570-KF gas turbines (5.6 megawatts at the shaft) |
| Speed: | 29+ knots |
| Range: | 4500 nm at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 282 |
| Armament: | one 29-cell VLS (Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA), one 76 mm/62 OTO Melara (Super Rapid) DP, 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, 1 20 mm Close-In Weapons Systems, two triple Mark-46 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes firing Mark-46 Mod 5 torpedoes. |
| Aircraft: | 2 CH-124 Sea King helicopters |
| Motto: | Relentless In Chase |
| Badge: | Blazon Or, the head of an Iroquois brave, couped at the base of the neck, properly coloured and wearing two eagle feathers in his hair and a gold ring pendant from the ear. |
| Colours: | Gold and black |
| Battle Honours: | Atlantic, 1943; Arctic, 1943-1945; Biscay, 1943-1944; Norway, 1945; Korea, 1952-1953. |
HMCS Iroquois (DDG 280) is an Iroquois-class destroyer of the Canadian Navy.
She was named after HMCS Iroquois, one of the original Tribal class destroyers built for the Commonwealth navies. Commissioned in July 1942, she wore pennants G89 and then 217 until she was paid off in October 1962.
The Iroquois is the lead ship of the Iroquois class, commonly called "280's" or the "Tribal class" by Canadian Forces personnel. Commissioned in July 1972, she wears pennant 280.
See HMCS Iroquois for other ships of this name.
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