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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
1942 |
| Launched: |
1943 |
| Commissioned: |
21 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned: |
30 October 1963 |
| Fate: |
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| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
1710 tonnes |
| Length: |
362.8 feet |
| Beam: |
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| Draught: |
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| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: |
36 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
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| Armament: |
2 4.7" twin mounts (forward), 4 40 mm single, 1 40 mm dual guns, 4 21" TT, 2 Squid triple ASW mortars |
| Aircraft: |
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| Class: |
V Class ex-Royal Navy |
| Breadth: |
35.7 feet |
| Draught: |
11.5 feet |
| Pendant Number: |
R64 |
| Number of Officers: |
14 |
| Number of Crew: |
230 |
| Builder: |
John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland |
| Colours: |
White and vermillion |
| Motto: |
Then I will fight |
| Battle Honours |
Normandy, 1944; Arctic, 1944-1945; Atlantic, 1945; Korea, 1950-1952. |
| Badge: |
Blazon Argent, a Sioux Indian head proper facing the dexter and wearing an appropriate feather head-dress of a Sioux Chief. |
HMCS Sioux (R64) was a V class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy that saw service in World War II. She was launched as HMS Vixen (R64) for the British Royal Navy HMS Vixen. She was originally HMS Vixen, and she commissioned into the RCN in February 1944. She wore pennant R64 until she was paid off into reserve shortly after the war. She emerged again, fully modernized, in 1950. She wore pennant 225 until she was finally paid off in October 1963.
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