| Career (Canada) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMCS Saskatchewan (H70) |
| Namesake: | Saskatchewan River |
| Ordered: | 17 March 1933 |
| Builder: | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd., Clydebank |
| Laid down: | 25 July 1933 |
| Launched: | 29 August 1934 |
| Commissioned: | 31 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 January 1946 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1944 Normandy 1944 Biscay 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | River-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,405 long tons (1,427.5 t) standard 1,940 long tons (1,971.1 t) deep |
| Length: | 329 ft (100.3 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33.3 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught: | 10.8 ft (3.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 38,000 shp on 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 35.5 kn (65.7 km/h), 31.5 kn (58.3 km/h) deep |
| Range: | 6,350 nmi (11,760 km) at 15 kn (27.8 km/h) 1,275 nmi (2,361 km) at 35.5 kn (65.7 km/h) |
| Complement: | 145 |
| Armament: |
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HMCS Saskatchewan (H70) was a River-class destroyer that served the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944-1946.
She was laid down on 25 July 1933 at John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. Clydebank and launched on 29 August 1934. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 27 April 1935 as an Interwar standard E and F-class destroyer with the name HMS Fortune (H70).
She was decommissioned by the RN on 31 May 1943 and transferred to Canada; she was commissioned into the RCN on that day as HMCS Saskatchewan (H70).
Saskatchewan joined Escort Group C3 in August 1943 and continued this duty through year end. From 6-30 June 1944 she was deployed with the 11th Escort Group providing ASW support to Operation Overlord.
She was decommissioned from the RCN on 28 January 1946.
The ship's bell of HMCS Saskatchewan is currently at the Vancouver Island Military Museum in Nanaimo British Columbia. The Christening Bells Project at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum includes information from the ship's bell of HMCS Saskatchewan, which was used for baptism of babies onboard ship.[1]
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