HMCS Huron (G24)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Huron.
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| Name: | HMCS Huron |
| Namesake: | Huron people |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs |
| Laid down: | 15 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1943 |
| Struck: | 20 April 1963 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: |
| Motto: | Ready the brave |
| Honours and awards: |
Arctic, 1943-1945 English Channel, 1944 Normandy, 1944 Korea, 1951-1953 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, La Spezia, 1965 |
| Notes: | Colours: Gold and crimson |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
1,927 long tons (1,958 t) standard 2,559 long tons (2,600 t) full load |
| Length: | 114.9 m (377 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 11.13 m (36 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Admiralty boilers, 44,000 hp (32,811 kW) |
| Speed: | 36.25 knots (41.72 mph; 67.14 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,700 nmi (10,600 km) at 17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: |
• 6 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns (3×2) • 2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns (1×2) • 4 × 2-pounder QF (4×1) • 4 × 40 mm Bofors • 4 × 20 mm • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×4) |
HMCS Huron was a Tribal-class destroyer built by Vickers-Armstrongs on the River Tyne in England, and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. It was the first ship to bear this name. She fought in World War II and the Korean War.
Huron was paid off into reserve on 20 April 1963 and scrapped at La Spezia in August 1965.
Legacy
Huron's X turret, Royal Military College of Canada
The 4-inch (102 mm) twin high-angle Mk XIX naval gun turret was removed from Huron was presented to the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.
Notes
References
- Brice, Martin H. (1971). The Tribals. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0245-2.
- English, John (2001). Afridi to Nizam: British Fleet Destroyers 1937–43. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-95-0.
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