HMCS Iroquois (G89)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Iroquois.
HMCS Iroquois was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and Korean War. She was named for the Iroquois First Nations. Iroquois was the first ship to bear this name and the first ship of the class to serve with the Royal Canadian Navy.[2]
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Name | Iroquois |
Namesake | The Iroquois people |
Ordered | 5 April 1940 |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker |
Laid down | 19 September 1940 |
Launched | 23 September 1941 |
Commissioned | 30 November 1942 |
Decommissioned | 22 February 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number; G89 |
Recommissioned | October 1951 |
Decommissioned | 24 October 1962 |
Identification | DDE 217 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1966 |
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Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
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Length | 377 ft (115 m) |
Beam | 37.5 ft (11.4 m) |
Draught | 11.2 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 3 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 44,000 shp (33,000 kW) |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
Complement | 259 (14 officers, 245 ratings) |
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