| Name: | EXPRESS |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 24/03/1933 |
| Launched: | 29/05/1934 |
| Completed: | 02/11/1934 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1481 |
| Dimensions: | 1405disp - 1940disp, 318.3 x 33.3 x 12.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, Parsons type, 36000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 4 x 1 x 2pdr, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins AA guns; |
| 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes, 2 x depth charge throwers, 1 x depth charge rail | |
| (1939: 2 x 1 x 4.7ins, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins QF guns; 60 x mines) | |
| History: | |
| 02/11/1934 | British Royal Navy |
| 06/1943 | Royal Canadian Navy; renamed GATINEAU |
| 1948 | Scuttled |
| Comments: | A member of the E Class of destroyers. Pennant number H61 |
| 07/09/1939: Converted for use as a minelayer | |
| 31/08/1940: Hit mine north of Texel. Lost entire bow fwd of bridge | |
| 09/1941: Repaired & returned to service | |
| 1947: Hull stripped by Capital Iron & Metal at Victoria, BC | |
| 1948: Hulk used to form part of a breakwater at Royston, British Columbia |
Above photo as EXPRESS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as EXPRESS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as EXPRESS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as EXPRESS is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as EXPRESS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as EXPRESS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as EXPRESS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as GATINEAU is courtesy of Dick James & Steve Hlasny