Name: | HURON |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 15/07/1941 |
Launched: | 25/06/1942 |
Completed: | 28/07/1943 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 40 |
Dimensions: | 1960disp - 2520disp, 355.5 x 36.5 x 9.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 44000shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 4 x 2 x 4.7ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins AA guns; |
1 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes; 1 x depth charge rack & 2 x throwers | |
History: | |
28/07/1943 | Royal Canadian Navy |
20/08/1965 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the TRIBAL Class |
20/08/1965: Broken up at La Spezia |
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