Name: | IROQUOIS laid down as ATHABASKAN |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 19/09/1940 |
Launched: | 23/09/1941 |
Completed: | 10/12/1942 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 27 |
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: | |
10/12/1942 | Royal Canadian Navy |
09/1966 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the TRIBAL Class |
23/09/1941: laid down as ATHABASKAN | |
02/10/1952: Damaged by shells from shore battery during Korean War. 3 killed. | |
09/1966: Broken up at Bilbao |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
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