Admiralty 'S' Type

destroyer
These destroyers were lent to the RCN to replace the two Thornycroft 'M' type ships, while two of the new RIVER class destroyers (SAGUENAY and SKEENA) were being built in Britain. They were stationed on opposite coasts, like PATRIOT and PATRICIAN, to provide reserve training. Both were paid off in 1936, and scrapped.

Admiralty 'S' Type
Characteristics:

Displacement: 1,087 tons 
Dimensions: 84.1 x 8.4 x 3.2 meters (276 x 27.5 x 10.5 feet) 
Propulsion: 30 knots 
Crew: 90 
Armament: 3 4" single, 1 12 Pdr single, 2 21" twin TT (above waterline) 

Ships:
 
 
Name
Launched
Commissioned
Paid Off
Notes
CHAMPLAIN
6/3/19
1/3/28
25/11/36
Ex-HMS TORBAY
VANCOUVER
7/12/18
1/3/28
25/11/36
Ex-HMS TOREADOR

Photos:

(click on thumbnail for larger image) 
VANCOUVER lying alongside a wharf in the West Coast, flying a multitude of flags. BC Archives Photo. 
 

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