| Characteristics:
Original:
Displacement: 2,800 tons full load
Dimension: 114.9 x 11.4 x 3.4 meters (377 x 37.5 x 11 feet)
Propulsion: Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 3 Admiralty
3 drum type boilers, 44,000 shp, 36.5 knots (max), 32 knots (service)
Crew: 259
Aviation: none
Hangar: none
Radar:
Sonar:
Fire Control:
EW:
Armament: 3 4.7" twin mounts (2 forward, 1 aft), 1 4" twin mount
(aft), 1 2 Pdr. quad mount,
6 20mm guns, 4 - 21" TT
As DDE:
Radar: SPS-10 surface search, SPS-6 air search, Type 293,
(Type 275 in 2 ships)
Sonar: Type 170, Type 174
Fire Control: Mk.6 or Mk.63
Armament: 2 4" twin mounts (2 forward), 1 FMC 3"/50 Mk.33 twin
mount (aft), 4 40mm single guns,
2 Squid ASW mortars, 4 - 21" TT
Ships:
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Name
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Pendant
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Commissioned
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Modernization
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Paid Off
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Notes
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ATHABASKAN
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G07
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3/2/43
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29/4/44
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Sunk 25/8/44
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HAIDA
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G63/215
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30/8/43
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11/03/52
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11/10/63
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HURON
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G24/216
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19/7/43
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1950??
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30/4/63
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IROQUOIS
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G89/217
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30/11/42
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24/6/49
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24/10/62
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Photos:
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HMCS HAIDA, as she would have appeared after her 1952
refit. The aft 3"/50 is still uncovered in this photo. HAIDA saw extensive
service in WWII, including duty in the English Channel and convoy duty to
Murmansk. She also saw service in the Korean War. DND photo, Courtesy of
Bill Croshaw. |
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HAIDA after her refit again. DND photo, Courtesy of
Dave Shirlaw. |
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HAIDA after the war, with a new mast, but still with
the old 4.7" guns forward. DND photo, Courtesy of Dave Shirlaw. |
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HAIDA in her postwar guise. Courtesy of Bill Dougherty. |
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IROQUOIS laying smoke. This was a tactic
used before radar became as prevalent as it is today, to obscure the position
of friendly forces from the enemy. DND photo, courtesy of Bryan Q.
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IROQUOIS either late-war or immediately post-war.
She was built with a tripod mast, but is shown here with a new lattice mast.
DND photo, courtesy of Bryan Q.
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HMCS IROQUOIS making her way through a wave. She is
shown after all her major refits were carried out, with her new mast and
guns fitted. Courtesy of Bill Dougherty. |
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