Characteristics:
| Configuration: |
As
Built
|
Final
|
Ship:
|
Both
|
SIOUX
|
ALGONQUIN
|
Displacement:
|
1,710
tons full load |
2,700
tons full load |
Dimensions:
|
110.6
x 11.0 x 3.5 meters (363 x 36 x 11.5 feet) |
Propulsion:
|
2
shafts;
2-Admiralty 3 drum type boilers;
2-Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp;
36.75 knots (max), 31.25 knots (service)
|
Crew:
|
244
approx.
|
Aviation:
|
none
|
Hangar:
|
none
|
Radar:
|
Type
268
|
1
(main mast, probably)
|
|
Type
291
|
1
(aft)
|
|
Type
293
|
|
1
|
|
SU
Type
|
|
1
(replaced by SPS 10)
|
SPS-6C
air search
|
|
1
|
Sperry
Mk.2 navigation
|
|
1
|
SPS-10
air/surface
|
|
1
|
Sonar:
(information is best guess only, based on Tribal and
ST. LAURENT class fits, and is largely not backed up by published
information)
|
Type
144 and 144Q
|
1
(guess)
|
|
Type
147F
|
|
1
(probably, for Squid)
|
|
Type
164B
|
|
1
(probably, for Squid) |
|
SQS
501 (Type 162)
|
|
1
|
SQS
502 (Type 170)
|
|
1
(probably, for Limbo)
|
SQS
10
|
|
1
(Possibly)
|
1
(Probably)
|
SQS
504 VDS
|
|
1
|
Fire
Control: (Director with Fire Control Radar)
|
Type
282
|
1
(on Hazemeyer mounting)
|
|
Mk.3
with
Type 285
|
1
|
Removed
sometime after Korean War.
|
|
Mk.63
with
SPG-34
|
|
2
|
Configuration:
|
As
Built |
Final
|
| Ship: |
Both
|
SIOUX
|
ALGONQUIN |
EW:
|
HF/DF
|
1
|
|
| WLR
1C radar warning |
|
1
|
| UPD
501 radar detection |
|
??
|
1
|
| SRD
501 HF/DF |
|
??
|
1
|
Guns:
(listed as number of mountings with position noted)
|
| 4.7"/45
QF Mk.IX |
4
(A, B, X, Y)
|
2
(A, B) |
|
4"/45
QF Mk.16 twin
|
|
1
(X)
|
3"/50
Mk.33
twin
|
|
1
(A) |
40mm/56
Mk.IV Hazemeyer twin
|
1
|
|
40mm/56
Mk.5 twin
|
|
1
(replaced Mk.IV)
|
|
40mm/56
Boffin*
|
Later
2 (replaced 20mm)
|
4
|
2
(beside funnel)
|
20mm
Oerlikon Mk.VC twin *
|
4,
later 2 replaced by 40mm
|
|
ASW & Torpedoes:
|
21"
torpedo
tubes
|
2
quad launchers with
Mk.IX torpedoes
|
1
quad launcher with
Mk.IX torpedoes |
|
Mk.4
launcher with Mk.43 torpedoes
|
|
Possibly
fitted sometime after Korea.
|
2,
possibly 3
|
Mk.VII
DCs
|
1
rail + 4 Mk.IV
throwers
|
|
Hedgehog
|
|
Possibly
two small mountings during Korea.
|
|
| Squid
ASW
mortars |
|
2
|
|
Limbo
Mk.NC 10 ASW
mortars
|
|
2
|
* 4 twin Mk.VC Oerlikon twin mountings visible in June 1944
photo of ALGONQUIN, but Jenson lists 2 twin Mk.VC Oerlikon twin
mountings and 2 Mk.VC Bofors (Boffin) single mountings in August 1944.
Ships:
|
Name
|
Pendant
|
Commissioned
|
Paid Off
|
Notes
|
|
ALGONQUIN
|
R17/224
|
7/2/44
|
1/4/70
|
Ex-HMS VALENTINE. Scrapped 1971.
|
|
SIOUX
|
R64/225
|
21/2/44
|
30/10/63
|
Ex-HMS VIXEN. Scrapped 1965.
|
Notes:
Both these
ships were laid-down as Royal Navy 'V' class destroyers, but were
commissioned
into the RCN upon completion as primarily all-gun
destroyers, with secondary armament in the form of torpedoes. When they
arrived, they were similar to the two 'C' class
destroyers that
the RCN aquired at the very end of WWII, with the primary difference
being the
slightly heavier main armament (4.7" versus 4.5") and additional
torpedo launchers. The 'V' Class had a rivetted hull, while the 'C' Class
had welded construction.
Both took part in escorting aircraft carrier
attacks on Tirpitz and escorting convoys on the Murmansk run. ALGONQUIN
took off part of HMS NABOB's crew after the latter was torpedoed.
SIOUX was sent to Halifax in 1945 for a major refit, and was then
transferred to the West Coast where she was paid off into reserve in
February 1946. After minor modifications, she was recommissioned in
1950 and did three tours of duty in Korea between 1951 and 1955. SIOUX
was the last ship to leave Korean waters, and upon her return to
Canada, she reverted to a training role in which she remained until
October 1963 when she was paid off for a final time at Halifax. She was
sold for scrap, and was broken up in Italy in 1965.
ALGONQUIN was also paid off
into reserve soon after arrival in Canada, and was taken in hand a few
years
later for conversion to what the British called a "fast ASW frigate"
(pictured
above) as was CRESCENT of the 'C' class
- this was otherwise known as
a Type 15 frigate in the Royal Navy. ALGONQUIN re-entered service in
1953 in this greatly altered form, and carried much of the equipment
that was fitted to the new ST. LAURENT class, including a 3"/50 twin
gun forward, a new enclosed bridge, US pattern radar, and two Limbo ASW
mortars. She also had a "new" 4"/45 Mk.16 twin mounting aft. The gun
arrangement was the exact reverse of CRESCENT.
ALGONQUIN served until she was paid off in 1970. When ALGONQUIN was
sent to Taiwan in 1971 to be
scrapped, she left Victoria along with CRESCENT.
Photos:
(click on thumbnail for larger image)
|
ALGONQUIN
|
|
Notes:
|
1. HMCS ALGONQUIN, as
she would have appeared when commissioned into the
RCN, and before she was converted to a "Fast ASW Frigate" along the
line
of CRESCENT and the line drawing at the top of this page. This shot
shows
her with her original pendant number. DND photo, Courtesy of Bill
Croshaw.
2. HMCS ALGONQUIN from the air, after her conversion to an ASW frigate.
Courtesy of Bill Dougherty.
3. ALGONQUIN entering the harbour at Malta. Courtesy of Bill Dougherty.
4. Alongside in Halifax Harbour in her final configuration. DND photo,
W. Cridland collection.
5. At sea after her major refit. This photo was probably taken in 1953
or so, as the SU radar dome has not yet been replaced with the SPS 10.
DND photo, courtesy of RCNA
Peregrine.
6. Manning the forward 3"/50 gun mounting. DND photo, MARCOM museum
collection.
7. A rare view from starboard aft, showing the Limbo mortars and aft
4"/45 mounting. DND photo, courtesy of Len Carriere.
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SIOUX
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Notes:
|
1. HMCS SIOUX. This
picture was taken postwar, with her new pendant number
and two Squid launchers in place. DND photo, Courtesy of Bill Croshaw.
2. SIOUX in the same configuration as above. DND photo, Courtesy of
Dave
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Sources:
Barrie, Ron and Macpherson, Ken. (2002). This Ships of
Canada's Naval Forces 1910-2002. Vanwell Publishing Ltd. St.
Catherines, Ont.
Jenson, Latham B. (2000). Tin Hats, Oilskins, and Seaboots.
Robin Brass Studio, Toronto.
Steed, Roger G. (1999). Canadian Warships Since 1956.
Vanwell Publishing Ltd. St. Catherines, ON.
Jane's Fighting Ships, Various Editions
Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, Various Editions
With information from the files of Jerry Proc.
ASDIC, RADAR, and IFF
Systems Aboard HMCS HAIDA website by Jerry Proc.
Correspondence with B. Lake. |
