HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283)

For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Algonquin.

HMCS Algonquin in 2004
History
Canada
NameAlgonquin
NamesakeAlgonquin
BuilderDavie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Laid down1 September 1969
Launched23 April 1971
Commissioned3 November 1973
Decommissioned11 June 2015[1]
In service1973–2015
Out of service2015
Refit11 October 1991
Stricken2015
HomeportCFB Esquimalt
Identification
MottoÀ Coup Sûr (With sure stroke)[2]
Honours and
awards		Norway, 1944; Normandy, 1944; Arctic, 1944–45,[2][3] Arabian Sea[4]
FateSold for scrapping 27 November 2015 to be completed in Liverpool, Nova Scotia
StatusScrapped
NotesColours: Gold and azure blue
BadgeSable, a base barry wavy argent and azure of four, from which issues an Algonquin hunter's arm embowed proper wearing arm and wrist bands argent and holding a fish spear in bend argent transfixing an eel or.[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeIroquois-class destroyer
Displacement5,100 tonnes (5,000 long tons)
Length129.8 m (425.9 ft)
Beam15.2 m (49.9 ft)
Draught4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Propulsion
  • COGOG – 2 shaft
  • 2 × Allison 570-KF cruise gas turbines 5.6 MW (7,500 hp)
  • 2 × Pratt & Whitney FT4A-2 boost gas turbines (37 MW (50,000 hp))
Speed29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Complement280
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Signaal AN/SPQ 501 DA-08 radar
  • Signaal LW-08 AN/SPQ 502 radar
  • SQS-510 hull sonar
  • SQS-510 VDS sonar
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × CH-124 Sea King helicopters
Aviation facilitiesHangar and flight deck

HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283) was an Iroquois-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1973 to 2015.

Algonquin was the fourth ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal class or the 280 class. She is the second vessel to use the designation HMCS Algonquin. Algonquin carried the hull classification symbol DDG.

Algonquin was originally designed to be primarily an anti-submarine destroyer. The Iroquois-class destroyers were the first ships in the Royal Canadian Navy (other than the Protecteur class) to carry multiple helicopters, and were the first ships to be powered entirely by gas turbines in a COGOG (Combined Gas Or Gas) arrangement. Algonquin underwent a major refit called the Tribal Class Update and Modernization Program (TRUMP) from 1987 to 1991 and emerged as an area air defence destroyer.[5]

She was assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and was homeported at CFB Esquimalt.

  1. ^ Pugliese, David (24 April 2015). "Paying off ceremonies to be held for two destroyers, one replenishment ship – fourth ship to be paid off at a later date". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Arbuckle, p. 5
  3. ^ "DHH – HMCS Algonquin". Department of National Defence. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ^ "South-West Asia Theatre Honours". Prime Minister of Canada. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Iroquois Class". hazegray.org. Retrieved 18 January 2016.