HMCS Fraser (DDH 233)

HMCS Fraser (DDH 233) underway in 1983
History
Canada
Name	Fraser
Namesake	Fraser River
Builder	Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver
Laid down	11 December 1951
Launched	19 February 1953
Commissioned	28 June 1957
Decommissioned	5 October 1994
Reclassified	22 October 1966 (as DDH)
Homeport	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Motto	"Je suis pret"[1]
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1939–1940[1]
Fate	Scrapped by Marine Recycling Corporation, Port Colborne, Ontario
Badge	Azure, a buck's head erased or, attired argent, charged on the shoulder with a maple leaf gules[1]
General characteristics
Type	St. Laurent-class destroyer escort
Displacement	As DDE: 2263 tons (normal), 2800 tons (deep load) As DDH: 2260 tons (normal), 3051 tons (deep load)[3]
Length	366 ft (111.6 m)
Beam	42 ft (12.8 m)
Draught	As DDE: 13 ft (4.0 m)[2] As DDH:14 ft (4.3 m)[3]
Propulsion	2-shaft English-Electric geared steam turbines, 3 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 22,000 kW (30,000 shp)
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h)[2]
Range	4,570 nautical miles (8,463.6 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	As DDE: 249 As DDH: 213 plus 20 aircrew
Sensors and processing systems	As DDE: 1 × SPS-12 air search radar 1 × SPS-10B surface search radar 1 × Sperry Mk.2 navigation radar 1 × SQS-10 or −11 hull mounted active search and attack sonar 1 × SQS-501 (Type 162) high frequency bottom profiling sonar 1 × SQS-502 (Type 170) high frequency Limbo mortar control sonar 1 × UQC-1B "Gertrude" underwater telephone 1 × GUNAR (Mk.64 GFCS with 2 on-mount SPG-48 directors) As DDH: 1 × SPS-12 air search radar 1 × SPS-10B surface search radar 1 × Sperry Mk.2 navigation radar 1 × URN 20 TACAN radar 1 × SQS-10 or −11 hull mounted active search and attack sonar 1 × SQS-501 (Type 162) high frequency bottom profiling sonar 1 × SQS-502 (Type 170) high frequency Limbo mortar control sonar 1 × SQS-504 VDS, medium frequency active search (except 233 after 1986) 1 × UQC-1B "Gertrude" underwater telephone 1 × GUNAR (Mk.64 GFCS with 1 on-mount SPG-48 director)
Electronic warfare & decoys	As DDE: 1 × DAU HF/DF (high frequency direction finder) As DDH: 1 × WLR 1C radar warning 1 × UPD 501 radar detection 1 × SRD 501 HF/DF
Armament	As DDE: 2 × 3 in (76 mm) Mk.33 FMC twin mounts guns 2 × 40 mm "Boffin" single mount guns 2 × Mk NC 10 Limbo ASW mortars 2 × single Mk.2 "K-gun" launchers with homing torpedoes As DDH: 1 × 3"/50 Mk.33 FMC twin mount gun 1 × Mk NC 10 Limbo ASW mortar 2 × triple Mk.32 12.75 inch launchers firing Mk.44 or Mk.46 Mod 5 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	As DDH: 1 × CH-124 Sea King
Aviation facilities	As DDH: 1 × midships helicopter deck with Beartrap and hangar

HMCS Fraser (DDH 233) was a St. Laurent-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and later the Canadian Forces from 1957 to 1994. Fraser was the last survivor of the St. Laurent-class destroyer, which were the first Canadian designed and built warships.