HMCS Champlain (1919)

Champlain circa. 1932
History
United Kingdom
NameTorbay
NamesakeTorbay, England
OrderedJune 1917
BuilderThornycroft
Launched6 March 1919
Decommissioned1928
IdentificationPennant number F 35
FateTransferred to Royal Canadian Navy 1928
Canada
NameChamplain
NamesakeSamuel de Champlain
Acquired1 March 1928
Decommissioned25 November 1936
FateSold, scrapped 1937
General characteristics
Class and typeThornycroft S-class destroyer
Displacement1,087 tons
Length276 ft (84 m)
Beam27.5 ft (8.4 m)
Draught10.5 ft (3.2 m)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement90
Armament

HMCS Champlain was a Thornycroft S-class destroyer, formerly HMS Torbay built for the Royal Navy in 1917–19. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1928 and served primarily as a training ship until 1936.