Champlain circa. 1932
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Torbay |
Namesake | Torbay, England |
Ordered | June 1917 |
Builder | Thornycroft |
Launched | 6 March 1919 |
Decommissioned | 1928 |
Identification | Pennant number F 35 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy 1928 |
Canada | |
Name | Champlain |
Namesake | Samuel de Champlain |
Acquired | 1 March 1928 |
Decommissioned | 25 November 1936 |
Fate | Sold, scrapped 1937 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thornycroft S-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,087 tons |
Length | 276 ft (84 m) |
Beam | 27.5 ft (8.4 m) |
Draught | 10.5 ft (3.2 m) |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 90 |
Armament |
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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.