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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Toreador |
| Namesake | Toreador |
| Ordered | June 1917 |
| Builder | Thornycroft |
| Laid down | November 1917 |
| Launched | 7 December 1918 |
| Completed | April 1919 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F6A |
| Fate | Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 1927 |
| Canada | |
| Name | Vancouver |
| Namesake | George Vancouver |
| Acquired | 1927 |
| Commissioned | 1 March 1928 |
| Decommissioned | 25 November 1936 |
| Fate | Arrived Vancouver 24 April 1937 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Thornycroft S-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,087 long tons (1,104 t) |
| Length | 276 ft (84 m) |
| Beam | 27.5 ft (8.4 m) |
| Draught | 10.5 ft (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion | Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers (built by Thornycroft), 2 shafts, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 90 |
| Armament |
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HMCS Vancouver, was a Thornycroft S-class destroyer, formerly HMS Toreador built for the Royal Navy in 1917–1919. Seeing limited service with the Royal Navy, the ship was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy in March 1928. The destroyer served primarily as a training vessel until 1936 when the vessel was discarded.