Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer R64

HMCS Sioux

V-class destroyer

HMCS Sioux
White, Alan Wallace, RAN — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — R64 Royal Canadian Navy V class destroyer HMCS Sioux , photographed from HMAS Sydney III , probably in Korean waters.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Vixen? — 19441,945 days of the war
  2. Royal Canadian Navy as Sioux21 February 1944 — 30 October 1963559 days of the war
V-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMCS Sioux
Pennant / hull number
R64
Builder
J. Samuel White, Cowes
Ordered
1 September 1941
Laid down
31 October 1942
Launched
14 September 1943
Commissioned
21 February 1944
Decommissioned
27 February 1946
Recommissioned
1950
Fate
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy, August 1965 (1965)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,683 long tons (1,710 t)
Length
110.34 m (362 ft)
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Range
4,860 nmi (9,001 km)
Complement
230
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)

HMCS Sioux was a V-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R64. J. Samuel White, Cowes laid her keel on 31 October 1942. Launched on 14 September 1943, she entered service on 21 February 1944.

She was one of 30 ships of her class. The class followed the Nelson-class battleship and was succeeded by the Lion-class battleship.

Displacement was 1,683 long tons. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 230. Her main battery was of 20 mm (0.8 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as Vixen until 1944. She then passed to the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as Sioux from 21 February 1944. She was in commission for 2,504 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 February 1946. She recommissioned in 1950.

She was broken up for scrap in August 1965.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers
  • Geared steam turbines, 40000 shp
  • 2 shafts
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns (2×2)
  • 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns (2×2, 2×1)
  • 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × Squid triple ASW mortars

Sister ships

5 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMCS Sioux on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: White, Alan Wallace, RAN — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons