HMCS Assiniboine (I18)

HMCS Assiniboine was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number I18. The ship was named after Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt. Her keel was laid at J. Samuel White, Cowes on 18 October 1930. She entered service on 19 October 1939, having been launched on 29 October 1931.

40 ships of the class were built. The class followed the W and Z-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Weapon-class destroyer.

Displacement was 1,390 long tons standard and 1,901 long tons at full load. She measured 100.3 m (329 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 145.

Her machinery developed 36,000 shp.

She served with the Royal Navy as Kempenfelt until 19 October 1939. She then passed to the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as Assiniboine from 19 October 1939. She was in commission for 2,168 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 8 August 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 10 November 1945.

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