HMCS Gatineau (H61)
Service
- as Express2 November 1934 — 15 June 19431,383 days of the war
- as Gatineau3 June 1943 — 10 January 1946822 days of the war
- Name
- HMCS Gatineau
- Pennant / hull number
- H61
- Builder
- Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
- Ordered
- 1 November 1932
- Launched
- 29 May 1934
- Commissioned
- 2 November 1934
- Decommissioned
- 10 January 1946
- Struck
- 1 April 1947
- Fate
- Scuttled as a breakwater, 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,405 long tons (1,428 t)
- Length
- 100.28 m (329 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Range
- 6,350 nmi (11,760 km)
- Complement
- 145
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMCS Gatineau was a E-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H61. She was built by Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear. She entered service on 2 November 1934, having been launched on 29 May 1934.
She was one of eleven ships of her class. The class followed the C and D-class destroyer and was succeeded by the G and H-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,405 long tons. She measured 100.3 m (329 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 145.
Her main battery was four 119 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 36,000 shp.
She served with the Royal Navy as Express until 15 June 1943. She then passed to the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as Gatineau from 3 June 1943. She was in commission for 2,205 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 January 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 April 1947.
She was scuttled in 1948, at 49°39′N 124°57′W. The wreck survives.
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 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 36000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
- 2 × quadruple 0.5 in machine guns
- 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
- 60 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMCS Gatineau (H61) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer Post-Work: User:W.wolny — This photograph FL 11685 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons