HMCS Iroquois (G89)
Service
- as Iroquois30 November 1942 — 24 October 19621,009 days of the war
- Name
- HMCS Iroquois
- Pennant / hull number
- G89
- Namesake
- The Iroquois people
- Builder
- Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
- Ordered
- 5 April 1940
- Laid down
- 19 September 1940
- Launched
- 23 September 1941
- Commissioned
- 30 November 1942
- Decommissioned
- 22 February 1946
- Recommissioned
- October 1951
- Fate
- Scrapped 1966 (1966)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,959 long tons (1,990 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,519 long tons (2,559 t)
- Length
- 114.91 m (377 ft)
- Beam
- 11.43 m (37.5 ft)
- Draught
- 3.41 m (11.2 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Complement
- 259
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMCS Iroquois was a Tribal-class destroyer (1936) destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number G89. She was named for The Iroquois people. Her keel was laid at Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker on 19 September 1940. Launched on 23 September 1941, she entered service on 30 November 1942.
24 ships of the class were built. The class followed the I-class destroyer and was succeeded by the J class.
She displaced 1,959 long tons standard and 2,519 long tons at full load. She measured 114.9 m (377 ft) long with a beam of 11.4 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 259. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,009 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 February 1946. She recommissioned in October 1951.
She was broken up for scrap in 1966.
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, 3 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 44000 shp
- Armament
- 3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
- 1 × 4 in/45 Mk.16 twin guns
- 1 × quadruple mount 40 mm/39 2-pounder gun
- 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
- 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes)
- 1 rail + 2 Mk.IV throwers (Mk.VII depth charges)
Sister ships
- HMAS Arunta (I30)
- HMAS Bataan
- HMAS Warramunga (I44)
- HMCS Athabaskan (G07)
- HMCS Haida
- HMCS Huron (G24)
- HMCS Nootka (R96)
- HMS Afridi (F07)
- HMS Ashanti (F51)
- HMS Bedouin
- HMS Cossack (F03)
- HMS Eskimo (F75)
- HMS Gurkha (F20)
- HMS Maori (F24)
- HMS Mashona
- HMS Matabele
- HMS Mohawk (F31)
- HMS Nubian (F36)
- HMS Punjabi
- HMS Sikh (F82)
- HMS Somali
- HMS Tartar (F43)
- HMS Zulu (F18)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMCS Iroquois (G89) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Canadian Navy — Department of National Defence, Canada — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons