HMCS Saskatchewan (H70)
Service
- as Fortune27 April 1935 — 31 May 19431,365 days of the war
- as Saskatchewan31 May 1943 — 28 January 1946828 days of the war
- Name
- HMCS Saskatchewan
- Pennant / hull number
- H70
- Builder
- John Brown & Company, Clydebank
- Laid down
- 25 July 1933
- Launched
- 29 August 1934
- Commissioned
- 27 April 1935
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Saskatchewan was a F-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H70. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company, Clydebank on 25 July 1933. Launched on 29 August 1934, she entered service on 27 April 1935.
Her class ran to eleven ships. 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 Fortune until 31 May 1943. She then passed to the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as Saskatchewan from 31 May 1943. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1946.
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
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMCS Saskatchewan (H70) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 13249 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons