HMCS Huron (G24)
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HMCS Huron, Canada, Department of National Defence |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 15 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1943 |
| Fate: | Srapped |
| Struck: | 1965 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1927 tons standard, 2559 tons full load |
| Length: | 114.9 m (377 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.13 m (36.5 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.96 m (13 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 3 boilers, 44,000 hp |
| Speed: | 36.25 knots |
| Range: | 5,700 nm at 17 knots |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: | 6 - 4.7 in guns (3x2), 2 - 4 inch guns (1x2), 4- 2pdr pompom (4x1) - 4 -40mm bofors, 4 - 20 mm, 4 torpedo tubes (1x4) |
| Motto: | Ready the brave |
| Colours: | Gold and crimson |
| Battle Honours: | Arctic, 1943-1945; English Channel, 1944; Normandy, 1944; Korea, 1951-1953. |
HMCS Huron (G24) G24/216 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built by Vickers-Armstrong on the Tyne in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. It was the first ship to bear this name. She fought in World War 2 and the Korean War and was scrapped in 1965.
See also: List of ships of the Canadian Navy
| Tribal class destroyer (1936) |
| Royal Navy |
| Afridi | Ashanti | Bedouin | Cossack | Eskimo | Gurkha | Maori | Mashona | Matabele | Mohawk | Nubian | Punjabi | Sikh | Somali | Tartar | Zulu |
| Royal Canadian Navy |
| Athabaskan (i) | Athabaskan (ii) | Cayuga | Haida | Huron | Iroquois | Micmac | Nootka |
| Royal Australian Navy |
| Arunta | Bataan | Warramunga |
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