HMCS CAYUGA (R04 / Postwar-218)
HMCS CAYUGA
The History of HMCS CAYUGA
HMCS Cayuga R04/218 was a Tribal class destroyer built in the Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia and served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
Cayuga served a total of three tours of Korea, the last in 1954 after the conflict had ended. She was paid off in February 1964.
HMCS CAYUGA Statistical Data
- Pendant: R04 / Postwar-218
- Type: Destroyer
- Class: TRIBAL 1940s
- Displacement: 2,200 tonnes
- Length: 355.5 ft
- Width: 37.5 ft
- Draught: 11.2 ft
- Speed: 32 kts
- Compliment:
14 Officers and 245 Crew
- Arms: 6 - 4.7" (3XII), 2 - 4" (IxII), 4 - 2 pdrs (1xIV), 6 - 20mm, 4 - 21" TT (1xIV). Revised: 4 - 4" (2xII), 2 - 3" (1xII), 4 - 40mm, 4 - 21"TT (1XIV), 2 x Squid.
- Builder: Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, NS
- Keel Laid: 07-Oct-43
- Date Launched: 28-Jul-45
- Date Commissioned: 20-Oct-47
- Paid off: 27-Feb-64
Remarks
It was on the Cayuga that Ferdinand Demara, "the great impostor", served while impersonating a Canadian medical officer.
Keywords: HMCS CAYUGA, Royal Canadian Navy Ship, Destroyer, TRIBAL 1940s Class