HMCS IROQUOIS (2nd) (280)
HMCS IROQUOIS (2nd)
The History of HMCS IROQUOIS (2nd)
First of the Iroquois Class destroyers, she commissioned on July 29, 1972, in Sorel, Quebec. Several times in her first 20 years of service, Iroquois served as the flagship to the Canadian commodore assigned as the Commander, Standing Naval Force Atlantic.
In 1983, while on fishery patrol, she answered a SOS from the Panamanian-registered Ho Ming 5, in danger of capsizing owing to shifting cargo. In gale-force winds, all crew members of the cargo ship were rescued. Eighteen of her ship’s company were decorated for their bravery.
In 1993-1994, she served with the blockading force of ex-Yugoslavia. In 1996, in Grenada, she played host to the Canadian Prime Minister and a number of Caribbean Heads of States. In October 2001, she departed for the Arabian Sea to support a coalition against international terrorism. In 2006, she sailed as the Flag Ship of the Standing NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Maritime Group One. In April 2008, Iroquois sailed from Halifax for the Arabian Sea, as part of Canada's contribution to Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, the code-name for the campaign against terror. Iroquois continues to conduct operations in support of Canada’s domestic and international policies.
Iroquois was paid off in 2015, after 45 years of service.
HMCS IROQUOIS (2nd) Statistical Data
- Pendant: 280
- Type: Destroyer
- Class: Iroquois/Tribal Update
- Displacement: 3,551 tonnes
- Length: 398 ft
- Width: 50 ft
- Draught: 14 ft
- Speed: 30 kts
- Compliment: 14 Officers and 230 Crew
- Arms: 2-3" (1 X II), 1 Limbo ASW Mortar, Sea Sparrow SAM, 2 Sea King Helos. Modified after TRUMP Update: 1 Martin Marietta Mk 41 Vertical Launch System containing 29 General Dynamics surface to air Standard SM-2MR missiles, 1 OTO Melara 76mm 3in/Super Rapid Gun, Phalanx and 6-324mm MK 32 2 triple torpedo tubes.
- Builder: MARINE INDUSTRIES, SOREL, QUE
- Keel Laid: 15-Jan-69
- Date Launched: 28-Nov-70
- Date Commissioned: 29-Jul-72
- Paid off: 01-May-15
Remarks
After TRUMP Refit: Displacement 5100 Tonnes (Fully Loaded), Length: 127.8 m, Beam: 15.0 m, Draught: 4.7 m, Speed 29 kts, Complement - 280 men and officers.
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Pre-TRUMP refit HMCS IROQUOIS