HMCS Algonquin (DDH 283)
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| Career | Image:Naval Jack of Canada.svg |
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| Ordered: | mid 1960s |
| Laid down: | September 1, 1969 |
| Launched: | April 23, 1971 |
| Commissioned: | November 3, 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | N/A |
| Fate: | N/A |
| Struck: | N/A |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,146 tonnes |
| Length: | 130 metres |
| Beam: | 15.2 metres |
| Draught: | 7.6 metres |
| Propulsion: | two shafts, two Pratt & Whitney FT4-A2 gas turbines (37 megawatts at the shaft), two Allison 570-KF gas turbines (5.6 megawatts at the shaft) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots |
| Range: | 4500 nautical miles |
| Complement: | 295 |
| Armament: | one 29-cell VLS (Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA), one 76 mm/62 OTO Melara (Super Rapid) DP, 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, 1 20 mm Close-In Weapons Systems, two triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes firing Mark-46 Mod 5 torpedoes. |
| Aircraft: | two CH-124 Sea King helicopters |
| Motto: | À Coup Sûr ("With Sure Stroke") |
HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283) is an Iroquois-class destroyer of the Canadian Navy, the second to bear the name.
See HMCS Algonquin for other ships of this name.
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| List of ships of the Canadian Navy |
