Iroquois class destroyer
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A helicopter-carrying,
anti-submarine warfare destroyer of the
Royal Canadian Navy. Launched in the 1970's, the entire class underwent major retrofits as a part of the Tribal Class Update and Modernization Program (TRUMP) in the 1990's.
General Characteristics
- Power Plant: 2 shafts, 2 Pratt & Whitney FT4-A2 gas turbines (50,000 shp), 2 Allison 570-KF gas turbines (7,500 shp)
- Length: 423 feet
- Beam: 50 feet
- Draft: 14.5 feet
- Displacement: 5,100 tons full load
- Speed: in excess of 29 knots
- Aircraft: 2 CH-124 Sea King helicopters
- Complement: 285
- Armament: 1 29 cell VLS (Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA), 1 76mm/62 OTO Melara (Super Rapid) DP, .50 calibre machine guns, 1 120 mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 triple Mk.32 12.75 inch torpedo tubes firing Mk.46 Mod 5 torpedoes.
- Radar: AN/SPQ 501 (Signaal DA-08), AN/SPQ 502 (Signaal LW-08)
- Sonar: SQS-510 hull, SQS-510 VDS
Ships
- HMCS IROQUOIS (DDH 280): commissioned on 29/07/72, refitted on 03/07/92
- HMCS HURON (DDH 281): commissioned on 16/12/72, refitted on 25/11/94
- HMCS ATHABASKAN (DDH 282): commissioned on 30/09/72, refitted on 04/06/94
- HMCS ALGONQUIN (DDH 283): commissioned on 03/11/73, refitted on 11/10/91
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