HMCS Iroquois (G89)

	HMCS Iroquois (G89) underway
History
Canada
Name	Iroquois
Namesake	The Iroquois people
Ordered	5 April 1940
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down	19 September 1940
Launched	23 September 1941
Commissioned	30 November 1942
Decommissioned	22 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number; G89
Recommissioned	October 1951
Decommissioned	24 October 1962
Identification	DDE 217
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1943; Arctic 1943–45; Biscay 1943–44; Norway 1945; Korea 1952–53;
Fate	Scrapped 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,959 long tons (1,990 t) tons standard; 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) deep load;
Length	377 ft (115 m)
Beam	37.5 ft (11.4 m)
Draught	11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 3 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement	259 (14 officers, 245 ratings)
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 type 268 radar; 1 type 271 radar; 1 type 291 radar; 1 × Mk.III fire control director with Type 285 fire control radar; 1 type 144 sonar; 1 type 144Q sonar; 1 type 147F sonar;
Armament	3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns; 1 × 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk.16 twin guns; 1 × quadruple mount 40 mm/39 2-pounder gun; 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons; 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes); 1 rail + 2 Mk.IV throwers (Mk.VII depth charges);

HMCS Iroquois was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and Korean War. She was named for the Iroquois First Nations. Iroquois was the first ship to bear this name and the first ship of the class to serve with the Royal Canadian Navy.^[2]

^ "Volume 2, Part 1: Extant Commissioned Ships". Department of National Defence. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ Macpherson and Barrie, p. 62

History
HMCS Iroquois (G89) underway
Canada
Name	Iroquois
Namesake	The Iroquois people
Ordered	5 April 1940
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down	19 September 1940
Launched	23 September 1941
Commissioned	30 November 1942
Decommissioned	22 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number; G89
Recommissioned	October 1951
Decommissioned	24 October 1962
Identification	DDE 217
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1943 Arctic 1943–45 Biscay 1943–44 Norway 1945 Korea 1952–53^[1]
Fate	Scrapped 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,959 long tons (1,990 t) tons standard 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) deep load
Length	377 ft (115 m)
Beam	37.5 ft (11.4 m)
Draught	11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 3 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement	259 (14 officers, 245 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems	1 type 268 radar 1 type 271 radar 1 type 291 radar 1 × Mk.III fire control director with Type 285 fire control radar 1 type 144 sonar 1 type 144Q sonar 1 type 147F sonar
Armament	3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 1 × 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk.16 twin guns 1 × quadruple mount 40 mm/39 2-pounder gun 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes) 1 rail + 2 Mk.IV throwers (Mk.VII depth charges)