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 | | Ordered: | mid 1960s | | Laid down: | June 1, 1969 | | Launched: | April 9, 1971 | | Commissioned: | December 16, 1972 | | Decommissioned: | March 31, 2005 | | Fate: | Sunk May 14, 2007 100 km off the west coast of Vancouver Island in a SINK-EX. | | Struck: | N/A | | General Characteristics | | Displacement: | 4700 tons or 5100 tons full loaded | | Length: | 129 metres | | Beam: | 15 metres | | Draught: | 4.7 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: | 29 knots or 54 km/h | | Range: | 4500 nautical miles | | Complement: | 285 | | Armament: | 1 29-cell VLS (Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA), 1 76 mm/62 OTO Melara (Super Rapid) DP, 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, 1 20 mm Close-In Weapons Systems, 2 triple Mark-46 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes firing Mark-46 Mod 5 torpedoes | | Aircraft: | 2 CH-124 Sea King helicopters | | Motto: | Ready the Brave | | Badge: | Blazon Or, nicotine bloom gules, seedpod vert, and stamens or | | Colours: | Gold and crimson | | Battle Honours: | | HMCS Huron (DDG 281) was an Iroquois-class destroyer of the Canadian Navy, decommissioned in 2005. Image File history File links Naval_Jack_of_Canada. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...
For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...
April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ...
A dual purpose gun is a naval weapon mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets. ...
Iroquois-class destroyers are a class of three helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Canadian Navy. ...
USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ...
Canadian Forces Maritime Command (MARCOM) is responsible for naval operations of the navy of the Canadian Armed Forces. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
She was named after HMCS Huron, one of the original Tribal class destroyers built for the Commonwealth navies. Commissioned in July 1943, she wore pennants G24 and then 216 until she was paid off in April 1963. HMCS Huron (G24) G24/216 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ...
The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II. // From 1926 all Royal Navy destroyers had descended from a common lineage based upon the prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade. ...
The Commonwealth of Nations as of 2006 Headquarters Marlborough House, London Leaders - Queen Elizabeth II - Secretary-General Don McKinnon (since 1999) - Ransford Smith Establishment - as British Commonwealth 1926 - as the Commonwealth 1949 Membership 53 sovereign states Website thecommonwealth. ...
The Huron was a member of the Iroquois class, commonly called "280's" or the "Tribal class" by Canadian Forces personnel. Huron wore pennant 281 and was commissioned in December 1972 at Marine Industries in Sorel, Quebec. Iroquois-class destroyers are a class of three helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Canadian Navy. ...
Marine Industries Limited (MIL) was a Canadian ship building company with a shipyard located on the St. ...
Sorel Town in central Quebec at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. ...
The warship's main role was anti-submarine warfare (ASW) during the Cold War and played a role during the Gulf War in 1991. Huron was also sent to Adriatic Sea in 1993. In 1999, the ship was used to stop a ship smuggling illegal migrants into Canada. [1] Anti-submarine warfare (ASW or in older forms A/S) is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines. ...
For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...
Combatants US-led Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter de la Billière, Khalid bin Sultan Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded see section below The Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War (16 January 1991–28 February 1991)[1][2...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Huron was retro-fitted in 1994 under the TRUMP (Tribal-class Update and Modernization Program) configuration. In the early 2000s, defence cutbacks to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) saw cutbacks in personnel and Huron was left without a crew; she was placed in mothball status. In 2005 she was taken from this reserve mode and paid off from the Canadian Forces while awaiting disposal at CFB Esquimalt. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
In the Canadian Armed Forces, Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) is responsible for Maritime Command (MARCOM) fleet and operations in the Pacific Ocean. ...
CFB Esquimalt is Canadas West Coast (Pacific) naval base. ...
On May 14, 2007 at a MARPAC offshore weapons range, 100 km west of Vancouver Island [2], the SINK-EX named exercise Trident Fury 2007 was to see a variety of MARPAC ships and AIRCOM aircraft bombard Huron with artillery, missiles, strafing fire, and finally be sunk by a torpedo launced from a submarine, however, naval gunfire was all that was required. This sinking marked the first Canadian warship to be operationally sunk in Canadian waters.[3] Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ...
CF-18 off the coast Hawaii CH-124 Sea King CH-149 Cormorant CC-115 Buffalo Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM) is the air force element of the Canadian Forces. ...
Huron's crest consists of a nicotine bloom, which pays tribute to the Huron peoples who were known for their tobacco use.
See HMCS Huron for other ships of this name. Two destroyers have been named HMCS Huron HMCS Huron (G24), a World War II Tribal class destroyer HMCS Huron (DDH 281), Iroquois class destroyer active from 1972 to 2005 This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...
References
- ^ HMCS Huron info page
- ^ Canada.com - Navy Ship is sunk during target practice
- ^ Lookout Newspaper
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