For other ships of the same name, see USS Cayuga.
| HMCS Cayuga (R04) | |
|---|---|
 HMCS Cayuga at Kure, Japan, in 1951 | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMCS Cayuga |
| Namesake: | Cayuga nation |
| Ordered: | 1942 |
| Builder: | Halifax Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 7 October 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 July 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 1947 |
| Motto: |
Onenh owa den dya ("Now let us proceed") |
| Honours and awards: | Korea 1950-53 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, Faslane, 27 February 1964 |
| Notes: | Colours: Gold and scarlet |
| Badge: | Blazon Or, an Indian of the Cayuga tribe, facing dexter, in kneeling posture, right knee on the ground, left leg bent and forward, two feathers in hair, lower part of body clad, upper bare, a quiver of arrows pendant from the left shoulder, the base resting on ground beside the right knee, the Indian holding a bow and arrow in the "ready "position all gules |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
HMCS Cayuga R04/218 was a Tribal-class destroyer built in the Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia and served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
History[]
Wearing pennant R04, then 218, Cayuga served a total of three tours of Korea, the last in 1954 after the conflict had ended. Cayuga was part of this initial first dispatch of three ships by Canada to Korea. She was paid off in February 1964.
It was on this vessel that Ferdinand Demara, "the great impostor", served while impersonating a Canadian medical officer.
Notes[]
References[]
- Brice, Martin H. (1971). The Tribals. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0245-2.
- Robert Crichton, The Great Imposter, Random House, New York, 1959
- English, John (2001). Afridi to Nizam: British Fleet Destroyers 1937–43. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-95-0.
See also[]
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