| HMCS St. Laurent (DDH 205) | |
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File:Slcrew.jpg Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, in her role as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Militia and Naval and Air Forces, pictured with the crew of HMCS St. Laurent in Stockholm, Sweden, June 11, 1956. | |
| Career (Canada) |   |
| Namesake: | St. Lawrence River |
| Builder: | Canadian Vickers, Montreal |
| Laid down: | 24 November 1950 |
| Launched: | 30 November 1951 |
| Commissioned: | 29 October 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 June 1974 |
| Reclassified: | 4 October 1963 (as DDH) |
| Honours and awards: | Atlantic 1939-45, Normandy 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk off Cape Hatteras en route to breakers in Texas. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | St. Laurent class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
As DDE: 2263 tons (normal), 2800 tons (deep load)[1] As DDH: 2260 tons (normal), 3051 tons (deep load)[2] |
| Length: | 366 ft (111.6 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (12.8 m) |
| Draught: |
As DDE: 13 ft (4.0 m)[3] As DDH:14 ft (4.3 m)[4] |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft English-Electric geared steam turbines, 3 Babcock and Wilcox boilers 30,000 shp |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h)[5] |
| Range: | 4,750 nautical miles (8,797.0 km) at 14 knots (25.9 km/h)[6] |
| Complement: |
As DDE: 249 |
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HMCS St. Laurent (DDH 205) was a St. Laurent-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1955-1974.
She was the lead ship of her class, having been commissioned into the RCN on 29 October 1955 and initially carried the pennant number DDE 205 as a destroyer escort. She underwent conversion to a destroyer helicopter escort (DDH) in the early 1960s and was officially reclassed with pennant DDH 205 on 4 October 1963.
St. Laurent experienced keel damage later in her career and was paid off early as the Canadian Forces opted to not include her in the Destroyer Life Extension (DELEX) program of the 1970s. She was decommissioned from the CF on 14 June 1974 and sold in 1979 for scrapping in Texas.
En route to breakers in Brownsville, Texas, she took on water and foundered off Cape Hatteras on 12 January 1980.
References[]
- ↑ These were "officially revised figures" quoted in Janes Fighting Ships 1963-64
Conways says 2000 tons standard displacement, 2600 deep load.
Combat Fleets of the World 1978-79 says 2390 tons displacement, 2900 full load. - ↑ Janes Fighting Ships 1992-93, p84.
- ↑ Janes Fighting Ships 1963-64
- ↑ Janes Fighting Ships 1992-93, p84.
- ↑ Janes Fighting Ships 1963-64
- ↑ Combat Fleets of the World 1978-79
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